WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham has spent years crafting a reputation as a bridge-builder, a "consensus guy," on policy areas that typically polarize the two parties.

Now he's leading one of the year's most polarizing debates, and colleagues and constituents alike are seeing a more partisan side of the South Carolina Republican.

Graham is ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are struggling to pass their latest health care overhaul -- a bill written by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisana -- by a Sept. 30 deadline.

But it's not clear they will have the votes, meaning GOP leaders and President Donald Trump may fail again to repeal the Affordable Care...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans scrambled Monday to salvage their push to roll back the Affordable Care Act, making a series of last-minute changes to their sweeping repeal bill in a bid to woo GOP holdouts.

But the changes -- which funnel more money to the states of several key GOP lawmakers while further loosening patient protections in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell never quite guaranteed a floor vote on the latest Republican effort to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law as the clock ticked toward an end-of-September deadline.

The Kentucky Republican's office was measured last week when asked about the prospects for floor action, with the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are circulating an updated version of their latest proposal to overhaul the 2010 health care law. The new draft bill was obtained by CQ Roll Call.

The updated bill, from Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-.S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., would overhaul the 2010 health care law. It appears to seek to address concerns of ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A new poll shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the Republican legislation to replace the 2010 health care law.

CBS News found that 52 percent of Americans polled disapprove of the law being proposed by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Dean ...Read more

WASHINGTON –– President Donald Trump Saturday criticized Sen. John McCain for delivering an apparent fatal blow to the latest Republican health care legislation, saying the Arizona Republican "let down" his state and the bill's sponsor by announcing his opposition.

In a series of early-morning Twitter posts, Trump also indicated that he isn...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Stinson Dean is used to taking risks. The entrepreneur from Independence, Mo., says coping with the ups and downs of the market is an inevitable part of his business.

But when he started his company about a year and a half ago, he laid down a firm rule.

"One of the things I wasn't willing to risk was the health of my family...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham's quest to fulfill his party's promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appeared all but doomed Friday after his close friend, Sen. John McCain, said he would oppose the effort.

The sudden shift in momentum was jarring. Graham, R-S.C., had left Washington on Wednesday, confident he and his allies ...Read more

The latest GOP effort to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act is getting a lot of attention, even if its passage seems unlikely. But there is far more to the measure than its changes to rules regarding pre-existing health conditions.

In fact, the bill proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., would disrupt the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- State Medicaid directors voiced their opposition Thursday to the latest effort in the Senate to repeal the 2010 health care law.

The National Association of Medicaid Directors, a group that represents the directors of all 50 states, urged Senate Republicans to reconsider their support of the new repeal bill sponsored by GOP Sens. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A federal health exchange the government spent over $1 billion to create would likely be made obsolete by the recent GOP proposal to gut the 2010 health law.

Policy experts say the Department of Health and Human Services would still be required to maintain healthcare.gov under the proposal from Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of ...Read more

Dear Mayo Clinic: Every few months, I develop hemorrhoids that are quite painful, but, after a few days, they seem to go away on their own. Is there a way to avoid getting them altogether? Do I need to see my doctor the next time the hemorrhoids return?

A: Hemorrhoids are quite common, and they often follow the pattern you describe. Making some...Read more

WASHINGTON -- States that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare would be hard-hit by spending cuts called for in Republican senators' latest bill to repeal and replace the health law, while states that didn't expand the program stand to benefit.

The thirty-two states that increased their Medicaid coverage for low-income people would lose $180 ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Speaker Paul D. Ryan doesn't like to meddle in Senate affairs -- except when he does.

Throughout July when the Senate was working through various proposals to partially repeal and replace the 2010 health care law, Ryan frequently declined to comment on what the other chamber was considering.

But now as the Senate prepares to ...Read more

Dear Mayo Clinic: Is there anything I can do now to prevent my 1-year-old from getting celiac disease?

A: At this time, there is no proven way to prevent celiac disease. But if your child is considered to be at high risk for the disease due to family or medical history, there may be some steps you can take to lower that risk or to identify the ...Read more