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.
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
