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
While speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill about the American Health Care Act after the GOP’s meeting on the bill on Thursday, Speaker of the House Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) stated, “tomorrow, we’re proceeding.” Ryan said, “We have been promising
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “O’Reilly Factor,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated of the American Health Care Act, “tomorrow, it’s time to vote.” And that “this is the only train leaving the station that’s going
On the seventh anniversary of former President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a planned vote on the House Republican leadership’s repeal and replace of the ACA, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), has been canceled.
President Barack Obama broke his post-presidency silence on Thursday to deliver a statement celebrating the seventh anniversary of Obamacare, as House Republicans work to pass a plan that would replace it.
Emanuel was seen meeting with Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday in a confab that reportedly lasted 40 minutes, the Washington Post reports.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Thomas Massie (R-KY) stated that he’s “afraid” President Trump is “a one-term president” if the American Health Care Act passes. Massie said, “They may pull the bill from the floor, or they may push it
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that “it’s hard to see” the GOP repudiating both President Trump and House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Obamacare replacement. Krauthammer said that while it’s
During Tuesday’s press briefing, White House Secretary Sean Spicer said, “The president is proud of” of the American Health Care Act, but that there will be an amendment to it, and “this has never been a take it or leave
During an interview with Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” anchor Poppy Harlow said “Obamacare has meant spiking premiums across the country,” and major insurers leaving the market. Harlow said, “Here’s the thing, the health care plan,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” OMB Director Mick Mulvaney stated that the CBO is “really good at counting numbers,” but took issue with their report on the American Health Care Act, stating, “I don’t believe the facts are
During a town hall on MSNBC’s “All In” on Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) argued that the Republican Obamacare replacement plan is “going to result in people dying,” Obamacare has its flaws, such as deductions going up “too high,” and
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) stated he was “pretty encouraged” by the CBO report on the American Health Care Act, although “I think they sort of overestimate the uninsured
House Republican leaders doubled down on their defense of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the bill proposed by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to replace Obamacare, despite Congressional Budget Office scoring that said 14 million would almost immediately be uninsured.
During a listening session on healthcare at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said Republicans “are putting themselves in a very bad position…by repealing Obamacare.” Trump said that his administration is “committed to repealing and replacing” Obamacare and
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) said that he isn’t prepared to vote for the Obamacare replacement plan the way it is right now “because I think we can do better.” Issa
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway stated of the proposed Obamacare repeal and replacement, “The president and the vice president have leaned into this legislation, and the president did
During Friday’s Weekly Address, President Trump stated that the Obamacare replacement put forth by House Republicans “follows the guidelines I laid out in my recent address to Congress” and is “part of a three-pronged reform process.” Transcript as Follows: “My
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL) stated that the House Republican Obamacare replacement, the American Health Care Act, is “like Trump University…a scam designed to rip off folks like you.” And “means insurance companies charging you 30
Senator David Perdue (R-GA) was a guest on Friday’s Breitbart News Daily, offering his view of the House Republican Obamacare replacement bill.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Vice President Mike Pence stated of the Obamacare replacement bill, “I think we’re going to listen intently to conservative leaders. … [W]hat President Trump has said, to our whole team, is
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) defended the GOP’s Obamacare replacement by saying “there’s three phases here, and that’s what a lot of outside groups and folks just don’t
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Freedom Caucus member Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) touted legislation he will be introducing later in the day to just do a clean repeal of Obamacare, and criticized the replacement plan as “Obamacare
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued that “we’re moving a little bit too quickly on healthcare reform.” And that “I don’t think we need to introduce legislation on Monday and have one chance to
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that ” very conservative that’s come out publicly opposed to” the current Obamacare replacement “has been called by the White House and is being cajoled and wooed by the
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) stated that the GOP’s Obamacare replacement “sets a new entitlement, keeps some taxes, doesn’t repeal all of Obamacare.” Meadows said that some progress
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the announcement of the GOP’s Obamacare replacement by stating, “the conservatives, the ones who are more radical are going to have to fall on their
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued, “The Affordable Care Act is working today…But every day the Republicans push their repeal plan, they undermine it.” And “health care shouldn’t be about politics. It shouldn’t be about blindly
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) stated that the drafting of the Obamacare replacement is “precisely the most transparent, and normal way of doing business, which is the opposite of
On Wednesday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) touted his stated that Obamacare replacements are becoming “too elaborate now, and they’re adding in some government programs that I object to.” Rand also touted his
During a discussion of the Affordable Care Act during MSNBC’s coverage of President Trump’s speech before Congress, anchor Chris Matthews wondered, “We’ve had presidents talking about healthcare since Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt. Richard Nixon was going to have an employer
President Donald Trump promised a large crowd of American governors that he would work to redirect power from the federal government to the states.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) says she will not vote with fellow Republicans for an Obamacare repeal bill that defunds Planned Parenthood.
During a discussion with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini declared that Obama is “in a death spiral.” Bertolini said, [relevant remarks begin around 12:45] “I think you will see a lot more withdrawals this year of plans…we’re
Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore says the Trump administration’s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare is proof that no nation on earth “shits on its own” people the way the U.S. does.
