Chronicle of Higher Education

By most accounts, the GOP’s efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act with something that covers far fewer people is dead, at least for the moment. But someone forgot to tell Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who flew back to the nation’s capital on Monday for a White House meeting with beleaguered President Donald Trump.

Number of the Day

34 percent - Decrease in federal health-care funding, compared to current law, by 2026 under a block-grant proposal being pushed by Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy (Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities).