The Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said that the American bishops are “examining very closely” the discussion draft of the U.S. Senate’s health care bill but that as it stands the bill is “unacceptable.”
Research Assistant for Domestic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Jean Morrow, spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Friday regarding the newly released Senate Healthcare Reform Bill.
FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon condemned the Senate healthcare bill, saying, “Unfortunately, the Senate bill is an amendment to Obamacare, not a repeal of it.”
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he thinks the Senate healthcare bill “looks too much like Obamacare.”
Four Republican lawmakers issued a statement on Thursday saying they are “not ready” to vote for the Senate legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare.
Former President Barack Obama blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) healthcare bill on Thursday, saying “it’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — White House Principle Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters in the Thursday afternoon briefing that President Donald Trump “wants to bring the stakeholders to the table,” for conversations over the newly released Senate Republican Leadership’s healthcare bill before addressing specific items contained within it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused Senate Republicans of using “blood money” to give wealthy Americans tax cuts after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the draft of the Senate’s healthcare bill on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, dozens of protesters staged a “die-in” – blocking the hallway in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office – to protest against the Republican Party’s new healthcare reform bill, the American Healthcare Act (AHCA).
Thursday shortly after Senate Republicans released their version of health care legislation, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has been skeptical of Republican efforts, went told MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt it appeared that the bill would keep Obamacare instead of repealing it.
Stanley Greenberg, former President Bill Clinton’s top pollster, recently went to Macomb County, Michigan—where Trump defeated Clinton by 12 percentage points—to interview white working-class voters who supported President Barack Obama before voting for Trump in 2016. These “Reagan Democrats” represent the heart and soul of Trump’s coalition, and what stood out was how much voters there hated Ryan and McConnell and worried that Trump would align with establishment Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the draft for their healthcare reform bill.
Language in the Senate GOP healthcare bill that pertains to defunding abortion giant Planned Parenthood for one year is expected to be in the draft bill, but may be removed before a final vote on the legislation, reports The Hill.
Anthem announced on Wednesday that it will reduce its individual insurance plans in Wisconsin and Indiana, citing its inability to cope with the cost of sicker Americans that sign up for health insurance on the Obamacare market.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he will release a draft of the Senate health care bill on Thursday.
This week on the podcast, “Pod Save America,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) said Democrats have a “damn good chance” to stop the GOP’s health care bill. Schumer said, “The only way you can get on a bill is
Here are five takeaways from the two special elections on Tuesday: The victory of Republican Karen Handel over Democrat Jon Ossoff in the sixth district of Georgia, and also, the much-less-heralded victory of Republican Ralph Norman in the fifth district of South Carolina.
Now that Karen Handel has won — and won decisively, stunning the pollsters and pundits once again — the road is wide open for Trump’s legislative agenda.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) scolded the Republican leadership, revealing that despite serving as a member of the Senate health working group he has not seen the body’s ObamaCare replacement bill yet.
Medica will remain the last Iowa Obamacare exchange insurer, although it will sell its health plans at much higher premiums.
Senate Republicans continue to draft a health care bill. Here are a few key planks of the evolving legislation.
The FBI conducted raids last week on Sovereign Health behavioral health treatment centers in California and the San Clemente home of its CEO Dr. Tonmoy Sharma, whose U.K. medical license was revoked for serious professional misconduct. Sovereign Health facilities in
The conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) drafted a letter to send to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) demanding that the Senate adopt the House’s more conservative health care reforms.
The Washington Post dealt a blow to a liberal pipe dream Sunday when the outlet’s editorial board highlighted the problems with single-payer health care — arguing that it would be “astonishingly” expensive unless doctors are paid less and Americans are prepared to “accept different standards of access and comfort.”
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said the “epically unpopular,” Republican health care bill is politically “ruinous.” Brooks said, “This health care bill is not just unpopular it’s epically unpopular. It’s like 17% among
Several health insurers will raise premiums by roughly 20 percent on plans sold through Obamacare exchanges.
Senate Republicans hope to make slight changes to Obamacare as they endeavor to pass a healthcare bill before the end of June.
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that the Senate health care bill is a “non-starter.”
Senate Republicans will consider retaining Obamacare’s taxes for a longer period than the House-passed bill as they hope to find a consensus to pass the bill through the upper chamber.
While Obamacare repeal stalls in the Senate, Iowa hopes to implement a plan that could save individual health insurance in the state.
President Donald Trump met with two Wisconsin families suffering from the effects of Obamacare, promising to replace it with something better.
Nearly four dozen conservative groups wrote to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) urging the Senate to repeal Obamacare’s trillion dollars in taxes.
President Donald Trump met with Republican senators for lunch at the White House to discuss progress on the bill to replace Obamacare, using the occasion to highlight the failures of former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare plan and the obstruction of Democrats.
Two million Americans withdrew from Obamacare insurance plans since signing up on a federal exchange in January.
Senate Republicans will finish writing their draft health care legislation this week, but upper-chamber lawmakers have no plans to unveil the bill before it receives a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis.
Senate Republicans are moving closer to a deal on health care reform despite their differences on Medicaid spending.
President Donald Trump thundered against Obamacare in Ohio on Wednesday, calling it “one of the biggest broken promises in the history of politics.”
Obamacare continues to collapse. Here are the five places most likely to lose Obamacare insurers.
Senate Republicans will discuss Obamacare repeal options at a Tuesday GOP meeting, as lawmakers plan to vote on the legislation by the end of June.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump will host a handful of Republican congressional leaders at the White House for a dinner centered around the President’s first trip abroad. He will also preside over an afternoon bicameral Republican leadership
