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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Trump Group Pulls No-Holds-Barred Ads Attacking Heller For Opposition To Measure
America First Policies had begun airing TV and radio ads on Tuesday savaging Heller for his planned 鈥楴o鈥 vote, with spots charging that Heller had broken his 鈥減romise鈥 to voters that he would dismantle Obamacare 鈥 a stunning attack on a member of the president鈥檚 own party and the most vulnerable Republican up for re-election in 2018. (Isenstadt, 6/27)
Heller is arguably the most vulnerable GOP senator running for re-election in 2018, since he is the only Republican running in a state that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won in 2016.(Bowman, 6/27)
Three months ago, Republicans condemned political groups aligned with President Donald Trump for doing almost nothing to promote a health care bill. Now they think one of the groups may have gone too far. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided Tuesday to call off a planned vote this week on a proposal to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. Some on the Hill blamed the unexpected delay on aggressive tactics by America First Policies, a politically active nonprofit run by a former White House aide and Trump campaign veterans. (Bykowicz, 6/28)