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The unlikely group who brought Obamacare repeal back to life
Rick Santorum and Bill Cassidy crafted the Obamacare repeal bill, while Lindsey Graham played the role of salesman http://politi.co/2hjhk5o
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The unlikely group who brought Obamacare repeal back to life
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Bill Cassidy crafted the bill, while Lindsey Graham played the role of salesman.
By JENNIFER HABERKORN and RACHAEL BADE 09/21/2017 05:08 AM EDT
Senate Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare rests on the unlikely collaboration of a veteran senator who can’t stand health policy, a wonky freshman who has never passed major legislation and a former senator who lost his seat a decade ago.
Together, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum crafted the latest GOP repeal bill in hopes of delivering on the party’s seven-year-old campaign promise to repeal Obamacare.
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The men behind the plan could not be more different: Cassidy, a physician and first-term senator, is cerebral and academic. Graham, a longtime Senate veteran, is blunt, chatty and quotable. Santorum, a conservative activist and frequent TV talk show guest, likes to reminisce about his days authoring the rare successful rollback of an entitlement — the 1996 welfare reform bill signed by former President Bill Clinton. He compares the welfare bill with the health care effort in that both rely on block grants to the states.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Bill Cassidy crafted the bill, while Lindsey Graham played the role of salesman.
By JENNIFER HABERKORN and RACHAEL BADE 09/21/2017 05:08 AM EDT
Senate Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare rests on the unlikely collaboration of a veteran senator who can’t stand health policy, a wonky freshman who has never passed major legislation and a former senator who lost his seat a decade ago.
Together, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum crafted the latest GOP repeal bill in hopes of delivering on the party’s seven-year-old campaign promise to repeal Obamacare.
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The men behind the plan could not be more different: Cassidy, a physician and first-term senator, is cerebral and academic. Graham, a longtime Senate veteran, is blunt, chatty and quotable. Santorum, a conservative activist and frequent TV talk show guest, likes to reminisce about his days authoring the rare successful rollback of an entitlement — the 1996 welfare reform bill signed by former President Bill Clinton. He compares the welfare bill with the health care effort in that both rely on block grants to the states.
Previously at DU:
So now you can send your medical bills to Rick Santorum too
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