7/9/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Let’s finish the job of Obamacare by ensuring everyone has access to quality, affordable healthcare. Let’s lower the cost of prescription drugs and stop the surprise billing and provide public options to cover the millions of Americans who are without healthcare, by adding it to Obamacare. Let’s make sure everyone has access […]

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7/9/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump loves to talk and talk and talk. But after three and a half years of big promises, what do the American people have to show for all the talk? He promised a healthcare plan, but never even offered his own bill as he continues to try to wipe […]

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7/8/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/JOE BIDEN: “We can get a public option passed, and we can get it passed quickly, number one. Number two, I propose spending almost a trillion dollars to make sure that people can get a gold plan on Obamacare, subsidizing anyone who wants to get in with a gold plan. Number three, providing for […]

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6/27/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT: “Now that the very expensive, unpopular and unfair Individual Mandate provision has been terminated by us, many States & the U.S. are asking the Supreme Court that Obamacare itself be terminated so that it can be replaced with a FAR BETTER AND MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE….. ….Obamacare is a joke! Deductible is […]

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6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we’re in the middle of the worst global health crisis in living memory and Donald Trump will file in the Supreme Court today an attempt to strip away healthcare coverage from tens of millions of families in the United States. Strip away their peace of mind, away from more […]

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6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/OBAMA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m proud of the Affordable Care Act. In addition to protecting people with pre-existing conditions, this is a law that delivered vital coverage to more than 20 million Americans. It’s a law that bars insurance companies from capping Americans’ benefits — and from charging women more simply because they […]

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5/26/2020

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS/SOCIAL SECURITY: “Nothing will ever stop me from fulfilling my solemn duty to America’s seniors. I’ll use every power at my disposal to lower drug prices, and my administration will always protect Medicare and Social Security — and, by the way, preexisting conditions. And we got rid of the individual mandate, which is a […]

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5/26/2020

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS/SOCIAL SECURITY: “Nothing will ever stop me from fulfilling my solemn duty to America’s seniors. I’ll use every power at my disposal to lower drug prices. And my administration will always protect Medicare and social security, and, by the way, preexisting conditions. And we got rid of the individual mandate, which is a disaster. […]

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5/22/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “I do not support Medicare for All, I will not support Medicare for all. But I do support, making sure that Obamacare is around with a public option, for those who can afford, those who qualify for Medicaid and they don’t get in their state, they would be able to buy it […]

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5/18/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Folks, we all know the Affordable Care Act was a historic achievement — 20 million Americans got coverage. Over 100 million people with preexisting conditions could no longer be denied coverage. That’s amazing. It restored dignity for the parents who couldn’t afford to take care of their children’s health care. And now […]

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5/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/FLORIDA/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Obamacare was the biggest, most progressive expansion over the four years of our healthcare system. Matter of fact, it’s the biggest expansion in our history. It covered 20 million uninsured Americans, protects 100 million more with preexisting conditions who couldn’t get covered before … Many of which of them are put […]

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5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The number one job of any president is to keep the American people safe. Trump’s failures to heed the warnings that he was given to prepare for and protect against the worst impacts of the coronavirus are already nothing less than a dereliction of duty. Today’s efforts to destroy every […]

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5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today in our country, more than 1.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19. More than 71,000 lives have been lost to this pandemic. And millions more are facing enormous economic instability due to lost jobs, cut hours, reduced wages, and the ever-present fear of what they will do if […]

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5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today in our country, more than 1.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19…  By siding with the Republican Attorneys-General who are seeking to invalidate the ACA in the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump has made clear where his priorities lie. Not with protecting the millions of people who […]

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5/6/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Obamacare is a disaster, but we’ve run it very well. And we’ve made it barely acceptable. It was a disaster under President Obama, and it’s very bad healthcare. What we want to do is terminate it and give great healthcare. And we’ll have great healthcare, including preexisting conditions — 100 percent preexisting conditions.” […]

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5/6/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “So what I’m saying…is we’re going to replace Obamacare with great healthcare at a lesser price, and preexisting conditions will be included and you won’t have the individual mandate — which was expensive and terrible and very unfair to everybody, and it was very unpopular.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Remarks: Donald […]

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5/6/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “But what we are doing is we want to terminate healthcare for — under Obamacare, because it’s bad, and we’re replacing it with a great healthcare at far less money, and it includes preexisting conditions. There will never be a time when we don’t have preexisting conditions included.” -Donald Trump as quoted by […]

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5/6/2020

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Politically…I should let it run badly. But I can’t do that, because I’m president for the people, and we ran that much better than President Obama ran it, much better than the last administration ran it…and spent a lot of money and running it properly. It’s still not good. It’s still […]

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4/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During this outbreak, when health care coverage is more important than ever, Donald Trump is refusing to give those who have been uninsured access to the best resource we have: the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces… This is no time to put pettiness and ideology above helping those who are in the […]

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3/22/2020

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Journalist: “Your administration is backing a lawsuit to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. So, given that people are losing their jobs now and need healthcare more than ever, would you consider rethinking your position on that?”] “Well, that’s a lawsuit coming out of Texas… And what we want to do is get rid […]

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3/22/2020

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TEXAS: [Speaker 24: “Your administration is backing a lawsuit to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. So given that people are losing their jobs now and need healthcare more than ever, would you consider rethinking your position on that?”] “Well, that’s a lawsuit coming out of Texas again, that was headed up by Texas, and […]

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3/31/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, and the Trump Administration is preventing people from getting health care. I can’t believe this needs to be said, but President Trump needs to reopen Obamacare enrollment, and he needs to do it now. Lives are at stake.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Mar. 31, […]

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3/15/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “We want a revolution, let’s act now. Pass the Biden health care plan, which takes Obamacare, restores all the cuts made to it, subsidizes it further, provides for lower drug prices, makes sure that there’s no hidden bills, makes sure that we invest — what I want to invest, $50 billion in […]

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3/5/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TEXAS: [Martha MacCallum: “The issue of preexisting conditions…you say you’re going to protect them. But your administration is also fighting Obamacare in the courts. So how do you — how do you promise people that you’re going to protect them, based on that?”] “We want to terminate Obamacare because it’s bad. Look, we’re running […]

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3/5/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Audrey Strein: “Republicans have failed to come up with an alternative plan to Obamacare, how do you plan to rally the Republicans around a plan, and what would be included in that?”] “Healthcare…I think it’s probably the thing that I’m most disappointed that I haven’t been able to say what a good job […]

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3/2/2020

HEALTHCARE/IMPEACHMENT/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SUPREME COURT: “Remember President Obama? You can keep your doctor. You can keep your plan. 28 times. They said, ‘Impeach him. You should impeach him.’ 28 times he lied. 28 times on record, ‘You can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan.’ Well, that’s not true. It wasn’t. Impeach him. We’re making healthcare […]

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2/28/2020

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SOUTH CAROLINA: “You’ll have great health care and preexisting conditions will be totally protected. Pre-Existing conditions will be totally protected. We’re making health care better and much cheaper while premiums more than doubled in the five years before I took office. We are now offering plans already that are up to 60% less expensive […]

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2/22/2020

JOE BIDEN/NEVADA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We can fix all of these problems. Every one of them. Well, we can. It’s within our power to do it. And folks, the 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions who live in fear every day that Obamacare’s going to be taken away, I promise you it will not be. It […]

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2/21/2020

HEALTHCARE/NEVADA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SUPREME COURT: “We’re protecting people with preexisting conditions and we always will. That’s why if we are successful, you don’t want the Supreme Court to try and get rid of this, the caucus. It’s a caucus known as Obamacare, but we’re running it much better than they did. Remember when they had, this was […]

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2/20/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “And folks, the 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions who live in fear every day that Obamacare’s going to be taken away, I promise you it will not be. It will be expanded on where everybody will be able to have it.” -Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Nevada Caucus Speech […]

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2/19/2020

ARIZONA/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “They failed on health care. We’re protecting people with preexisting conditions, and we always will. And by the way, we’re trying to get rid of Obamacare, but we’re managing it incredibly, but we’re trying to get rid, so we can give you a great health care plan and protect preexisting conditions.” -Donald Trump […]

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2/10/2020

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “We are making health care better and much, much cheaper. You’ve seen what we did. We are protecting people with preexisting conditions, and we always will. The Republican Party always will, always will. And we got rid of the most unpopular thing in the health care world, the individual mandate. We had to […]

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2/1/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Health care is on the ballot. We need to protect Obamacare from Donald Trump’s relentless attempts to repeal and sabotage it — and build on the law to ensure every American has the peace of mind that comes with quality, affordable care.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Feb. 1, 2020 5:20 pm […]

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1/30/2020

GOP/HEALTHCARE/IOWA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We are making healthcare better and cheaper. We got rid of the individual mandate, the most unpopular thing, which essentially killed Obamacare. We are protecting people with pre-existing conditions and we always will, the Republican party.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Iowa Rally Transcript: Trump Holds Rally in Des […]

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12/29/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “My plan will lower premiums further by increasing Obamacare’s tax credits to ensure that no one – regardless of their medical circumstances – will ever spend more than 8.5 percent of their income on premiums, with even lower caps for low-income families. And we’ll reduce costs for everyone by making it cheaper […]

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12/29/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “We cannot rest until every American can access quality, affordable care. This is deeply personal for me, and it’s why I’ve put forward a plan that will get us to universal coverage quickly and effectively. Ultimately, our health care system will only succeed if it reflects our shared values. That’s why my […]

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12/29/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare protected more than 100 million people with preexisting conditions, and brought peace of mind to 20 million Americans who had been forced to face life without health insurance. We made it illegal for insurers to put caps on essential health benefits, and made it possible for young people to stay on […]

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12/19/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I introduced a plan to build on Obamacare. Remind everybody, 20 million people got insurance who didn’t have it before. All people with pre-existing conditions were able to be covered… I’ve added to the Obamacare plan the Biden initiative, which is a public option, Medicare if you want to have Medicare, […]

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12/19/2019

CALIFORNIA/JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I introduced a plan to build on Obamacare. It remind everybody, 20 million people got insurance, didn’t have it before. All people with preexisting conditions are able to be covered. I could go on. We didn’t get all that we wanted, but now that it’s been exposed, that taking it away […]

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12/19/2019

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT: “We’re doing tremendously on healthcare. The individual mandate — you know, we won yesterday in Supreme Court You saw that, in the appellate division. We won yesterday. Individual mandate is now gone. That’s tremendous savings. That was the worst part of Obamacare. We take care of preexisting conditions. They’re not going to […]

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12/18/2019

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TEXAS: “Today’s decision in Texas v. Azar is a win for all Americans and confirms what I have said all along: that the individual mandate, by far the worst element of Obamacare, is unconstitutional. This decision will not alter the current healthcare system. My Administration continues to work to provide access to high-quality healthcare at a […]

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11/15/2019

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We eliminated the Obamacare individual mandate penalty, and we’re expanding affordable alternatives which cost up to 60 percent less than Obamacare plans. And it could be even quite a bit higher than that, in some cases. And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, and, as I’ve been saying lately, and also […]

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11/11/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “I believe the plan I have proposed, which is building on Obamacare and providing a public option that is available for anyone, significantly reducing the cost of getting in the exchanges — my plan costs $750 billion, would immediately cover everybody — everybody in America, allow you to keep your private plan […]

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11/1/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “All we have to do is go back, restore Obamacare, make it — provide a public option, further subsidize the ability to get into a gold plan. My plan will cost about $750 billion over 10 years. We can pay for that.” -Joe Biden as quoted by Judy Woodruff, “Watch our interview […]

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10/31/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is undermining our health care and trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act at every turn. As a result, 400,000 additional children are uninsured. It’s cruel. I will protect and build on Obamacare to ensure every American has access to the care they need.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Oct. […]

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10/31/2019

COURTS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three years into a presidency that promised to kill Obamacare, the health care law has never been stronger. Millions of people buying coverage during the enrollment period starting Friday [11-1-19] will find that average premiums have dropped across the country. When consumers go to HealthCare.gov, they’ll be paying 4 percent less on […]

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10/10/2019

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/GOP/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Renee Passal: “Your administration has been working hard on innovative strategies and health care. How do you think this will help Minnesotans?”] “Well, I think it’s really good. Obamacare has been a disaster. We got rid of the individual mandate, as you know, which was the worst part of Obamacare, and what we’re […]

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8/1/2019

JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “There’s nothing moderate about what Barack did in Obamacare. Nothing. No president had come close. And they tried and they tried and they tried. Seven presidents. This guy did an incredible thing. In addition to that, he covered a hundred million people who had pre-existing conditions. He allowed kids to stay on […]

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7/31/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I believe deeply that health care is a right for all — not a privilege for the few. Every American deserves the peace of mind that comes with knowing they have insurance that allows them access to affordable, high-quality health care… You won’t find peace of mind if you cannot afford to […]

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7/9/2019

ELECTION/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….healthcare (Obamacare) to stay in place, when it would have been replaced by something far better, shows how incredibly important our upcoming 2020 Election is. I have long heard that the appointment of Supreme Court Justices is a President’s most important decision. SO TRUE!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2019 9:31 am […]

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6/14/2019

HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS: “We’re defending Medicare and Social Security for our great seniors. We’re eliminated — and we have eliminated Obamacare’s deeply unpopular individual mandate penalty. And you know how bad that was. Think of it: You paid a tremendous amount of money for the privilege of paying so that you don’t have to pay for […]

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5/20/2019

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PENNSYLVANIA/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Andy Mehalshick: “Mr. President, a big issue across commonwealth. Health care right now, Obamacare, and what — what’s next? What — What can we expect here in Pennsylvania?”] “Well, always, we are going to have preexisting conditions to be taken care of. We got rid of the individual mandate from Obamacare, which is […]

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5/9/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGISLATION/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Returning to a central issue of the 2018 campaign, House Democrats on Thursday [5-9-19] passed legislation to reverse Trump administration rules that allow expansion of health care plans that do not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s mandated coverage of pre-existing medical conditions. The vote — 230 […]

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5/8/2019

FLORIDA/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENATE: “We’re vastly expanding affordable alternatives to Obamacare before we terminate it and replace it with something good once we take over the House, the Senate, the presidency together. And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. Always. The Republican Party will always protect patients with preexisting condition. People with preexisting […]

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4/12/2019

DEMS/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats disagree sharply over where to take the nation’s health care system, but the infighting has eased — and for that they can thank President Donald Trump. The Trump administration’s renewed assault on Obamacare has quelled for the moment the simmering tensions over ‘Medicare for All’ between Democrats’ vocal progressive […]

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4/9/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are demanding the Trump administration turn over documents related to its refusal to defend Obamacare in court, in an escalation of the political battle over a case that has put health care at risk for millions. The chairmen of five House committees sent letters to the White House, […]

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4/8/2019

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump promised a new plan to replace Obamacare. But the four Senate Republicans he tapped for the job aren’t jumping at the opportunity. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says any new plan has to come from the White House — and that he had no warning Trump planned to make him […]

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4/5/2019

ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t know what will emerge as President Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, which he has promised to unveil immediately after the 2020 elections. But he has recently endorsed several proposals, and they could provide clues. Over the last two weeks, he has sought to re-emphasize health care as an issue, […]

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4/5/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDICAID/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump continues to make clear that he wants to kill the Affordable Care Act, new research suggests that a big part of the ACA — the expansion of the Medicaid program — was linked with fewer cardiovascular-related deaths in counties where expansion took place. Between 2010 and 2016, […]

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4/3/2019

HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted Wednesday [4-3-19] to condemn the Trump administration for pushing a federal appeals court to obliterate the Affordable Care Act, and it urged the Justice Department to defend the law in court. The vote, 240-186, was nonbinding, but it documented the House’s support of the health […]

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4/3/2019

GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Wednesday [4-3-19] overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Trump administration for backing a lawsuit seeking to throw out all of Obamacare, with eight Republicans joining a near-unanimous Democratic caucus. The non-binding resolution is one of is one of several steps Democrats are taking to try to link vulnerable […]

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4/2/2019

CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [4-1-19] he was willing to wait until after the 2020 presidential election to get Congress to vote on a new healthcare plan, giving Republicans time to develop a proposal to replace Obamacare. Congressional Republicans have been unable thus far to draft a proposal to replace […]

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4/1/2019

GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn’t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health insurance. The Republicans…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 9:13 pm […]

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4/1/2019

OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The cost of ObamaCare is far too high for our great citizens. The deductibles, in many cases way over $7000, make it almost worthless or unusable. Good things are going to happen! @SenRickScott @senatemajldr @SenJohnBarrasso @SenBillCassidy”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 8:41 am […]

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4/1/2019

GOP/HIV-AIDS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wants to eliminate HIV in the U.S., contain the opioid crisis and lower the cost of prescription drugs — but all of those need Obamacare to be successful. And Trump just promised to kill it. His HIV plan relies on key pieces of Obamacare to expand access to prevention […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats will vote Tuesday [4-2-19] on a resolution condemning the Trump administration’s decision to call for the elimination of the entire Affordable Care Act…The resolution is largely a symbolic one as Democrats try to counter the President’s own health care moves and keep the conversation focused on their own legislation […]

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3/29/2019

OBAMACARE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s week started Sunday [3-24-19] afternoon with one of the biggest personal victories of his presidency. His attorney general’s four-page synopsis of the special counsel’s completed report said the intensive investigation ‘did not establish’ that the Trump campaign ‘conspired or coordinated with the Russian government,’ granting actual credence to what […]

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3/29/2019

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “Healthcare is going well. Healthcare is going well. We are going to have a plan that’s so much better than Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster. We’re going to have a plan that is so much better than Obamacare. So the healthcare is going very well. And we’re going to take care of […]

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3/28/2019

LEGAL/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has lost another Obamacare legal battle — its second this week — just as the president has revived his drive to destroy and replace the 2010 health law. A federal judge ruled late Thursday [2—28-19] in Washington that the administration’s efforts to expand the availability of health plans that […]

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3/28/2019

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Obamacare has been an absolute disaster… Hopefully, we’ll win at the appellate division and go to the Supreme Court to terminate Obamacare. The cost of Obamacare to people is far too much. The deductibility is ridiculous. It averages more than $7,000, meaning it’s unusable. So, Obamacare has been disaster. We […]

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3/28/2019

GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican Party will become the Party of Great HealthCare! ObamaCare is a disaster, far too expensive and deductibility ridiculously high – virtually unusable! Moving forward in Courts and Legislatively!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 28, 2019 2:41 pm […]

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3/28/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In an unexpected move on Monday [3-25-19] night, the Justice Department notified the Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals that it is supporting a complete invalidation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It now believes not only that three provisions of that statute are unconstitutional, but that, as a result, the […]

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3/28/2019

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “We’re working on a plan now. There’s no very great rush from the standpoint. We’re waiting for decisions in the court. But we’ve already won the case against — for the termination of Obamacare — against Obamacare. Now we’ll go to the appellate division. We’ll see what happens there. I think we’ll […]

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3/27/2019

GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has no ‘fresh’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, despite the administration backing a district court ruling striking down the full law earlier this week, a senior White House official told CNN Wednesday [3-27-19]. However, the administration plans to submit a health care replacement to Congress […]

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3/27/2019

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The only difference between now and the other administration is that we’re administering Obamacare very well. So we’ve made it better. But it’s still horrible, no good. It’s something that we can’t live with in this country because it’s far too expensive for the people, not only for the country, but I’m […]

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3/27/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday [3-27-19] to deliver a better healthcare system than Obamacare if the Supreme Court tosses out his predecessor’s signature domestic achievement, a potentially hazardous claim as he seeks re-election. Trump defended his administration’s decision to step up its assault on the healthcare law passed […]

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3/27/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the peril of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is behind him, President Donald Trump is resuming an old battle: repealing Obamacare. Reversing an earlier position, Trump’s Justice Department notified a federal appeals court in New Orleans late Monday [3-25-19] it would ask judges to toss out the entire […]

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3/27/2019

ELECTION/GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Buoyed by word that the special counsel didn’t find collusion with Russia, President Donald Trump is voicing new interest in policymaking, including a fresh effort to repeal and replace ‘Obamacare.’ But Trump has few detailed policy proposals to back up his words, suggesting he’s as focused on highlighting issues that appeal to […]

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3/27/2019

CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s surprise decision to press for a court-ordered demolition of the Affordable Care Act came after a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, where the president’s acting chief of staff and others convinced him that he could do through the courts what he could not do […]

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3/26/2019

DEMS/OBAMACARE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fallout from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is far from over, but House Democratic leaders showed on Tuesday [3-26-19] that they want to focus attention on defending the Affordable Care Act after the Trump administration said that the entire health care law should be struck down. During a closed-door House Democratic […]

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3/26/2019

GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared Tuesday [3-26-19] that his Republican Party ‘will soon be known as the party of health care,’ doubling down on his administration’s most recent legal efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act…Ahead of his remarks on Capitol Hill, Trump expressed a similar sentiment on Twitter, writing in an […]

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3/26/2019

ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s vague platitudes about “beautiful” and “very special” health care for everybody are not going to cut it in his 2020 re-election race — after he was left exposed on the most urgent issue in American politics. An ill-timed move by the Justice Department to back the invalidation […]

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3/25/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Monday [3-25-19] said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal. In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Obama-era health care law. […]

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3/20/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “John McCain campaigned for years to repeal and replace Obamacare — for years, in Arizona. A great state. I love the people of Arizona. But he campaigned, for years, for ‘repeal and replace.’ So did Rob and so did a lot of senators. When he finally had the chance to do it, […]

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1/14/2019

COURTS/LAWSUIT/OBAMACARE/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge in Pennsylvania put a nationwide block on Trump administration rules that would have allowed virtually any employer to deny workers’ birth control coverage, one day after a federal judge halted the rules in a group of states. In her ruling Monday [1-14-19] afternoon, Judge Wendy Beetlestone sided with a […]

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1/11/2019

DEMS/LEGAL/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democratic states are seeking to block new Trump administration rules that would make it harder for some women to get birth control at no cost. Lawyers for California and Pennsylvania appeared in separate district courts this week to challenge the rules, which would allow more employers to get exemptions to the Affordable […]

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1/9/2019

COURTS/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration wants to put on hold Democrats’ attempt to defend Obamacare until the partial government shutdown ends. In a filing Wednesday [1-9-19], the Justice Department said it wants to challenge House Democrats’ attempt to get involved in the litigation over the Affordable Care Act. But lawyers can’t meet the […]

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12/17/2018

OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Texas judge’s stunning declaration that Obamacare is unconstitutional not only kneecaps the health care law, it would also cripple President Donald Trump’s entire health care agenda. Trump wants lower drug prices, drastic action on the opioid crisis and protection for people with pre-existing conditions. Those are the parts of the […]

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12/17/2018

DEMS/OBAMACARE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The DEDUCTIBLE which comes with ObamaCare is so high that it is practically not even useable! Hurts families badly. We have a chance, working with the Democrats, to deliver great HealthCare! A confirming Supreme Court Decision will lead to GREAT HealthCare results for Americans!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 17, 2018 8:02 […]

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