… governor wrote. Bentley advocated for keeping in place an increased federal funds matching rate for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which serves about 150,000 people in Alabama age 18 and younger. President-elect Donald Trump and Republican …
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Republican Senator: Democrats should help us replace Obamacare
… you didn’t already have the damage, the destruction, the harm created by Obamacare driving premiums up, distorting health-care markets and health-insurance markets,” Johnson added, referring to the fact that it would have been easier to repeal the …
Republican Senator: Democrats should help us replace Obamacare
… you didn’t already have the damage, the destruction, the harm created by Obamacare driving premiums up, distorting health-care markets and health-insurance markets,” Johnson added, referring to the fact that it would have been easier to repeal the …
Perry Stein
… a partner. “I have some very serious concerns about Trump,” said Swindell, who started Stanton Healthcare, a women’s health facility with multiple locations that does not offer contraception or abortions. “I am a feminist.” The Women’s March has a …
Republican senator would let states keep Obamacare if they want
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy is making an offer to Democrats he hopes they won’t refuse: If their states like Obamacare, they can keep it. A doctor who worked for decades in charity hospitals and clinics before joining Congress, Cassidy plans to introduce soon an updated version of his health care plan aimed at giving states flexibility to keep Obamacare, nix it entirely or transition to a new system of health savings accounts and automatic health plan enrollment.
Price attempts to reassure on health care; Dems not buying it
Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won’t “pull the rug out” from those covered by “Obamacare.” Democrats were unimpressed, noting a lack of specifics.
Trump HHS nominee: It’s ‘imperative’ people be able to keep health coverage
JANUARY 18: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Rep. Tom Price testifies during his confirmation hearing January 17, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Price, a leading critic of the Affordable Care Act, is expected to face questions about his healthcare stock purchases before introducing legislation that would benefit the companies.
HHS nominee Price sees ‘access’ to coverage as health reform goal – Wed, 18 Jan 2017 PST
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services and one of Congress’s most vehement critics of the Affordable Care Act, told senators on Wednesday that “it is absolutely imperative” for the government to ensure that all Americans “have the opportunity to gain access” to insurance coverage – a more modest goal than the incoming president has set forth in recent days. In a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee committee, Price laid out the central elements of his years-long attempt to replace the ACA along conservative lines.
Idaho exchange’s subsidies at risk under health care repeal – Wed, 18 Jan 2017 PST
Idaho’s health insurance exchange would lose $220 million in tax subsidies if President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is repealed, Your Health Idaho Director Pat Kelly said Wednesday. “Depending on what the repeal would look like, that would be the cost to Idaho,” said Kelly, during a presentation to the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee.
Chuck Schumer Contracts Harryreiditis; Ridiculously Claims Tom Price May Have Broken The Law
Yesterday, I wrote about the lame CNN story that’s one of the “raises questions” variety that is long on supposition and short on facts. Leave it to Democrats to make the entire scenario even more stupid with Senator Chuck Schumer suggesting Rep. Tom Price broke the law with a humungous purchase of twenty-six shares of stock.
Trump Nominee to Face Questions About Obamacare, Stock Trades
Democrats plan to make the Georgia Republican, a leading critic of Obamacare who authored his own conservative alternative to the law in Congress, defend his and Trump’s records on entitlement reform and health insurance. While Trump is in sync with Hill Republicans and Price on the need to repeal and replace Obamacare, he has split with his party on some of the details of reform.
Trump’s health pick set to defend investments at U.S. Senate hearing
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary was expected to face hard questions from a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday about his personal stock investments and proposals to dismantle Obamacare. Representative Tom Price, a Georgia orthopedic surgeon who has been in politics for more than 20 years, was chosen by fellow Republican Trump, who will become president on Friday, to head an agency that manages scores of healthcare programs.
Letter: Portman has key role in vote
… years to develop an alternative to the Affordable Care Act that would maintain the patient protections and access to health services for millions of Americans. So far, all they can offer is repeal and debate. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, might be an …
Bill would let women sue doctors who perform their abortions
… viders, set up an adversarial relationship between provider and patient, shame women and block access to reproductive health care,” he said in a statement.
Lena Dunham, Wilson Cruz to speak at Planned Parenthood rally
The Tuesday rally in Sacramento, just three days before President Barack Obama leaves office, reflects mounting concerns over national politics and the future of the reproductive health organization, which has 115 affiliated centers in California alone, serving 800,000 patients. Women’s health groups are concerned that a Trump presidency could enable a Republican-controlled Congress to make good on its threats to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding by making it ineligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
Part 7: What It Means to Be an Ex-Felon
Ronald Pierce, far right, meeting at Sen. Cory Booker’s office in New Jersey with other ex-felons as part of the NJ-STEP re-entry program at Rutgers University. It is the week before final exams.
Obamacare Repeal Could Bring Many More Uninsured, Higher Premiums
… Congressional Budget Office. Moreover, insurance premiums could double over 10 years if significant provisions of the health care law were repealed, the budget office determined. President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans have pledged to …
Ryan: We Need Additional Talks On Trump’s Plan To Target Drug Companies
… to bring down the price of drugs.” According to Ryan, Georgia Rep. Tom Price – Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services – has a solid grasp on the issue.
After Eight Years Of Drowning In Obama’s Regulations, America Can Come Up For Air
… as protecting Americans from harm. Some reasonable protections do. However, looking at the latest economic and even health figures, it’s clear the dramatic expansion of Washington’s bureaucratic power during the Obama years has created more problems …
Fulfilling the Promise of Obamacare Repealby Chris JacobsTwo months…
wo months ago, the American people gave lawmakers a clear mandate: Save our nation’s health-care system from the harmful effects of Obamacare. They’re sick of exorbitant premium increases . They’re frustrated with insurer drop-outs and narrow …
Will Brownback fill revenue pothole?
… that good (even great) politics and good government aren’t the same. Good government keeps the schools, roads, health care, and the poor taken care of. Good politics boils down to not inconveniencing your voter base. That’s something that is a …
Washington Post: A prescription for disaster
… or tighten rules that discourage people from signing up only when they are sick, for example. On top of an improved health care system, the GOP could most likely get some Democratic votes for this approach. If Republicans went on to call that repeal …
Obamacare repeal: Is there room for bipartisan compromise
As Republican leaders in Congress scramble to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, they are quickly resurrecting America’s decades-long health care debate, in all its complexities. But it’s not clear which direction Congress and the country are headed.
Obamacare repeal: Is there room for bipartisan compromise
As Republican leaders in Congress scramble to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, they are quickly resurrecting America’s decades-long health care debate, in all its complexities. But it’s not clear which direction Congress and the country are headed.
Transition Tracker: Health insurance for everybody edition
President-elect Donald Trump now says he wants “insurance for everybody” when Obamacare is replaced, which caused nearly every pundit in Washington and beyond scrambling to figure out what exactly he means. Will everyone get health care? Or will everyone get access to health care? Does that mean it’ll be affordable to everyone? Can he get the Republican Congress unified behind that plan? Trump made waves over the weekend, telling The Washington Post that he wants “insurance for everybody,” and urging Congress to quickly put the replacement plan in place.
Transition Tracker: Health insurance for everybody edition
President-elect Donald Trump now says he wants “insurance for everybody” when Obamacare is replaced, which caused nearly every pundit in Washington and beyond scrambling to figure out what exactly he means. Will everyone get health care? Or will everyone get access to health care? Does that mean it’ll be affordable to everyone? Can he get the Republican Congress unified behind that plan? Trump made waves over the weekend, telling The Washington Post that he wants “insurance for everybody,” and urging Congress to quickly put the replacement plan in place.
Trump’s ‘Insurance For Everybody’ Conflicts With Price’s 2015 Plan
Rep. Tom Price, Donald Trump’s pick as health and human services secretary, presented a healthcare plan in 2015 that would not afford universal healthcare to Americans, a proposal at odds with Trump’s plan to have “insurance for everybody.” The differing proposals have made it difficult for GOP members to move ahead with repealing Obamacare without a precise replacement, Politico reported.
Trump’s ‘Insurance For Everybody’ Conflicts With Price’s 2015 Plan
Rep. Tom Price, Donald Trump’s pick as health and human services secretary, presented a healthcare plan in 2015 that would not afford universal healthcare to Americans, a proposal at odds with Trump’s plan to have “insurance for everybody.” The differing proposals have made it difficult for GOP members to move ahead with repealing Obamacare without a precise replacement, Politico reported.
LaMalfa: Republicans Have Health Care Plan
… it with, LaMalfa says that’s not true. He says there are plans in place LaMalfa says under this plan, purchasing health insurance would not be mandatory. Last week, both the House and Senate approved rules that would only require a simple majority …
I-10: Ten Things to Know in New Orleans this Week
That expansion, which took effect last July, has resulted in more than 378,000 newly insured Louisianans, according to figures provided by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals , whose director, Dr. Rebekah Gee, also spoke at the press conference. Refusing the Medicaid expansion was a cornerstone of former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, while Edwards had made it a campaign plank.
Obesity Claims For Youth Are Rising Dramatically
A patient takes a blood glucose test during an event aimed to help people with diabetes to cope with their illness at Saint Luka diagnostics medical center in Sofia, November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov Youth insurance claims for obesity increased 154 percent between 2011 and 2014, according to a recent study from FAIR Health.
Trump Promises ‘Insurance For Everybody’
President-elect Donald Trump says his proposal to replace Obamacare will guarantee “insurance for everybody” and “great health care” that is “much less expensive and much better.” Here’s more from the Washington Post ‘s interview with Trump : As he has developed a replacement package, Trump said he has paid attention to critics who say that repealing Obamacare would put coverage at risk for more than 20 million Americans covered under the law’s insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion.
Ohio lawmakers take up the fight for and against Obamacare: Ohio Politics Roundup
Longtime Columbus-area congressman Pat Tiberi, who chairs the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will play a key role in the upcoming Obamacare drama. His subcommittee oversees many facets of Obamacare, including those that pertain to Medicare.
Trump promises health care ‘for everybody’
President-elect Donald Trump wants health “insurance for everybody,” he told The Washington Post, no small feat in a country where millions are uninsured. The Republican has long lashed out at President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act, campaigning on a pledge to repeal and replace it.
Write the Power: NY District 21 march draws hundreds in support of Affordable Care Act in Canton
… asking Democrats to make Sunday the “first stand” in what could be a bruising legislative battle over health care in 2017. “I feel that people need health care and I think the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, is a really …
North Country activists rally against ACA repeal
That summed up the message of demonstrators outside the Durkee Street office of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro. here Sunday; they gathered to protest her part in congressional Republicans’ push to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Trump: ‘Insurance for everybody’ in plan
President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.
Elizabeth Warren: The GOP’s strategy for Obamacare? Repeal and run.
Republicans in Congress have complained about health care in America, heaping most of the blame on President Obama. Meanwhile, they’ve hung out on the sidelines making doomsday predictions and cheering every stumble, but refusing to lift a finger to actually improve our health care system.
Trump vows – insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan
President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of ”insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid. Trump declined to reveal specifics in the telephone interview late Saturday with The Washington Post, but any proposals from the incoming president would almost certainly dominate the Republican effort to overhaul federal health policy as he prepares to work with his party’s congressional majorities.
Thousands support affordable healthcare outside SF city hall
… Sacramento. The National Nurses United also participated in the rally saying many Americans would not be able to have health care if the government gets rid of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. “On this day of action we are standing …