{"id":50454,"date":"2022-07-15T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T00:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50454"},"modified":"2022-07-15T17:50:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T00:50:52","slug":"biden-to-senate-pass-health-bill-ill-tackle-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50454","title":{"rendered":"Biden to Senate: Pass health bill; I\u2019ll tackle climate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen.\u00a0Joe Manchin<\/strong>\u00a0(D-W.Va.) dealt some big blows to\u00a0President Biden<\/strong>\u2019s agenda, but it looks like health care is the area that might actually still happen.<\/p>\n

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Biden on Friday told senators to move forward with a slimmed-down, health care-only reconciliation package before their August recess after Manchin struck a blow to his agenda over its tax and climate provisions, which Biden said he will address through executive action.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter decades of fierce opposition from powerful special interests, Democrats have come together, beaten back the pharmaceutical industry and are prepared to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices and to prevent an increase in health insurance premiums for millions of families with coverage under the Affordable Care Act,\u201d Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The emerging package:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchin told Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Charles Schumer\u00a0<\/strong>(D-N.Y.) on Thursday that if Democrats move the budget reconciliation bill before August, he will only support two provisions:<\/p>\n