Health CareCommentary
Misleading Rhetoric Can’t Mask Failings of GOP Health Care Bill
“When you look at where we are, there’s over 85 percent of this bill that has universal agreement among Republicans.” That was the message from… Read More
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After Paul Ryan Admits Obamacare Plan Needs Changes, Conservatives Hope to Strike Deal Uniting Party
Conservatives in the House are proceeding with cautious optimism as they continue negotiating the bill that repeals and replaces Obamacare following an admission from House… Read More
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Conservative Lawmakers Join Rally Against GOP Health Care Plan
A group of conservative lawmakers gathered Wednesday to criticize the Obamacare replacement plan offered by House Republican leadership, a bill one of them, Sen. Rand… Read More
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RSC Chairman Talks ‘Hopeful Meeting’ With Pence on Obamacare
Conservatives in Congress met with Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday to discuss the American Health Care Act, the Republican alternative to Obamacare. “It was the… Read More
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Which Parts of the Obamacare Replacement Face Trouble in the Senate
House Speaker Paul Ryan has cautioned against making significant changes to GOP leadership’s Obamacare replacement plan for fear the bill would run afoul of Senate… Read More
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House Leadership’s Health Bill Is Not What Republicans Promised. We Can Do Better.
President Ronald Reagan once said, “We should carry a banner of no pale pastels—but one of bold colors, which make it unmistakably clear where we… Read More
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Obamacare Replacement Plan Faces Key Test in Budget Committee
The Obamacare replacement plan offered by congressional Republicans will face its biggest test yet when the House Budget Committee gathers Thursday to review the bill…. Read More
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Obamacare Replacement Bill Would Reduce Number Insured as Well as Deficits, CBO Says
The Obamacare replacement plan offered by House Republican leadership eventually would lower health insurance premiums and reduce federal budget deficits, although 24 million Americans no longer… Read More
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Trump Meets With Obamacare ‘Victims’
On Monday, President Donald Trump met with Americans described by the White House as “victims” of Obamacare to hear their stories. In what the administration… Read More
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What One Key Lawmaker Says Voters Will Judge GOP Over in Obamacare Repeal
For Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the success of House Republican leaders’ Obamacare repeal and replacement plan, as well as the success of President Donald Trump,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We Must Keep Our Promise to Fully Repeal Obamacare
“For five years, Senate Democrats have blocked our efforts to repeal Obamacare,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Jan. 6, 2016. “That ends today.” “With… Read More
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House GOP Obamacare Plan Faces Uphill Battle in Senate
The highly anticipated Obamacare replacement plan cleared the first of several hurdles in the House this week, where the House GOP’s proposal was the focus… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Maine Rejected Medicaid Expansion and Found Success. Now, House Health Bill Would Send Us Backward.
As conversations swirl on Capitol Hill and across the nation regarding the repeal of Obamacare and Medicaid reform, I would like to describe Maine’s success… Read More
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Mitch McConnell Finds ‘Lot to Like’ in GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stumped Thursday for House Republican leadership’s American Health Care Act at a press event, saying, “There’s a lot to like… Read More
Health CareCommentary
5 Reasons the GOP’s Obamacare Plan Isn’t Real Repeal
Republicans have promised time and again to repeal Obamacare—not fix it, not try to make it better—they promised to repeal it. Here are five reasons… Read More
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Conservatives Find Willing Negotiating Partner in Trump, Not in Speaker Paul Ryan, on Obamacare Repeal
Conservatives in the House and Senate may have come out swinging against Republican leadership’s plan to replace Obamacare, but the skeptical lawmakers stress that they’re… Read More
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Rand Paul, Jim Jordan Buck Leadership by Reviving 2015 Obamacare Repeal
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has reintroduced an Obamacare repeal bill that passed both houses of Congress in 2015, highlighting conservatives’ dissatisfaction with Republican leadership’s new… Read More
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Pro-Life Groups Sound Caution on Obamacare Replacement Bill
Pro-life leaders are voicing concerns over elements of the Obamacare replacement plan unveiled Monday evening by House Republicans. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research… Read More
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Debate on Obamacare Repeal Centers on Medicaid. Here’s How States That Expanded It Are Doing.
As lawmakers begin to debate a GOP bill to replace Obamacare, both Republicans and Democrats say they worry that Americans who gained insurance under the… Read More
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Why These 6 Americans Came to DC to Oppose Obamacare
Keeping promises. That was the theme of a Tuesday anti-Obamacare rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity on a rooftop near Capitol Hill. The title of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Capitol Hill’s Misleading Claims on Tax Credits for Health Care
Most conservative health care experts are panning House Speaker Paul Ryan’s health care plan, which would keep in place the fundamental architecture of Obamacare. Rather than… Read More
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Conservative Lawmakers to Use Their ‘Enormous Power’ to Fight Obamacare Replacement Bill
Conservatives in the House and Senate are forging their own path ahead on Obamacare’s repeal and replacement, with plans to introduce legislation unwinding the health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
House Republican Health Care Bill Misses the Mark
The key problem with the draft House health care bill is that it fails to correct the features of Obamacare that drove up health insurance… Read More
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What the House GOP Obamacare Replacement Plan Does and Doesn’t Do
After seven years of promises to repeal and replace Obamacare, House Republicans finally have a bill detailing how they plan to reform the health care… Read More
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House Republicans Release Text of Obamacare Repeal, Conservatives Call for Action ‘Now’
A key conservative lawmaker is urging Republicans to make good on their promises to repeal Obamacare before they get distracted by other legislative issues. “We… Read More
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For One Conservative, 2017 Looks Similar to 2009 Obamacare Debate
For at least one conservative lawmaker, the current process for repealing and replacing Obamacare is beginning to look very similar to that of 2009, when… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Latest Obamacare Proposal Jeopardizes Repeal Effort
Members of Congress should reject draft legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare that is currently being circulated in the House of Representatives. At this point… Read More
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Trump Outlines Agenda for ‘New Chapter of American Greatness’
President Donald Trump presented five parameters for replacing Obamacare, called for “merit-based” immigration reform, and invoked two Republican predecessors, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower, to… Read More
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Conservatives Use Clout to Press for Full Repeal of Obamacare
Conservatives in the House and Senate are leveraging their numbers in an attempt to influence the direction of legislation repealing Obamacare and ramp up the… Read More
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6 Lawmakers Promise to Reject Obamacare Legislation That Doesn’t Repeal as Much as 2015 Bill Did
Six lawmakers have come out stating that they will not support any measure that does not repeal as much of Obamacare as previous legislation did, stating… Read More
