… to advance that idea, with Republican majorities in Congress and conservative Tom Price as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. But Trump, known for his populist appeal, may push for other measure putting downward pressure on …
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Drug company exec: ‘We’re hated’ for a reason
… to advance that idea, with Republican majorities in Congress and conservative Tom Price as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. But Trump, known for his populist appeal, may push for other measure putting downward pressure on …
Sen. Angus King again credits insurance with saving his life
Without health insurance as a young man, U.S. Sen. Angus King might never have had the chance to serve the state of Maine as its governor and senator. As a 29-year-old Senate aide, King beat a dangerous form of skin cancer – malignant melanoma – that was discovered during a routine checkup he may never had found had he lacked insurance.
Senate splits 49-49 on amendment based on Trump’s entitlements campaign promise
An amendment drafted by Sen. Bernie Sanders , using language that Donald Trump used to assure voters he would not cut Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security, won 49 votes Tuesday , with Sen. Susan Collins joining every Democrat and independent to vote yes. Sanders was clear on the purpose of the amendment, one of several messaging efforts that have become part of the 115th Congress’s slow-motion debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Act quickly on Obamacare: Trump
… rid of it. The law, popularly known as Obamacare, has enabled millions of previously uninsured Americans to obtain health insurance, but Republicans condemn it as a government overreach. With Trump set to succeed Obama on January 20, Republicans, …
Obamacare enrollment climbs in New Jersey
Obamacare enrollment climbs in New Jersey NJ enrollment grows, despite Congressional plans to repeal the law. Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2jsxqFD Across the nation and in New Jersey, health coverage enrollment through the Affordable Care Act is growing, despite talk of repeal in Washington.
Defunding Planned Parenthood could harm Iowa social program
… family planning money is used to fund abortions, and the state’s funding for Planned Parenthood goes to other women’s health services such as birth control counseling and health exams. Iowa receives more than $3 million in federal Medicaid funding …
Ap Fact Check: Despite woes Obamacare not in ‘death spiral’
As congressional Republicans prepare to repeal the health law, they are working to portray it as a mess of Democrats’ making, and themselves as the ones who will clean up that mess. In the process they are exaggerating the law’s very real problems, according to health care experts, who largely believe that the Affordable Care Act’s troubles with high prices and lack of competition could be addressed with bipartisan solutions.
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 …
Wheels Coming Off the Obamacare Repeal Train
… today Lamar Alexander again expressed his opposition (he did so in November too). Alexander is the Chair of the key health care committee in the Senate. Then came Bob Corker saying not to repeal the Obamacare taxes before there was a replacement (a …
Swift federal action vowed on NC governora s Medicaid expansion plan
… Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which Republicans want to repeal. Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell suggested Monday that North Carolina could see a quick answer on its request to …
Don’t Let the “Uninsured 20 Million” Statistic Fool You
… this question, Congress must ask two different questions. First, is the number real? In March 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimated that 20 million uninsured adults gained coverage under the ACA: 17.7 million non-elderly …
BWW Review: Richard Nelson’s the Gabriels Comes to Kennedy Center By Way of the Public Theater
… theatrical experience. We see people just like us experiencing life-altering experiences just as we do (the declining health of a parent, the loss of a spouse, economic downturn etc.) set against the backdrop of a changing – and often mystifying – …
AFL-CIO Sends Letter to Congress in Defense of ACA
… ACA without providing an immediate replacement.” The letter also details how the core components of the Republican health care plan pose serious threats to working people in America. On behalf of the 12.5 million working people represented by the …
The battles over Obama’s legacy begin
… has the power to repeal ACA, but political realities dictate that they can’t cut off millions from access to health insurance without replacing it with something comparable – or, as Trump vaguely has promised, “something terrific.” A lot of people …
Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Need Our Taxesby Ian TuttleWhat the…
The baby abattoir gets plenty of money from private sources, and Congress can redirect the public funds to other health-care centers. Planned Parenthood is an industrial-scale baby abattoir responsible for more than 300,000 American deaths annually and a degradation of human dignity on the order of Josef Mengele, and the urgent issue of the day is whether it should be privately or publicly funded.
How Democrats Can Defeat the Repeal of Obamacare
… can win, if they’re smart about it. As Republicans themselves are now realizing, it’s easy to criticize a complex health-care law when the other party is getting blamed for everything anyone doesn’t like about the system, but it’s a lot harder to …
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… WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress is poised to complete its initial step toward dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Republicans divided over how to replace it face pressure from Donald Trump for quick action. “We have a responsibility …
The Democratic Party’s Keith Ellison dilemma
Thirty-three governors are Republicans, and Republicans control both houses of state legislatures in 32 states whereas Democrats control both chambers in just five. Because I am a conservative, I am happy about Republican ascendancy.
Sanders’ weapon against GOP entitlement reform: Trump
Bernie Sanders Sunday called on President-elect Trump to promise to veto any GOP legislation to cut Medicare, Social Security, or Medicaid, using Trump’s position on retirement programs to try to blunt GOP entitlement reform. In a statement, the Vermont senator and former Democratic presidential candidate seized on the assertion that Trump doesn’t want to “meddle” with Medicare or Social Security, made earlier in the day by incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus.
Watch: Celebrities Bid Farewell to Obama in Emotional Tribute Video
… Affordable Care Act as the most memorable moment of Obama’s presidency: “Because I have relatives that can’t afford health insurance, so it was really a great thing to know that if something happened to them, they could get cared for.” “When I was …
Obama: Calling it ‘TrumpCare’ fine; health law will survive GOP assault
President Obama said Sunday that he’s OK with Republicans making changes to his Affordable Care Act and even changing its name from “ObamaCare” to “TrumpCare.” Obama suggested that ObamaCare will survive Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace his signature health care law.
Will: Obama was indeed transformational, unfortunately
… culminated in an “era of good feelings” (Monroe was re-elected unopposed). The second not so much. Obama, who called health insurance reform the “defining struggle of this generation,” was semi-right, in two senses. Because Obamacare demonstrates …
Time To Make News On What Repealing ObamaCare Means
… when all they will have done is tweak it to the satisfaction of a few lobbyists – in particular, lobbyists for the health-insurance industry. So much for draining the swamp. The reason Republican leaders have called in the PR pros is because of what …
Taxes, ‘pot’ on agenda when legislators clock in
… services and other programs; and will consider whether to reauthorize the use of federal and state funds to provide health insurance for more than 300,000 low-income Arkansans. Legislators also will decide whether college faculty and staff members, …
Obama’s change may not be what Americans expected
… culminated in an “era of good feelings” (Monroe was re-elected unopposed). The second not so much. Obama, who called health insurance reform the “defining struggle of this generation,” was semi-right, in two senses. Because Obamacare demonstrates …
Reckless? Shaheen created this mess
… as she does. Shaheen had no such reservations on Christmas Eve 2009, when Senate Democrats rushed through a sloppy health care law without a single Republican vote. The death of Ted Kennedy, replaced by Republican Scott Brown, meant that Democrats …
Cut Dependence On Government
West Virginia’s U.S. senators, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito, share one concern about proposals to repeal and replace the Obamacare program. It is that those who have become dependent on it not be cut off from health insurance.
The Boobytrapped Presidency
… happen. Obamacare is an unpopular program that has become progressively more unpopular as its effects-more expensive health insurance and fewer choices-have become apparent. Yet the GOP, many of whose Representatives and Senators were elected …
Planned Parenthood defunding threat fires up Minnesota abortion debate
… saw donations and support skyrocket after the election. “It is utterly irresponsible to cut people off from the basic health care they need and depend on.” The move against Planned Parenthood is part of a larger congressional plan to dismantle the …
Republicans Take Upper Hand in Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, joined by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., right, and others, speaks during a news conference discussing women’s health care, Jan. 5, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The day after Thanksgiving, president-elect Donald Trump left Marjorie Dannenfelser a voicemail thanking her for the efforts of her volunteers, who knocked on more than one million doors on his behalf this election.
How will Congress act?
Well, folks, in the last day or two we got a glimpse of what we can look forward to with a Republican-controlled Congress emboldened by Donald Trump’s election: overreach and arrogance. The first thing they try to do is weaken oversight of ethics violations in the House.
The Three Big Reasons Republicans Can’t Replace Obamacare
Republicans are preparing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and have promised to replace it with something that doesn’t leave more than 20 million Americans stranded without health insurance. First, Republicans say they want the replacement to be “market-based.”
Governor, legislators ready for the 2017 session
They face uncertainty as it’s unknown how big changes at the federal level could affect the state policy, particularly in the area of health care. “You tell me what the changes are, and I’ll tell you how we react,” said House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley.
Montana may be a model for the Medicaid work requirement
Montana State Senator Ed Buttrey is a no-nonsense businessman from Great Falls. Like a lot of Republicans, he’s not a fan of the Affordable Care Act, nor its expansion of Medicaid, the health insurance for the poor and disabled.
No, Defunding Planned Parenthood Won’t Cause Women To Die
… because the abortion giant will not receive $500 million from the government. I’ve depended on Planned Parenthood for health care, and I’m not alone. Women will die from preventable causes. #IStandWithPP https://t.co/noOwT3BfaH How many women will …
American Heart Association Praises USDA for Moving Sodium Standards Forward
… (American Heart Association) “Today’s action by the USDA is another giant step forward in improving our children’s health by reducing the sodium in school meals. Science clearly supports lowering sodium to moderate levels in the foods kids eat at …
The Latest: Obama calls for Trump to ‘get to work’ on Russia
More than 1,300 people in the Cadillac area lost power Tuesday night due to winter storm conditions. Consumers Energy representative Terry DeDoes said strong w… President Barack Obama says he hopes President-elect Donald Trump will “get to work” trying to prevent Russia from interfering again in a U.S. election.
Black Forest News
… small-town atmosphere. I like it when I know all my neighbors and they all know me. NFH: Since this is the NFH annual health care issue, what do you think is the most pressing health care issue facing our country today? Descar: Being able to afford …
Is there a doctor in the House? There are two in the Senate
This week, two came aboard – one Democrat and one Republican – and their real-world experience could come in handy with health care shaping up as a dominant issue before the Legislature. Republican Scott Jensen, 62, comes from a conservative district in Chaska and is a family practice doctor with his own clinic.