KIMBERLY LEONARD – Washington Examiner’s Senior Healthcare Reporter

Topic: Healthcare

• Trump’s increased role in promoting the healthcare legislation came as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell headed into a weeklong recess with his caucus fractured and the fate of his Obamacare repeal measure uncertain.

• Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price hosted a “listening session” for people affected by Obamacare in Utah and traveled to Dallas for another healthcare “listening session” with doctors on Monday, and he placed a pair of op-eds that the White House later promoted.