Senate Republicans released their bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, on Thursday, but even Republicans are complaining about what they say is the secrecy surrounding the crafting of the GOP health care plan, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) argued that the Senate’s healthcare bill may provide more subsidies than Obamacare does. Rand said, “[W]hen we look at the bill, we actually
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Senator Al Franken (D-MN) put part of the blame for the Affordable Care Act’s problems with exchanges and costs on “sabotage” by President Donald Trump Trump and Republicans eliminating the
Four Republican lawmakers issued a statement on Thursday saying they are “not ready” to vote for the Senate legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) stated that Congress will put Obamacare repeal and replace on the president’s desk in the next seven weeks. Meadows stated, “In the next
In a Facebook video Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) said that even though he’s a part of the Senate’s healthcare working group, he hasn’t seen the healthcare bill the Senate is working on, and it has become clear that the bill
Medica will remain the last Iowa Obamacare exchange insurer, although it will sell its health plans at much higher premiums.
During a press gaggle on Tuesday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated that the Republicans are doing the same thing with the American Health Care Act that Democrats did in ramming through the Affordable Care Act. McCain said, “We used to
The conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) drafted a letter to send to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) demanding that the Senate adopt the House’s more conservative health care reforms.
I have been experimenting with an obscure Obamacare alternative that I believe holds an answer to declining health and, more importantly, is something that Congress should protect as it considers overhauling the nation’s healthcare law.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Assistant Democratic Leader Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) argued the Republican healthcare bill “would turn the clock back on civil rights and humaneness.” Transcript as Follows: “Hello. I’m Congressman Jim Clyburn. I proudly represent the 6th
While Obamacare repeal stalls in the Senate, Iowa hopes to implement a plan that could save individual health insurance in the state.
The executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) observes that any Obamacare health care replacement plan that attempts to implement “universal coverage” will suffer the same outcome as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), since the more
The nationwide effort to disrupt town hall meetings of members of Congress continued earlier this week when Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) attempted to conduct a Q and A with his constituents in Jackson, Mich.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) characterized the AHCA as “cruel” and argued, “Nobody should be penalized just because they got sick. Or for being a woman. Or because they were born with a rare condition.” Transcript as
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued that the Obamacare exchanges are having problems “because of what the Trump administration and the Republicans are doing.” Schumer said, “Look, the reason that the
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer argued President Obama’s statement on health care over the weekend was a reminder “of why we should be grateful as a nation that he is gone.” Krauthammer
Former president Barack Obama has claimed that lawmakers will need to exercise “political courage” in order to save his landmark health care act, commonly known as Obamacare.
During Friday’s Weekly Address, President Trump said of the revised American Health Care Act, “your premiums will come down, and your deductibles will come down.” Transcript as Follows: “My fellow Americans, Since Day One, my administration has been hard at
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, House Democratic Whip Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said that the passage of the American Health Care Act was “the Republican-led Congress at its worst, and deeply out of touch with the people it serves.” Transcript
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated that after the House passed the revised AHCA, “I was sick, but not nearly as sick as the 24 million people who are going to lose coverage, and I
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Obamacare architect and MIT Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber argued that insurers withdrawing from Obamacare shouldn’t be pinned on President Obama, and “This is President Trump’s problem, and he’s caused it.” After anchor John Berman pointed to
Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) talked about his vote in favor of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) with SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Friday’s Breitbart News D
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” anchor Don Lemon argued that it’s incorrect to say Obamacare is “imploding” on its own, and that such statements must be given in context of the lack of enforcement of the mandate, and the
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich asked, “how can you possibly say that Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act actually was cruel or a burden to people? That’s absurd.” During a discussion with economist Stephen Moore,
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) argued the revised American Health Care Act is “the first time that Republicans have affirmatively put their stamp of approval on a program where federal money,
During CNN’s coverage of Thursday’s AHCA vote, anchor Jake Tapper stated that Obamacare was sold to the American people in a manner that “was, in many ways, mendacious.” Tapper said, “[T]he way that this bill — the original bill, Obamacare,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “the Hugh Hewitt Show,” House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) said that a vote on the GOP healthcare bill will be brought up “when we get the votes.” He added that “We’re getting extremely close.” Host
Republican leaders are trying to line up votes for another Obamacare repeal bill, with a vote possibly coming later this week. It’s also possible the new repeal effort will collapse, sending legislators back to the drawing board. Here are some principles to keep in mind, based on what Republicans have been saying to their constituents since 2010, and what happened when they made their first run at repeal in 2017.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Steve King (R-IA) stated that it’s “a toss of the coin” as to whether there will be a vote on the GOP healthcare bill, and that “they’re holding four to six votes short of
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says he believes states are better suited to address the opioid epidemic, on a local level, than applying a “federal, one-size-fits-all” approach to a drug addiction problem that has swept the nation.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Emeritus Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued that the latest Obamacare bill isn’t a repeal of Obamacare, but is “a pretty darn good bill” and “the best bill we can
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s primetime edition of “The Lead,” OMB Director Mick Mulvaney said President Trump wouldn’t sign a spending bill that went along with Democrats’ demands for Obamacare subsidies for lower-income Americans. Anchor Jake Tapper asked Mulvaney, “Democrats say that they
On Monday’s broadcast of “CBS This Morning,” Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) argued that repealing Medicaid expansion “would devastate people in my state.” Kasich was asked about what impact repealing Medicaid expansion would have. He answered, “That would devastate people in
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” CNN National Political Reporter MJ Lee reported that House members are working on a deal on a healthcare bill “that could potentially bring on board 18 to 20 new yes votes from
This week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin blamed a delay in healthcare reform for likely pushing the “aggressive timeline” for President Donald Trump’s tax reform back until after congress’ August recess.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” House Freedom Caucus Member Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL) stated that there’s “definitely a path” to an Obamacare bill, and that if they can deliver lower premiums and more choice, “I
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer stated that if Republicans aren’t able to make progress on replacing Obamacare before the 2018 elections, it would be “ruinous.” Krauthammer said, “I think it’s ruinous. It’s not
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that the American Health Care Act’s defeat was a philosophical victory for President Obama, and “The country has changed. There is now the generalized expectation that
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “First 100 Days,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated that House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) “ultimately decided it was better to pull” the American Health Care Act. Spicer said, “Speaker
