Conservative Republicans demanded tougher changes Friday in insurance requirements and Medicaid than the House GOP health care bill proposes and warned they’d oppose the legislation if it isn’t reshaped. The White House signaled an openness to negotiate, but there was resistance from House leaders.
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House Conservatives Are Warming Up to the Obamacare Replacement
… better.” The replacement package proposed by Republican leadership and House Speaker Paul Ryan, dubbed the American Health Care Act, includes federal tax credits to help lower income households purchase insurance. It also maintains Obamacare's …
Top Conservatives Oppose GOP Health Care Plan, Muddying Path to 218
Meadows, center, and his conservative colleagues have expressed opposition to a House GOP plan to provide refundable tax credits to help individuals purchase insurance. The top two House conservatives on Monday said they cannot vote for their conference’s health care repeal and partial replacement plan in its current form, meaning House GOP leaders have some work to do before they can offer a bill that will get the 218 votes needed to pass the House.
Jim Jordan: a Repaira of Obamacare implies therea s something worth fixing
… that’s just semantics and the plan is to fully repeal and replace the law. Asked about a replacement, Mr. Jordan said health care would get better and cost less by repealing the law and putting in reforms like expanding health savings accounts, …
Replacing Obamacare may take longer than some in GOP desire
… his inauguration. Republicans want a fast-track repeal of Obamacare, but fully scuttling and replacing the landmark health care law may take longer than some want and may require several steps that could stretch out months or years. This is the …
Replacing Obamacare may take longer than some in GOP desire
… his inauguration. Republicans want a fast-track repeal of Obamacare, but fully scuttling and replacing the landmark health care law may take longer than some want and may require several steps that could stretch out months or years. This is the …
Democrats, GOP members blast Republican senators’ efforts to dismantle health care
Republicans in Congress rammed through a budget resolution on Wednesday night to force both the Senate and House of Representatives to begin repealing large parts of the Affordable Care Act. In the process, Democrats forced Republicans to block measures that would protect Medicare, Medicaid, mental-health services and womens’ access to health care.
The Senate Just Took Its First Step Toward Repealing Obamacare
The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what to replace it with. The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.
GOP Congressmen urge denial of Gov. Roy Coopera s request to expand Medicaid –
… eligibility requirements are changed, than more than half a million residents of the Tar Heel State could “receive health care beginning in January 2018.” “This is North Carolina common sense,” Cooper said in a statement. “We can receive between $3 …
Some in House Freedom Caucus may push same-day vote to repeal and replace Obamacare
… Meadows, R-N.C., and chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. Waiting too long after repeal to offer up a replacement health care policy, as some leaders in Congress have suggested, would be kicking the can down the road, Meadows says. “It doesn’t have …
Senate OKs first step to repeal Obamacare despite some GOP misgivings
The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what the replace it with. The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.