In one of the latest rounds of government-by-tweet, Donald Trump has once again revealed that he doesn’t have a clue about the markets for health care and health insurance. “Also, deductibles are so high that it is practically useless,” wrote the president-elect on Wednesday about health insurance policies sold on the Obamacare exchanges.
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Not a democracy – Speaker Ryan dispatched a security team to block delivery of a massive PP petition
… to be using it frequently. We see through your blatantly political attempt to do whatever it takes to attack women’s health and rights and take health care away from the people who need it most. If Congress cuts funding to Planned Parenthood, …
GOP Tries to Bury Cost of Trillion-Dollar Obamacare Repeal
… thereon- (A) repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; (B) reforming the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and …
Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap – January 2017
The Arkansas Health Reform Legislative Task Force met for the last time to approve its final report , which includes findings and recommendations on health coverage in Arkansas, including the finding that continuing Medicaid expansion would save the State $637 million from 2017 to 2021. The report also estimates that changes already underway, including capping some mental health benefits and allowing managed care organizations to manage dental benefits, will yield an additional $963 million in savings over the next five years.
Planned Parenthood To Be DE-FUNDED After All
… has opposed past efforts. The vast majority of federal money that Planned Parenthood does receive funds preventive health care, birth control, pregnancy tests, breast cancer screening and other women’s health care services. Democrats also point out …
Texas Congressman Ted Poe says he’s in remission from cancer
The conservative Republican from Houston announced Thursday that he is in remission from leukemia, which he was diagnosed with in July. The 68-year-old Poe says he will continue being treated at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
WashPost: House GOP Punishing Planned Parenthood Without Facts
… the Republicans from proposing a political agenda so extreme it should scare not only those who care about women’s health care but also anyone who values science and its contributions.” The Post was critical of the GOP majority on the “cynically …
HHS bureaucracy mushrooms from $103 billion to $1.1 trillion
… of highly motivated reformers, like Rep. Tom Price to head up the largest department in the federal government, Health and Human Services, we should feel hopeful. But history and experience should also keep us sober. Change in Washington is very …
Medicare Failed To Recover Up To $125 Million In Overpayments From Private Insurers
A Medicare Advantage plan run by Independence Blue Cross, headquartered in Philadelphia, was among those audited for overcharging by the federal government. Six years ago, federal health officials were confident they could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually by auditing private Medicare Advantage insurance plans that allegedly overcharged the government for medical services.
Bernie Sanders Says Trump Won Because Democrats Are Out Of Touch
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks to reporters about preserving the Affordable Care Act with fellow Democrats from both the House and Senate after a meeting with President Obama at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 4 in Washington, D.C. “Look, you can’t simply go around to wealthy people’s homes raising money and expect to win elections,” the Vermont senator, who gave Clinton a surprisingly strong run for the Democratic nomination, told NPR’s David Greene in an interview airing on Morning Edition. “You’ve got to go out and mix it up and be with ordinary people.”
How to Repeal Obamacareby The EditorsOn health care, congressional…
The president-elect may not be chock-full of ideas about health-care policy, but he has the right political instincts. He has said that should be replaced, that its beneficiaries should not simply be stripped of coverage, and that people with pre-existing conditions should be protected.
GOP Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by Democrats’ Threats in Obamacare…
… to fulfill promises Donald Trump made to repeal the law while keeping parts of it – including the requirement that health coverage be given to people with pre-existing conditions and the provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ …
OECD Opens Investigation into WWF
This Baka girl was tortured by a WWF-funded anti-poaching squad in Cameroon in 2016. She was 10 years old at the time.
Ryan: GOP to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday Republicans would strip federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law, prompting an outcry from the century-old organization and Democrats promising to fight the move. Ryan spoke a day after a special House panel issued a report criticizing the organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services, for its practices regarding providing tissue from aborted fetuses to researchers.
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 …
The Latest: House to rebuke UN over Israeli settlements
… have “awakened a sleeping giant” in their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The groups say repealing the health insurance law will require millions of women to pay more for health care, particularly for contraception and cancer screenings. …
The ‘Delicate Dance’ of Replacing Obamacare
Although the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is considered the most significant and comprehensive overhaul of the American health care system since the 1960s, when Medicaid and Medicare were established, it has been the target of reform virtually since its enactment in 2010. Last year, the words “repeal and replace” became the mantra of Republican congressional leaders looking to dismantle the legislation and was a key talking point for Donald Trump while on the campaign trail.
Indiana mayor jumps into DNC chair race, promising fresh start
… freedom from things like dishonest banking practices, student debt and politically motivated restrictions on women’s health care, and we have to be true to our moral foundation as a party of fairness in our economy and our democracy from wages to …
Ryan: GOP to ‘Defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal
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Feds: CO ObamaCare exchange misused almost $10 million
Two months ago, Colorado voters broadly rejected a proposal to create a single-payer health-care system in their state. A new report from the Inspector General of HHS shows the wisdom of that decision.
Arkansas governor touts tax cut plan as delay floated
… year after facing heavy resistance from a handful of GOP opponents who called the expanded coverage an embrace of the health care overhaul they want repealed. Hutchinson said he’s asked the Trump administration to give Arkansas and other states more …
Obama’s Loquacious Presidency Produced Negative Results
… 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 …
Trump Transition Official: Don’t Worry! No Changes To Insurance Plans ‘Til 2019
Voters should not expect to see any changes to their health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act for two years after the law is repealed, a senior official on Donald Trump’s White House transition team said Thursday. “Immediately, what we’re saying, is we’re not going to pull the rug out from under anyone.
Obamacare: Good, bad and ugly
… and competition via price transparency, insurance companies that can do business across state lines and expanded health savings accounts. The individual mandate was designed to con young people into going to the exchanges and buying insurance …
Obamacare: Good, bad and ugly
… and competition via price transparency, insurance companies that can do business across state lines and expanded health savings accounts. The individual mandate was designed to con young people into going to the exchanges and buying insurance …
George Will: Obama was 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 …
The Obamacare debate isna t over
… House, a chorus of voices is urging delay and caution. And it’s true that widespread, sudden disruption of existing health insurance arrangements could short-circuit a workable transition to more market-oriented and less Washington-centric health …
Mass. groups mobilize against threat to Obamacare
As the Republican-led Congress moves to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act, a new Massachusetts-based coalition is preparing to fight back. More than 20 groups representing hospitals, doctors, insurers, employers, health policy experts, and consumer advocates are banding together to try to preserve the state’s near-universal access to health care.
Trump tweets – be careful’ as Fla. Obamacare sign-ups surge 5%
… than last year at this time, it is clear that Americans want and need this vital coverage,” said U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. Schumer says repeal without a replacement plan risks booting up to 30 million …
Poll: Voters in battleground states want Dems to check Trump
… to slashing environmental regulations on business. Yet voters across the map registered vehement disapproval of health-care cuts floated by Trump’s Cabinet designees and Republican allies in Congress such as House Speaker Paul Ryan. “This election …
Repealing ObamaCare means contending with social media
… estimates show that if the ACA was replaced today with no replacement plan, over 20 million people would lose their health insurance . If there was no social media, the GOP could weather this storm. There would be news stories about people losing …
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.
The myth of pre-existing conditions
Democrats are warning that once Obamacare is repealed, people with serious illnesses won’t get health insurance. President Obama says repeal will mean going The truth is, every Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act protects people with pre-existing conditions.
Joe Biden Accidentally Reveals His Post-VP Plans In Most Joe Biden Way Possible
Joe Biden broke news today in the most Joe Biden way possible: into a hot mic. The Vice President in the past has been famed for profanely praising healthcare reform and now makes headlines for spilling the secret of his post-government plans.
For three-time breast cancer survivor, Obamacare only hope
A sign placed out on the 16th Street Mall, beckons people to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act in 2014. For people like me, it isn’t just a theoretical concern that President-elect Trump and Congress will gamble with our healthcare system by repealing Obamacare without a comprehensive replacement plan.
Over 530K Tennesseans wait to see what Congress does on Obamacare
Hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans covered by President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act are watching what a Republican-dominated Congress will do with the health care law now that members are back in session. On the other hand, those Tennesseans who remain uninsured because of high rates say they are hoping the new President-elect follows through with promises of repealing Obamacare with something more affordable.
Supporters expect Trump to deliver on jobs, health care
… for that,” chimed in Melinda Berger, a homemaker from nearby North Ridgeville. “I can’t wait!” “He has to improve the health care,” she added. “Thousands of dollars out of pocket before you get any benefits – who can afford that?” Berger and …
GOP set to dismantle Obama’s legacy
… a rare trip to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with congressional Democrats and discuss strategy for saving the health care law. Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with Republicans. The House will vote on Tuesday on a rules package that …
Republicans primed for push to dismantle Obamaa s policies
… a rare trip to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with congressional Democrats and discuss strategy for saving the health care law. Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with Republicans. The House will vote on Tuesday on a rules package that …
In Dem reply, former KY gov says Trump would ‘rip’ away care new
Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear took a populist tenor in Democrats’ formal response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday, accusing him of planning to “rip affordable health insurance” from Americans and being “Wall Street’s champion.” Seated at a diner in Lexington, Kentucky, Beshear also assailed Trump for “ignoring serious threats to our national security from Russia, who’s not our friend, while alienating our allies.”