Exclusive—Rick Santorum on Obamacare Repeal Plan: ‘We Have an Obligation to Fix What’s Broken’
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.
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 Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) floated repealing Obamacare’s employer mandate on Tuesday.
The Donald Trump White House budget proposal released on Monday called for using the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare block grant bill to repeal Obamacare.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News that giving up Obamacare repeal “could be the biggest mistake we could make in 2018.”
Medical manufacturers asked President Donald Trump to repeal Obamacare’s device tax now that the law will take effect in 2018. Estimates suggest that the tax’s repeal could create another 53,000 jobs.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he continues to work with Vice President Mike Pence and the White House on a revived Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill.
Yes, the Obamacare issue is ba-a-ack. Congressional Republicans could, in fact, be voting on the fate of the program — formally known as the Affordable Care Act — within days.
The future of Obamacare repeal and replace lies with the GOP’s past success in converting federal welfare funds into block grants that allow governors to tailor the funds to their own local needs. However, like welfare reform in the 1990s, healthcare reform today will only succeed if it demonstrates that it can improve lives and not just reduce spending. The flesh-and-blood well-being of folks is more meaningful to people than abstract budget numbers showing a deficit reduction.
Republican leadership announced on Tuesday that they will move on to working on tax reform after telling reporters there would not be a vote on the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill.
Never in the history of American politics has a political party so utterly and completely squandered an opportunity and mandate.
Republicans continue to plot whether they want to tie Obamacare repeal to tax reform or repeal Obamacare next year.
“We are disappointed in certain so-called Republicans,” Trump said to reporters at the White House today.
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Graham-Cassidy Bill. Pelosi said the GOP did not “understand the complexity” of the health care issue. Partial transcript
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum told Breitbart News Daily host Raheem Kassam on Monday, “Anyone who votes again this bill,” referring to the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill, “and says, ‘I’m still for repealing Obamacare,’ they’re a liar because they had a chance to repeal Obamacare, and they didn’t.”
Sunday at the Texas Tribune Festival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he was not ready to support the Graham-Cassidy effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. Cruz said, “Mike Lee and I both sat down with Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy last
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tea Party Patriots held a Capitol Hill rally on Saturday calling on legislators to keep the promises that they made to the American people on issues like repealing Obamacare, enforcing the border and immigration laws and cutting taxes.
Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that he believes John McCain never intended to vote for the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill.
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
Democrats are scrambling to find ways to stop the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill from passing the Senate next week.
Should Graham-Cassidy, the latest manifestation of the seven-year Republican promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, manage to pass the Senate next week, ironically enough, conservatives will owe a debt of thanks to Sen. John McCain.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster endorsed the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare replacement bill in a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday.
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
Republican health care bill would restrict federal funding to Planned Parenthood through Medicaid and block grant requirements
A number of conservatives intellectuals and think tank scholars have endorsed the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill.
Democrats try to discredit the GOP healthcare plan, including falsely claiming it does not not protect pre-existing conditions.
As the GOP tries to return health care programs back to the states, critics aren’t telling the truth about pre-existing condition coverage.
Fifteen Republican governors sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, urging the Senate to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal and replace Obamacare through block grants to the states.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) responded to criticisms of the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill by both Jimmy Kimmel and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Graham said, “Well, he’s describing Obamacare. About 70%
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted the Graham-Cassidy Bill as “barely Obamacare-lite.” Rand said Graham-Cassidy “actually keeps the Obamacare spending and just redistributes it among the states. It’s a $1.2
Alexander Bolton and Peter Sullivan write at the Hill that after previous failed efforts the GOP is galvanizing forces in an “all-in last ditch effort” to repeal and replace Obamacare with the Graham-Cassidy health care bill:
As time runs out for the Republicans to keep their longtime campaign pledge to repeal and replace Obamacare, Democratic Senators rallied a small group of constituents outside of the capitol on Tuesday to oppose the Graham-Cassidy legislation that could be voted on by the Senate and the House by the end of the month.
Mike Pence flew back to Capitol Hill for a few hours with Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday, telling the on-board press pool reporter of the push for the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill from President Donald Trump, Pence, Graham, Steve Bannon, among others.
National pro-life leaders came together in support of Students for Life of America (SFLA) as the pro-life youth organization launches a national tour just as Congress appears to be poised to pass a healthcare bill that will defund Planned Parenthood.