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No more mandate: Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” program, Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, said President Donald Trump “may stop enforcing the individual mandate.” Separately, on CBS’ “Face the Nation” show, she reiterated Republican promises that no one would lose their health insurance under Obamacare while a replacement is being developed.

With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets

The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as “Obamacare”, outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi, on Oct. 4, 2013. President Donald Trump’s new executive order instructing federal agencies to grant relief to constituencies affected by the Affordable Care Act has begun to reverberate throughout the nation’s health care system, injecting further uncertainty into an already unsettled insurance landscape.

The Damage Done: A Media Addiction

… I voted for Donald Trump because I wanted to see change in our country. One change I didn’t want to see was access to health care at Planned Parenthood blocked. But Republican congressional leaders have already promised to do just that, with a …

Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Says Obamacare – Penalty’ Will End

Kellyanne Conway, a key adviser to President Donald Trump, said the new administration plans to end the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most people have health insurance, a step that could destabilize the law’s markets. Conway, in an interview airing Sunday on NBC News’ “Sunday Today With Willie Geist,” appeared to indicate that the law’s requirement that most employers offer coverage to their full-time workers would also end.

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As President Donald Trump steps into the Oval Office, a number of issues loom large, but one may stand out head and shoulders above the pack: the United States’ growing national debt. According to the USDebtClock.org, the national debt is rapidly closing in on $20 trillion, which works out to more than $61,300 for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. and nearly $167,000 for every taxpayer in the country.

Trump order paves way for agencies to weaken health law

Cathey Park of Cambridge, Massachusetts wears a cast for her broken wrist with “I Love Obamacare” written upon it prior to U.S. President Barack Obama’s arrival to speak about health insurance at Faneuil Hall in Boston October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump is ordering federal agencies to undermine Obamacare through regulatory action, a move that could weaken enforcement of the requirement for Americans to buy health coverage and give insurers leeway to drop some benefits.

How Trump’s executive order impacts future of ‘Obamacare’

President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, signs his first executive order on health care, Friday, Jan, 20, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. less President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, signs his first executive order on health care, Friday, Jan, 20, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in … more WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ‘s f irs t executive order targets the sweeping “Obamacare” law by giving federal agencies broad leeway to chip away at the measure.

Trump opponents decry ‘Klansman’ at rally

As protesters Saturday juxtaposed the new commander-in-chief with Hitler, and passed literature that described him as “a suit-and-tie Klansman,” a clearly agitated motorist rolled down his car window and told the group to “Let it go.” The driver was speaking about demonstrations throughout the country opposing President Donald Trump, whose tenure in the Oval Office was just one day old.

Trump opens first full day on job at church

… under the Affordable Care Act , which might include enforcement of the penalty for people who fail to carry the health insurance that the law requires of most Americans. President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday giving federal …

Trump signs executive order that could gut Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday giving federal agencies broad powers to unwind regulations created under the Affordable Care Act, which might include enforcement of the penalty for people who fail to carry the health insurance that the law requires of most Americans. The executive order, signed in the Oval Office as one of the new president’s first actions, directs agencies to grant relief to all constituencies affected by the sprawling 2010 health care law: consumers, insurers, hospitals, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, states and others.

#DonaldTrump signs first order on Obamacare

… programs while developing “a free and open market in interstate commerce for the offering of healthcare services and health insurance.” Health experts had speculated that Trump could expand exemptions from the so-called individual mandate, which …

WNBA players starting to invest in food industry

With their big three all back in the fold, the La Marque Cougars got off to fast start and never let up in an 84-47 win against the Hitchcock Bulldogs in front of an electric home crowd Friday. A vote this week by a majority of the county commissioners court to hold off on implementing new rules governing game rooms was a wise move.

European shares ease ahead of Trump inauguration

MILAN, Jan 20 European shares fell, posting their biggest weekly loss since before Donald Trump won the U.S presidential election in November, as investors grew cautious before his inauguration. The STOXX 600 closed 0.1 percent lower, marking a five-day loss of almost 1 percent.

Health care field awaits another seismic shift

A patient receives dental work at the Straka Terrace clinic this week in Oklahoma City. [Photo by Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman] As a mother checked in at the front desk of a south Oklahoma City health clinic, her two young boys made laps around her as they chased one another.

Ap Photos: Long-married Bushes hospitalized together

Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, have been married for 72 years – longer than any U.S. presidential couple. This week, they are being treated in the same Houston hospital, and receiving well-wishes from President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton as well as their son, former President George W. Bush.

Treasury pick Steve Mnuchin: Sorry about foreclosures

Actor and director horrified and PETA calls for boycott of A Dog’s Purpose after behind the scenes footage caught animal ‘abuse’ on camera Bushes on the mend! Barbara is feeling ‘1,000%’ better after her treatment for bronchitis and doctors are looking to move her husband George H.W. out of the ICU Obama’s final hours in the White House: Only a skeleton staff continues to work in the West Wing as the outgoing President’s schedule has been cleared to pack and have one last lunch with Joe Biden Trump’s Treasury nominee says SORRY to people who were foreclosed by the bank he bought – and comes under fire over $100m real estate he did not disclose Steve Mnuchin says sorry over actions of OneWest after he and group of partners bought and ran sub-prime lender in wake of 2008 financial crisis He told Senate Finance Committee when he was quizzed about foreclosures that he had tried to minimize … (more)

Matthew McConaughey used hair loss treatment

The 47-year-old actor noticed he was losing his locks when he turned 30 and was stunned when Regenix – a product derived from natural ingredients – actually halted the thinning process and made his tresses return. He said: “Yup, [my hair is] real, that’s what I got.

a Gop Senator Told a Democrat To Lighten Up During a Confirmation Hearing. It Didn’t Go Well.

Sen. Pat Roberts’ attempt to break the ice at a hearing for President-elect Donald Trump ‘s pick to lead the Treasury backfired on Thursday. The Kansas senator opened the hearing by offering anti-anxiety drug valium to Sen. Ron Wyden , after he delivered a lengthy opening statement detailing the shady business history of Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury.

a Gop Senator Told a Democrat To Lighten Up During a Confirmation Hearing. It Didn’t Go Well.

Sen. Pat Roberts’ attempt to break the ice at a hearing for President-elect Donald Trump ‘s pick to lead the Treasury backfired on Thursday. The Kansas senator opened the hearing by offering anti-anxiety drug valium to Sen. Ron Wyden , after he delivered a lengthy opening statement detailing the shady business history of Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury.