Tag Archives: Obamacare

REPORT: House Republicans Exempt Themselves From Health Care Proposal On Preexisting Conditions

Vox reports: House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan. The new Republican amendment, introduced Tuesday night, would allow states to waive out of Obamacare’s ban on preexisting conditions. This means that insurers could once again, under certain circumstances, charge sick people higher premiums than healthy …

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GOP Floats Another Obamacare Repeal “Compromise”

Talking Points Memo reports: With the end of President Trump’s first 100 days fast approaching, House Republicans appear ready to take another stab at reviving an Obamacare repeal bill that was pulled from the House floor last month due to lack of support and has since has been the focus of several rounds of unsuccessful negotiations. The latest compromise was …

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SOUTH CAROLINA: Town Hall Crowd Chants “You Lie” At Same GOP Rep Who Shouted It At Obama [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: An angry crowd in South Carolina chanted “you lie” to Rep. Joe Wilson at a town hall Monday, using the Republican Congressman’s own infamous line against him. Wilson was rebuked after shouting those words at former President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress in 2009, after the president said the health reforms he was proposing would …

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Trump Declares War On House Freedom Caucus

Yahoo News reports: President Trump vowed to take on the Freedom Caucus in the 2018 midterm elections if its members do not conform to his vision of the GOP. On Thursday morning, Trump tweeted that the congressional caucus of conservative members of the United States House of Representatives are on track to harm “the entire Republican agenda.” More from Politico: …

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Freedom Caucus Member To Attempt Forced Vote On Obamacare Repeal To See “Who Is Truly For It”

The Hill reports: Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), a conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus, said Tuesday that he plans to file a discharge petition in an effort to force a vote on full repeal of ObamaCare. Brooks has introduced a two-page bill to repeal the entire law, a measure that has no real path to passage given opposition from …

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EVERYONE BUT HIM: Trump Expands Trumpcare Finger Pointing To Include GOP House Freedom Caucus

The Washington Times reports: President Trump jabbed at the House Freedom Caucus and conservative groups Sunday on Twitter, blaming them for derailing the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare!” the president tweeted. Friday’s decision to …

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Priebus On Heathcare: Everything’s Now On The Table

The Hill reports: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on Sunday said that all options are on the table for future negotiations on healthcare following the failure of Republican attempts to repeal and replace ObamaCare. “Everything’s on the table,” Priebus told “Fox News Sunday.” “We’ll give these guys another chance.” Priebus said President Trump is not “closing the door …

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Sean Hannity: Trump Went “Above And Beyond” So The Fault In His Trumpcare Fail Falls On The GOP [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Sean Hannity opened his show last night by saying that after 7 years of Obamacare opposition, “not getting the job done is unacceptable.” He argued that this is not President Trump‘s failure –– he “went above and beyond, did everything in his power to get this bill across the finish line”––but the failure of Republicans in Congress to …

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OOPS: Republican Super PAC Runs Ads Asking Voters To Thank GOP For Passing Trumpcare Bill [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: A Republican super-PAC ran ads Friday thanking Republicans for repealing ObamaCare — hours after the vote was canceled. “Republicans are keeping their promise, with a new plan for better health care,” one of the American Action Network advertisements said. “Thank [California] Congressman Darrell Issa for keeping his promise and replacing the Affordable Care Act with the better …

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Trump: Don’t Worry, Obamacare Will Explode

Talking Points Memo reports: President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday for the first time about the Republicans’ failure to bring their health care bill up for a vote in the House, telling Americans not to worry but that Obamacare would “explode.” The tweet echoes what Trump has said about the Affordable Care Act in the past, often remarking in the process …

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ENDLESS LIES: Trump Claims He Never Said He’d Repeal And Replace Obamacare Right Away [VIDEO]

Politico reports: President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare won’t be his last try. “I guess I’m here what, 64 days? I never said repeal and replace Obamacare — you’ve all heard my speeches — I never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days,” Trump told reporters shortly after House Republican …

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Sean Spicer: The House Vote On Trumpcare Will Happen At 3:30PM Whether Votes Are There Or Not [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: The White House said Friday the House will vote on the Republican healthcare plan despite serious doubts it has the votes to pass. “The House will be voting on the American Health Care Act, the current vote is scheduled for 3:30,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters. He spoke as President Trump met with Speaker …

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House Budget Committee Advances Trumpcare Bill

The Associated Press reports: The House Budget Committee has voted to advance the troubled Republican health care bill. Three conservative GOP lawmakers voted against the measure. That’s one vote shy of what would have been needed to deal a damaging and embarrassing — but not fatal — setback to the party’s showpiece legislation. Even so, the tally underscored the challenge …

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Sean Spicer Says “Sure” When Asked To Concede That Trumpcare Will Cost Millions Their Coverage [VIDEO]

At today’s White House press briefing Sean Spicer took a lot of heat over the Congressional Budget Office’s review of the Trumpcare plan. CNN’s Jim Acosta pressed Spicer to concede that millions will lose their coverage. Spicer responded, “Sure, but you have to look at the current situation. There is a higher likelihood that people will find something that they …

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HHS Head Tom Price Dodges When Asked If Trumpcare Will Provide Coverage For All As Promised [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: During an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show, Price said President Trump’s promise to ensure coverage for every American was “absolutely right.” But when explicitly asked about whether anyone would lose coverage under the Republicans’ plan, Price demurred, talking instead about the Affordable Care Act’s faults. “Are you saying no one is going to lose coverage under this …

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Paul Ryan: I’m “Pretty Encouraged” By The Report That Trumpcare Will Cost 24 Million Their Coverage [VIDEO]

As you’ll see in the clip below, even the Fox News host isn’t buying it: Speaker Paul Ryan spoke with Fox’s Bret Baier tonight and reacted to the CBO score on the American Health Care Act. Baier brought up the millions of people the CBO says would be uninsured a few years from now, but Ryan responded, “If you read …

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Congressional Budget Office Predicts As Many As 24 Million Could Lose Coverage Under Trumpcare

Business Insider reports: The Congressional Budget Office on Monday released a much-anticipated report detailing the possible effects of the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The CBO projected that as many as 14 million Americans could lose their coverage due to the AHCA in 2018. As the Medicaid changes went …

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Trump Blasts GOP For Trying To Repeal Obamacare Before It Can “Implode Off The Map” On Its Own

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday warned that Republicans “are putting themselves in a very bad position” by repealing and replacing Obamacare, even as he endorsed the GOP plan to do just that. Trump blasted Obamacare on Monday morning, telling so-called “victims” of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act that “a lot of people in the Senate and …

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John Oliver Blasts “Vicious” Trumpcare Bill [VIDEO]

TIME reports: The American Health Care Act (ACHA) is here and according to John Oliver it’s “the legislative equivalent of Pirates of the Caribbean 5.” “You may not have wanted it, it looks awful, but it’s here anyway,” Oliver said on Last Week Tonight while focusing his attention on the health care bill that the GOP unveiled this week to …

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HHS Head Tom Price: Trumpcare Isn’t “Obamacare Lite” Because More People Will Have Coverage [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: No one will be adversely affected by the Republicans’ new health care bill once it’s enacted and more people would be covered, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. “I firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially in the process that we’re going through,” Price insisted when pressed by NBC’s Chuck Todd during …

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