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Vice President Mike Pence will be the keynote speaker at Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalts Basque Fry event on Aug. 26.

Vice President Mike Pence will be the keynote speaker at Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalts Basque Fry event on Aug. 26.

The appearance by the vice president is a major coup for Laxalt, who has laid the groundwork for a widely expected 2018 gubernatorial campaign. Its also a signal to Treasurer Dan Schwartz, a fellow Republican mulling his own bid for governor, that Laxalt has the support of D.C. powerbrokers as well as grass-roots Nevada Republicans.

Laxalt hosts the Basque Fry in Gardnerville, south of Carson City, to support his Morning in Nevada PAC.

We are truly excited for Nevada to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to this years 3rd Annual Basque Fry event, Laxalt said in a statement. This has truly become the grass-roots event for Nevada conservatives and Republicans, attracting residents from all 17 counties.

Pences appearance could present an awkward dilemma for Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., whos running for re-election next year. After Heller announced his opposition to Republican legislation to replace Obamacare, a PAC connected to Pence associates announced it would run ads targeting Heller. While the group eventually backed off, Heller could be the deciding vote on the Senates new Obamacare replacement bill.

No matter what Heller does now, his standing with Nevada conservatives has taken a hit. Perennial candidate Danny Tarkanian is mulling a primary challenge to Heller. The response from grass-roots Republicans to Heller, if he decides to attend Laxalts event, could be a good indication of how much traction a primary challenge might have.

The 2015 event sold out, with 1,500 attendees, but the Corley Ranch, which hosts the event, has made changes to accommodate a larger crowd this year. General admission tickets cost $40 until July 29, when the price jumps to $55. Kids get in free.

I expect the event to sell out quickly and that attendance will exceed either of the two previous Basque Fries, said Andy Matthews, executive director of the Morning in Nevada PAC.

Laxalt patterned the Basque Fry gatherings after events his grandfather, former Nevada Gov. and U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt, held during his time in office. The Basque Fry has attracted many Republican elected officials and candidates trying to connect with the Republican base. Headliners at previous Basque Fries have included Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and Dr. Ben Carson, the current HUD secretary.

Contact Victor Joecks at vjoecks@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4698. Follow @victorjoecks on Twitter.

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Mike Pence coming to Nevada to headline Laxalt's Basque Fry - Las Vegas Review-Journal

The governors office and a disability rights group in Ohio are rejecting Vice President Mike Pences false claim about Medicaid benefits for the states disabled citizens.

Pence was making the case for Senate Republicans Obamacare repeal efforts during remarks at a Friday gathering of the National Governors Association in Rhode Island. Defending the newest version of the Senate Republican health care bill, which includes massive cuts to Medicaid funding, Pence said Obamacares expansion of the program had resulted in far too many able-bodied adults on Medicaid, specifically calling out Ohio Gov.John Kasich(R).

I know Gov. Kasich isnt with us, but I suspect that hes very troubled to know that in Ohio alone, nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists, leaving them without the care they need for months or even years, Pence said.

Kasich spokesman Jon Keeling first responded to the remarkwith a Friday tweetsaying,thats what we call #fakenews, later telling The Washington Post the assertion is not accurate.

Keeling said theres zero connection between those asking for support services and Medicaid expansion, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

In fact, after we expanded, the governor signed into law the largest investment in the system for the developmentally disabled in the history of the program $286 million. To say Medicaid expansion had a negative impact on the (developmental disabilities) system is false, as it is just the opposite of what actually happened.

Health care advocates have also rejected Pences claim.

Ohio Disability Rights executive director Michael Kirkman told HuffPosts Jonathan Cohn that there is no question the Affordable Care Acts Medicaid expansion has been an overall positive for people with disabilities and their families in Ohio.

And Medicaid officials told the Dispatch that theres no truth to Pences claim that Medicaid recipients in the state are being put ahead of 60,000 disabled Ohioans who rely on Medicaid but are currently on a waiting list.

Kasich on Friday called the latest version of the Senate Republican health care bill unacceptable, criticizing the plan for its too deep cuts to Medicaid.

While there are some provisional changes in the latest version of the Senate health care bill,it is largelythe same as the old one: the Medicaid program still stands to lose millions of dollars in funding, and those with pre-existing conditions will suffer weakened protections, should it pass. Organizations representing U.S. insurance agencies have lambasted the bill as simply unworkable, saying premiums would skyrocket for citizens with pre-existing conditions.

For more on how the House and Senate health care bills compare against the Affordable Care Act, go here.

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Ohio Pushes Back Against Mike Pence's 'False' Health Care Claims - HuffPost

Vice President Mike Pence spent his one year anniversary since being announced as President Trumps running mate working to drum up support for their 2016 campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.

This week at the bipartisan National Governors Association meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, Pence was met by skepticism from state leaders concerned about proposed cuts to Medicaid expansion.

On Saturday night, while speaking to a crowd of cheering young conservatives at the Maverick PAC conference in Washington, Pence said hes confident the Senate will be able to move forward on the health care bill.

We're on the verge of a historic accomplishment here in our nations capital, said Pence. Because in the coming days, President Trump, working with the Congress that you helped elect, is going to keep our promise to the American people, and we are going to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Just two days ago, building on the good work of the House of Representatives, Senate leadership unveiled a new version of the Senate health care bill, said Pence. The Senate health care bill is the right bill at the right time to begin to repeal and replace Obamacare, and to rescue the American people from this disastrous policy.

Republicans are struggling to find consensus and enough support to hit 50 yea votes on the bill, despite Trump taking to Twitter on Friday to pressure Republican senators currently on the fence, and Pences pitches in closed door meetings with governors and in a his speech tonight.

The task of whipping up support for the bill during the crucial week before voting seems to have largely rested on Pences shoulders this week, as Trump traveled to Paris and Bedminster, New Jersey. The vice president told supporters tonight to ignore what theyre hearing on cable television, saying hes certain Republican senators will come together in support of the legislation.

President Trump and I are confident, that when the time comes as early as next week, that Republicans and Senators are going to come together and they're going to move this bill forward and we will see the beginning of the end of the nightmare of Obamacare, he said.

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VP Mike Pence on healthcare: 'We're on the verge of a historic accomplishment' - ABC News

Republican Sen. Susan Collins disagrees with Vice President Mike Pence's analysis that the Senate GOP's healthcare bill would strengthen Medicaid for the most vulnerable.

"This bill would impose fundamental sweeping changes in the Medicaid program and those include very deep cuts. That would affect some of the most vulnerable in our society, including disabled children, poor seniors. It would affect our rural hospitals and nursing homes, and they would have a very difficult time even staying in existence," she said on CNN's "State of the Union."

On Friday, Pence told governors he and Trump believe the Senate healthcare bill "strengthens and secures Medicaid for the neediest in our society."

The bill, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, would roll back Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid in states that allow all low-income residents to be covered.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates these changes would result in cuts of $772 billion in federal spending on Medicaid, and would shed 15 million people from the program.

"You can't take more than $700 billion out of the Medicaid program and not think that it's going to have some kind of effect," Collins said.

She added there are eight to 10 Republican senators who have "serious" concerns about their party's bill and she doesn't know whether it will pass.

"I do know this: We should not be making fundamental changes in a vital safety net program that's been on the books for 50 years without evaluating what the consequences will be," Collins said.

Kimberly Leonard contributed to this report.

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Susan Collins breaks with Mike Pence: Senate GOP's healthcare bill 'would affect the most vulnerable' - Washington Examiner

In a Saturday night keynote address to the Maverick PAC conference Vice President Mike Pence rattled off a list of President Trump's accomplishments, noting that in seven months he's signed 40 bills and 40 Executive Orders, approved the Keystone and Dakota Pipelines, rolled back the Obama clean power plan, withdrew from Paris Climate Accord, and 800,000 new jobs have been created.

Though the stock market is soaring and consumer confidence is high, Pence said, one thing that must be addressed right away is the implosion of Obamacare.

Obamacare is literally imploding. The average premium on the individual market has more than doubled since Obamacare went into effect, and in many states it's more than tripled.

The Average Obamacare plan today costs $3,000 more than it did in 2013.

Pence expressed confidence that the Better Care Act would pass, though at least two GOP senators have said they will not vote for it.

We're on the verge of a historic accomplishment here in our nations capital, because in the coming days, President Trump, working with the Congress that you helped elect, is going to keep our promise to the American people, and we are going to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Just two days ago, building on the good work of the House of Representatives, Senate leadership unveiled a new version of the Senate health care bill. The Senate health care bill is the right bill at the right time to begin to repeal and replace Obamacare, and to rescue the American people from this disastrous policy.

Saturday night, Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that the bill would not be taken up in the Senate until Sen. John McCain returns to Washington. McCain had surgery in his home state of Arizona to remove a blood clot from above his eye and will recuperate there for the next week.

Last week, Pence told Rush Limbaugh that if the Senate was unable to pass this bill, they should pass a simple repeal then work on an entirely new plan.

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Mike Pence Says Administration is "On the Verge of an Historic Accomplishment" on Healthcare - Townhall