On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Obamacare architect and Chair of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medical Ethics, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel stated that while “costs have gone up,” under Obamacare, “they’ve gone up much more slowly than they
During Tuesday’s debate on Obamacare on CNN with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) answered a question on why President Obama promised people their “health insurance premiums would go down $2,500 a year? Was he telling the truth
During Tuesday’s debate on Obamacare on CNN with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued, “For families that are struggling, you’re getting less coverage. You’re paying more for it, and your deductibles are higher, and you know who’s
During a town hall on CNN on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) argued that Obamacare “has succeeded in every way.” Pelosi said the law had three purposes: “to increase coverage — to expand those who got healthcare,
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said, “Congratulations to the courageous organizers of the Women’s March – who enabled women and their families to demonstrate our values, our unity, and our good spirit – in
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” MIT Economics Professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber argued, “The people who oppose the law are people who haven’t benefited from the law, but haven’t been hurt from the
State senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) is pushing legislation to require presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to be listed on the ballot in California.
Everyone knew that Obamacare wouldn’t be repealed without a fight—and everyone was right. But how rough of a rumble will it be? That’s the real question.
The U.S. Bishops have written to all members of Congress “urging members of the House and Senate to provide a replacement plan” to the Affordable Care Act.
SANTA MONICA — Over one hundred “progressives” vowed to “resist” President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday as they gathered at the Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in this well-to-do coastal California city to organize efforts to combat the incoming administration.
During Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address, Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) stated, “Obamacare failed because it took choices away from patients and families. It took choices away from all of us. Well, it’s time to get our choices, our control, back so we can promote our health and wellness.”
The Santa Fe City Council narrowly failed to pass a controversial resolution that denounced many of the policies of the incoming presidential administration and would have defiantly resolved that the City would “continue to be a sanctuary city.” The resolution also expressly rejected the idea of building a wall at the U.S.-Mexico Border, and mentioned President-Elect Donald Trump by name. The vote was 4-4 with one abstention.
Senate Democrats held a late-night talkathon Monday to protest Republican lawmakers’ push to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
During Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address, Representative Diane Black (R-TN) said that after Obamacare is repealed, “there will be a stable transition period so that no one has the rug pulled out from underneath them. Our goal is a system that lowers
During Friday’s Weekly Address, President Obama previewed his Tuesday Farewell Address, and stated, “we’ve achieved what eluded politicians of both parties for a century – we’ve moved 20 million more Americans from uninsured to insured, ended the days of discrimination
During an interview with Vox on Friday, President Obama stated, “We can’t get healthcare for free. You’re going to have to pay for it one way or another,” and that this payment will be done by higher taxes or individuals
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that in order to save Obamacare, Democrats are “going to have to come out of the box with blazing guns.” Clyburn said, “We, as the New York
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) scoffed at the notion that the new Republican-led Congress will make progress fixing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Manchin, who skipped a meeting later that day congressional Democrats
The Texas Attorney General won a nationwide preliminary injunction to block a new Obamacare mandate requiring taxpayers to fund transgender reassignment surgeries and abortions. The new rule which defines “sex” as a state of mind was scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017.
Despite President-elect Donald Trump picking hard-core Obamacare foe Republican Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, California’s huge Obamacare exchange thinks it can survive the promised “repeal and replace.”
President Obama’s campaign organization, Organizing for Action (OFA), is apparently gearing up to fight against a Donald J. Trump-led effort to repeal his signature take-over of America’s national health care system by offering fans a new cut-rate price on pro-Obamacare bumper stickers.
President Barack Obama admitted that some of the people who had voted for him voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, rather than his chosen successor Hillary Clinton.
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama stated, “it’s this principle of competition that’s at the very heart of our health reform. In fact, it’s the reason we call it the Affordable Care Act; it makes insurance companies compete for your
The White House has enlisted veteran actor Bill Murray to get the word out during the final days of open enrollment to receive health insurance next year under the Affordable Care Act.
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama promoted the HealthCare.gov open enrollment period by stating that “any partisan talk you hear about repealing or replacing” Obamacare “should be judged by whether they keep all those improvements that benefit you and your
President-elect Donald Trump’s image improved since the election, but most people do not think he will build a wall along the southern border with Mexico, according to a George Washington University Battleground Poll.
During Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address Weekly Address, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) discussed repealing and replacing Obamacare, stating that “The mandate that people must buy government-approved insurance will be eliminated. More than 20 Obamacare taxes will be repealed. People will have
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who was recently elected to take over outgoing Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat, said she would resist President-elect Donald Trump’s policies once he is in the White House.
President Obama and the White House sent out an email on Wednesday morning saying the Health Insurance Marketplace is “open for business.”
During an interview on Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Alan Colmes Show,” MIT Economics Professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber argued that the law’s employer mandate “doesn’t do much” and eliminating it wouldn’t do “a whole lot of damage,” and
Even as a GOP-led Congress irons out its own plans for the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, President Donald Trump could begin the demise of Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law on the very first day of his presidency.
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama urged Americans to sign up for coverage on HealthCare.gov, and said, “most of us don’t get our health care through the Marketplace. We get it through our job, or through Medicare or Medicaid. And
Another major American healthcare provider is signaling that it is likely to pull out of the Obamacare markets in 2018 if its financial position continues to deteriorate.
During Friday’s GOP Weekly Address, Representative John Ratcliffe (R-TX) stated, “Obamacare is more than just another pile of broken promises. It’s the worst of all worlds. It’s higher costs and fewer choices. It’s less freedom and more government. It’s more
No doubt it comes as an enormous relief to Democrats that a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation says Americans are not calling for the demise of Obamacare.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Obamacare architect Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel stated that everyone who worked on Obamacare “thought that it was not perfect, and six years in, some of the problems, some of the unintended consequences are
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” MIT Economics Professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber argued that “The law is working as designed. However, it could work better. And I think probably the most important thing experts would agree on is
During an interview with Bloomberg at The Year Ahead Summit, Aetna CEO and Chairman Mark Bertolini argued, “The healthier people pull out, because the out-of-pocket costs aren’t worth it. I mean, young people can do the math, gas for the car,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Willie Geist stated that Obamacare’s premium increases and shrinking choices are “all things predicted by conservatives many years ago.” Geist said, “[T]his Obamacare story, about premiums going up 25% in certain plans,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the architects of Obamacare, stated that “There’s a million people” for whom Obamacare premium increases are “going to be severe — or uncomfortable.” Emanuel said that “most” Americans
