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President Donald Trump will propose a new Labor Department regulation that will allow health insurers to sell insurance across state lines.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) praised the healthcare agreement struck by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA). Schumer said, “I want to salute both Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray for

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) argued that healthcare legislation proposed by Republicans is “terrible” for people “purposefully,” and “physically” hurts them. Garamendi said, “The problem here is not that the Democrats are not working

While speaking at a Cabinet meeting on Monday, President Trump declared that Obamacare doesn’t exist anymore and that when premiums increase, it is the Democrats’ fault because they voted for Obamacare. Trump said, “Republicans are meeting with Democrats because of

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell argued President Trump is trying to make the healthcare system worse and “screw up people’s lives.” Rampell said, “I go back and forth between thinking he actually believes he’s making the

President Donald Trump suspended the cost-sharing reduction payments as part of a strategy to dismantle Obamacare.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) stated President Trump broke the health care system, the current system is now Trumpcare, and now the president has to work with Democrats to fix it. Gallego said, “Republicans

The Department of Health and Human Services is cutting back on promoting and funding efforts to enroll people in the shrinking Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, insurance marketplace.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) argued that health insurance premiums are increasing because President Trump has been working to “sabotage” the Affordable Care Act. Van Hollen said, “[W]e need to, number one, make sure

A new analysis by the Illinois Department of Insurance shows that residents in the state who have insurance through the Obamacare exchange will see rate increases ranging from 16 to 37 percent next year for the lowest-cost plans.

Governors across the country are weighing in on the debate in Washington, DC, around the Graham-Cassidy healthcare legislation designed to start the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) stated the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill would “cause untold suffering in every community” and is “monstrous. Cruel. Even deadly.” Transcript as Follows: “Hello. I’m Congressman John Yarmuth from Louisville, Kentucky, and the

During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s edition of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that Obamacare did redistribute income and President Obama should have said so. Maher said, “Obamacare is not putting us into the red. No. It’s

On Thursday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Senator Al Franken (D-MN) referred to the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill as “the Screw You Billy Kimmel Act of 2017.” Franken began the interview by thanking and praising Kimmel for his monologue on health

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) predicted that the Graham-Cassidy bill will receive 50 Republican votes and votes from a few Democrats. Graham said, “I’ll be honest with you, I’ve never been more

On Thursday’s Morning Joe panel, MSNBC’s Mark Halperin criticized the GOP’s attempts to pass the down-to-the-wire Graham-Cassidy health care bill by suggesting they are “making many of the same mistakes” former President Barack Obama made to pass the failing Obamacare legislation: being dishonest.

Democrats try to discredit the GOP healthcare plan, including falsely claiming it does not not protect pre-existing conditions.

Wednesday in New York during a speech to the Gates Foundation, former President Barack Obama said it is “aggravating” the Republican Party is seeking to inflict “real human suffering” with their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Obama said, “But

President Donald Trump hopes that Republican senators will “vote for Graham-Cassidy” and fulfill their promise to repeal Obamacare.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) revealed on Fox News on Thursday that Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin supports his new legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare through block grants.

Editor’s Note: This Op-Ed was submitted to Breitbart Texas by the Texas Public Policy Foundation and was written by Dr. Deane Waldman, MD, MBA. So many narratives about healthcare abound, it is hard to understand why no one seems able to

The new effort led by former Sen. Rick Santorum could revive the prospect of repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Obamacare continues to collapse into a “death spiral” by design, contrary to Democrats’ claim President Trump fostered “uncertainty” that led to skyrocketing premiums and health care costs.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) stated that when healthcare reform is done with one party, it turns into a “gotcha” game, which is what happened with Obamacare and the Republican healthcare bills. She also

Sen. John McCain’s war hero past and his recent illness should not stop people from pointing out that the politician is “making a Schmuck out of himself,” contended Jackie Mason during a radio interview broadcast last night.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) argued that while Obamacare isn’t perfect, it isn’t hurting people. Van Hollen responded to President Trump’s tweet that Obamacare is “hurting people,” by stating,

During a press conference on Friday, Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) criticized President Trump’s tweet about letting Obamacare collapse by saying such an attitude will hurt people. Schumer said, “President Trump did a tweet last night and a tweet this

During a speech on the Senate floor after the Obamacare skinny repeal was voted down, Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that “it’s time to move on.” McConnell stated that “most of” the Senate Republicans kept their promise to repeal

Efforts by Republican lawmakers to repeal the Affordable Care Act in recent months have repeatedly collapsed after the Congressional Budget Office scored the various bills using a closely guarded analytic process done entirely behind closed doors.

On Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live,” Obamacare architect and MIT Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber stated that it was ironic that Senator John McCain returned from surgery to vote to take away health insurance and that while McCain making the journey back to

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that all of the Republican healthcare bills would be humanitarian catastrophes for the United States. Murphy said, “There are three different versions of the bill that could possibly

During a statement on Monday, President Trump stated Senate Republicans haven’t done their job on Obamacare and that any senator who votes against starting debate on the Senate GOP’s healthcare bill is telling Americans that they’re fine with Obamacare. Trump

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) stated President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “don’t care about” Trumpcare causing premiums to “skyrocket” or about “the tens of millions of people who would be kicked

Speaking at a rally with the American Federation of Teachers and other left-wing activists who oppose the House’s plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and the GOP-proposed budget, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the budget’s funding for the U.S. military leads to violence.

On Thursday’s “MSNBC Live,” host Stephanie Ruhle stated that the large amount of problems with Obamacare is one of the reasons why Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. Ruhle stated, “There are loads of Obamacare problems.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that going ahead with a vote on Obamacare repeal next week would be suicide, and Republicans should move on to tax reform. Krauthammer said, “I think