Trump on health debate: Repeal now, replace later
President Donald Trump has barged into Senate Republicans’ delicate health care negotiations with a suggestion bound to muddle things: If you can’t cut a deal on repealing the Obama-era law, then repeal it right away and then replace it later.
Summer looms with GOP stuck on health care, budget, taxes
Republicans are stuck on health care, can’t pass a budget, and hopes for a big, bipartisan infrastructure package are fizzling. Overhauling the tax code looks more and more like a distant dream.
Medicaid mission creep threatens GOP’s ‘Obamacare’ repeal
Somewhere along the way, the Republican crusade to repeal “Obamacare” also turned into an effort to limit the future growth of Medicaid. That bit of mission creep is complicating prospects for the GOP, and could lead to deadlock.
Budget office: Senate health bill adds 22 million uninsured Americans
The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, complicating GOP leaders’ hopes of pushing the plan through the chamber this week.
Donors to GOP: No cash until action on health care, taxes
At least one influential donor has informed congressional Republicans that the “Dallas piggy bank” is closed until he sees major action on health care and taxes.
McConnell faces hunt for GOP votes for Senate health bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has finally unwrapped his plan for dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law. Now comes his next challenge — persuading enough Republicans to back the measure and avert a defeat that would be shattering for President Donald Trump and the GOP.
Senate GOP health bill: Tax cuts for rich
Senate Republicans’ new health bill cuts taxes by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade, mostly for corporations and the richest families in America.
Inside Washington: Writing a bill in private not unusual
The Republican effort to secretly craft a health care bill and whisk it through the Senate is drawing fire from members of both parties.
GOP health plan could be costly for those with coverage gaps
As a thyroid cancer survivor battling nerve damage and other complications, Lisa Dammert was in such dire financial straits in 2014 that she and her husband did the unthinkable: They let their health insurance lapse for a while.
GOP health bill: 23M more uninsured; sick risk higher costs
Congress’ official budget analyst is projecting that the House Republican health care bill would produce 23 million more uninsured people and costly, perhaps unaffordable coverage for the seriously ill.
White House: Republicans to be rewarded for health care vote
The Republican Party will be rewarded for doing “what’s right” by voting to overhaul a “failing and collapsing” health care system, a top aide to President Donald Trump asserted as Democrats and at least one outside group began laying the groundwork to challenge the GOP for control of the House in the 2018 midterm election.
States brace for big decisions under GOP health care changes
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Even as the Republican health care overhaul remains a work in progress, states are planning for big changes that could swell
GOP health victory may be fleeting as wary Senate awaits
Senate Republicans wasted no time on Friday showing they have little use for the House bill to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act amid fears among Americans that people already sick won’t be able to get affordable insurance.
Democrats convinced health bill jeopardizes Republican’s monopoly in DC
It’s “Trumpcare” now, and Republicans have to answer for it.
Joyful House GOP votes to repeal reviled ‘Obamacare’
Delivering at last, triumphant House Republicans voted Thursday to repeal and replace the “Obamacare” health plan they have reviled for so long, overcoming united Democratic opposition and their own deep divisions to hand a major win to President Donald Trump.
Republican health care bill would allow employers to cap benefits
The Republican health care plan that passed the House on Thursday targeted a key protection for Americans who get their health insurance through work.
GOP revives struggling health care bill and plans House vote
In a startling turnabout, Republicans say they are ready to push their prized health care bill through the House and claim a victory for President Donald Trump, six weeks after nearly leaving it for dead and days after support from GOP moderates seemed to crumble anew.
Plan to give health care to every Californian moves forward
California lawmakers pushed forward Wednesday with a proposal that would substantially remake the health care system of the nation’s most populous state by replacing insurance companies with government-funded health care for everyone.
Poll: Americans dislike GOP’s, Trump’s plan on health care
Note to President Donald Trump and House Republicans: People really don’t like your approach to overhauling America’s health care.
Trump to GOP: Pass health care bill or seal your fate
Time for talk running out, President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned wavering House Republicans that their jobs were on the line in next year’s elections if they failed to back a GOP bill that would upend Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.