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Virginia’s Republican Senate voted Wednesday to expand Medicaid, which will likely make Virginia the 33rd state to expand Medicaid.

Michael Cannon said President Trump’s expansion of short-term health insurance plans could cost 90 percent less than Obamacare plans.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wrote in an op-ed in the Flathead Beacon on Friday that we need “strong leaders like Matt Rosendale” who will defend the Constitution.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) revealed in a new report on Wednesday that Obamacare premiums will spike premiums by 15 percent next year.

Georgia attorney general Chris Carr spearheaded a coalition of 14 states this week in applauding Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s efforts to allow small businesses to become eligible to participate in Association Health Plans (AHPs) and urging an expansion of the program to be open to more American small business owners. 

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar pointed to short-term and association health plans during Friday’s White House press briefing as possible solutions to Obamacare and health insurance premiums reaching new heights.

Sen. Pat Toomey wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, promising to oppose President Donald Trump’s efforts to renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Conservatives continue to press for a new Obamacare repeal bill, even as the Republican leadership expresses “disinterest” in repealing Obamacare before the 2018 midterm election.

Rick Santorum said he will soon unveil a new Obamacare block-grant repeal proposal that will both lower premiums and increase the number of insured.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) confirmed Tuesday afternoon to the Boston Globe that she intends to serve as Speaker of the House if Democrats win the 2018 midterm election.

A report suggested that Republicans might reveal in the next few weeks a new push to repeal Obamacare before the 2018 midterm election.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned that the “diabolical” and “heartbreaking” treatment of the 23-month-old British baby Alfie Evans is an example of the “death panel”-like decisions Americans can expect under a fully “socialized rationed healthcare” system.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he expected to support President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in 2020 during a Tuesday interview with SiriusXM hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on Breitbart News Tonight.

And what have they done? They surrendered without a fight. Any real advance, be it Gorsuch, regulatory relief, minimal border security, minimal tax cuts, or minimal changes in Obamacare — it’s all being driven by the White House. Congress has done nothing.

Paul Ryan’s tenure as Speaker has been mired in failure to repeal Obamacare, fund a southern border wall, and pass pro-American immigration legislation.

House Speaker Paul Ryan revealed at a press conference that he will retire at the end of the congressional term, saying that this “year will be my last as a member of the House.”

Republican voters say reducing overall immigration to the U.S. is more important than tax cuts or repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Alfredo Ortiz writes in the Washington Examiner about a liberal funded organization called the Small Business Majority which is advocating against  innovations such as association health plans as an alternative to high cost Obamacare.

Alfredo Ortiz and Thomas Price write in USA Today that the Department of Labor is going to be able to offer small businesses a measure of relief from spiraling health care costs.

Conservatives are understandably frustrated by the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law, under protest, on Friday. But the omnibus is not a disaster. In fact, Republicans scored many important wins.

The House will not include an Obamacare bailout package in their must-pass omnibus spending bill. 

Conservatives balked at a potential Obamacare bailout that moderate Republicans senators wish to include in the omnibus spending bill.

Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale lit into big government omnibus spending bills during an interview on Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM’s Patriot Channel 125 this weekend, including bashing a pet project for New York City that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to insert into the bill despite President Donald Trump’s threat to veto the bill if it is included.

A poll conducted by American Action Forum (AAF) released last Friday revealed that a majority of American voters oppose a single-payer healthcare system.

Sen. Barrasso introduced a bill to codify President Trump’s recent executive order offering Americans more affordable health plans compared to Obamacare.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) sent a letter on Thursday to the House Appropriations Committee demanding that Congress immediately repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate.

A study found that 3.2 million Americans will leave Obamacare for more affordable options such as Association Health Plans (AHP) thanks to Trump’s executive orders on health care.

A new poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that nearly four in five Republicans oppose Obamacare.

A coalition of 20 states sued the federal government on Monday, arguing that Obamacare violates the Constitution after Republicans repealed the law’s individual mandate.

Democrats are edging closer to adopting single-payer healthcare as the Center for American Progress (CAP) unveiled their “Medicare Extra for All” healthcare scheme.

President Trump, so often maligned as thin-skinned and divisive, is teaching us how to talk to those with whom we disagree. We may, against the odds, begin to solve some of our problems.

President Trump declared at CPAC on Friday morning, “Piece by piece by piece, Obamacare is being wiped out!”

The Trump administration launched a new rule on Tuesday that will expand short-term health insurance plans, offering Americans more affordable health care options compared to Obamacare.

House Speaker Ryan said that he “couldn’t be happier” that Mitt Romney will run for the U.S. Senate seat.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) blamed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Fox Business on Tuesday for tanking Obamacare repeal.

House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) floated repealing Obamacare’s employer mandate on Tuesday.