GOP Senators Still Frustrated With Obamacare Repeal Bill, Still Doing Nothing About It
A bunch of Republican senators are frustrated with leadership plans to pass a sweeping health care...
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Author: Jonathan Cohn
Paul Ryan Was Right: This Was A Defining Moment For The Republican Party
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) reportedly delivered a message to his colleagues earlier this...
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The Death Of Trumpcare Is The Ultimate Proof Of Obamacare’s Historic Accomplishment
The Affordable Care Act overcame the tea party protests of 2009 and the Democrats losing their...
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BREAKING NEWS: House Leaders Cancel Vote On Obamacare Repeal In Devastating Setback
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the House of Representatives would postpone a planned...
Read MoreHere’s One Reason Why Trump’s Legislative Agenda Is Flailing
President Donald Trump and his aides keep insisting that his presidency has already yielded progress on a historic scale. “I don’t think there’s ever been a president elected who in this short period of time has done what...
Read MoreFollowing Trump, IRS Takes First Shots At Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
The Trump administration has canceled plans to tighten enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. The Obama administration’s plan was designed to strengthen the law. The Trump administration’s decision...
Read MoreTrump’s Advisers Want You To Believe He’s The Most Productive President Yet. He Isn’t.
President Donald Trump’s advisers have taken to boasting about the flurry of activity that has come out of the White House in the last few weeks. And on Sunday’s political television shows, Stephen Miller, a senior White...
Read MoreTrump Administration May Use Executive Authority To Tweak Obamacare's Rules
With the congressional debate over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act likely to drag out for some time, the Trump administration is considering using its executive authority to tweak some of the law’s rules...
Read MoreRepealing Obamacare Could Make It Tougher To Find A Job, New Report Says
Republicans have long insisted that repealing the Affordable Care Act will create jobs. A new report out Tuesday suggests that the Republicans have it wrong ― that, if anything, repeal will cause more joblessness, at least of...
Read MoreObamacare Sign-ups Holding Steady, Despite Predictions of Implosion
Republicans who insist on quick repeal of Obamacare say it’s necessary because the program is imploding. But signs of implosion are difficult to find in new enrollment figures that the Department of Health and Human Services...
Read MoreRush To Repeal Obamacare Draws Warning From Another GOP Senator
More Republicans are expressing anxiety over plans to repeal Obamacare before reaching agreement on a replacement plan. And now one GOP senator has said clearly the two steps should happen simultaneously. The senator is Tom...
Read MoreWhy Paul Ryan Is So Desperate To Vote On Obamacare Repeal Quickly
House Speaker Paul Ryan has vowed a quick repeal of Obamacare in order to “stop the damage” and because “things are only getting worse.” Meanwhile, here is a selection of news reports from the past two weeks: The Obama...
Read MoreRepealing Obamacare Would Give A Tax Cut To Millionaires, Like Donald Trump
More than 20 million Americans could lose health insurance from the repeal of Obamacare. But not everybody would suffer. And among those who stand to gain are the richest people in America. That’s because Obamacare didn’t just...
Read MoreThe GOP’s Obamacare ‘Repeal-And-Delay’ Plan Is A Slow Motion Disaster
Republicans are coalescing around what’s come to be known as the “repeal and delay” strategy for Obamacare. By doing so, they’re revealing two key things. First, the party still doesn’t know what it wants the health care system...
Read MorePoll: Only One-Fourth Of Americans Actually Want Full Obamacare Repeal
The first major post-election survey on Obamacare suggests that repeal is a lot less popular than President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans may imagine. The poll also finds that even many Americans who support repeal...
Read MoreRepublicans Argue Whether Obamacare Repeal-And-Delay Strategy Will Work
Republicans in Congress say they are united in their determination to repeal and replace Obamacare. But they appear to have different views over whether it’s OK to repeal the law before crafting a replacement, or whether the two...
Read MoreRepublicans Who Think Nobody Would Miss Obamacare Should Ask People Who Depend On It
Awnna Meyers. Anna Meyers, with her son and husband. Some of the Republicans agitating to repeal Obamacare say they aren’t worried about taking health insurance away from more than 20 million people. Their theory: The program is...
Read MoreDonald Trump Would Push Debt To Highest Level In U.S. History, Report Says
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media on the golf course at his Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Donald Trump’s policy agenda would quickly...
Read MoreThe GOP Obamacare ‘Replacement’ Has Arrived. Sort Of.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will unveil a “replacement” for the Affordable Care Act at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington on Wednesday. JIM BOURG/REUTERS House Republicans will unveil what they’re calling...
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