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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)