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Replace at a later date. A few things about that. Republicans will, one, likely need 60 votes to wholesale repeal the aca. Thats ten more votes than the 50 votes they havent been able to get for their proposed bill. Two, just repealing the aca would leave 33 million million more people uninsured than under the current law. Thats even worse than the Senate Version of trumpcare, which would leave 22 million more uninsured. Three, re pealing obamacare without having a replacement ready would likely...

5 arrests were made over the weekend in Wayne County. Friday Evening, 45-year-old Dennis Galbraith of Cisne was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Department on a list of charges, including aggravated sexual assault, aggravated domestic battery, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. Galbraith is being held without bond. Saturday Evening, 55-year-old Christopher Hedden of Fairfield was arrested at 10:32 PM for possession of meth. H...

There were several sentenced handed out in Wayne County Court on Tuesday. 58 year old Brian F. Fitzhugh of Cisne and 38-year-old Chance Young of Fairfield are currently serving time in the Illinois Department of Corrections on different offenses. Fitzhugh received a 24-month probation term while Young received a 30 month probation term for unlawful possession of meth. Both will still have to pay remaining court costs. 35-year-old Shannon L. Cone of Fairfield was sentenced to 5 years in the Illin...

MP Ssegirinya is jointly charged with his Makindye West Constituency counterpart Allan Ssewanyana for offences, including murder and terrorism

We know the media loves a good horse race, but does that dynamic weigh in on the coverage of d.c. now? with all of the ups and downs this week, its hard for anyone to keep up, even the reporters who are sboezed to cover it. were getting detailed coverage of any response, efforterance but are we missing the broader story about this incredibleability of spending being proposed? where me is charlotte author from "time" magazine and jonathan cone, senior correspondent for huff post and author of the...

Low-income seniors would be hurt the most. sfwlt subsidies under the senate bill -- >> hold on. the biggest spikes in uninsurance, and im just saying what the cbo said, the biggest spikes in uninsurance come from older low-income customers who would also have the hardest time finding affordable insurance. what do you think? >> look, if were talking about the cbo, lets just think about how they did predicting -- >> no, no, answer my question. we dont have time to talk about the cbos methods. do y...

Jonathan cone senior editor at the flu republic and supporter and avik roy opinion editor at forbes. hes been an ardent critic. you guys do it on the policy front. lets ask this basic thing. 6 million. jonathan, youve been a supporter of this but criticized certain things. should they be spiking the football the way the administration was this week that they got 6 million? >> i dont know but i take it as a promising sign. there were stories this week about people lining up around the block to si...

Unrepealable? theres, too. many people that have health care, throw 6 million in, 4 million more in medicaid, 3 million that have gotten insurance based on being 26 or under, 15 million people this law gave health care to, the law itself is now unrepealable? >> i dont think thats the word id use. i do think those measures or those numbers you just brought up do indicate it will be difficult to repeal. its called the affordable care act. and is it actually making health care an less expensive? fo...

Million more in medicaid, 3 million that have gotten insurance based on being 26 or under, 15 million people this law gave health care to, the law itself is now unrepealable? >> i dont think thats the word id use. i do think those measures or those numbers you just brought up do indicate it will be difficult to repeal. its called the affordable care act. and is it actually making health care an less expensive? for the people who benefit from the subsidies and those programs, theyre going to bene...