HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The House on Thursday [5-4-17] narrowly approved a bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, as Republicans recovered from their earlier failures and moved a step closer to delivering their promise to reshape American health care without mandated insurance coverage. The vote, 217-213, on President Trump’s 105th day in […]
Category: Obamacare(ACA)
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “If victorious, Republicans will be having a big press conference at the beautiful Rose Garden of the White House immediately after vote!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2017 01:07pm […]
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLTICS: “The U.S. House of Representatives neared a cliffhanger vote on repealing Obamacare on Thursday [5-4-17], with Republicans predicting victory on overturning the healthcare law even though their seven-year drive could founder in the U.S. Senate. A House vote to repeal former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement, which enabled 20 million more Americans to […]
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Insurance companies are fleeing ObamaCare – it is dead. Our healthcare plan will lower premiums & deductibles – and be great healthcare!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2017 12:56pm […]
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “I am watching the Democrats trying to defend the ‘you can keep you doctor, you can keep your plan & premiums will go down’ ObamaCare lie.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2017 12:43pm […]
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Jody Neal-Post has been reading about the health care law debate with worry these days. She’s worried about how the new health care law won’t carry protections for all people with pre-existing conditions. She is relatively healthy, but before Obamacare, she had a hard time getting insurance because of what some companies considered […]
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Death spiral! ‘Aetna will exit Obamacare markets in VA in 2018, citing expected losses on INDV plans this year’ https://t.co/5YnzDitF8r” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2017 07:28am […]
5/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “REPEALING AND REPLACING: President Donald J. Trump supports the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which will remove Obamacare’s burden and put in place a responsible replacement. The AHCA protects the most vulnerable Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions. Nobody can be denied coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition and the […]
5/3/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “With two days left before an 11-day recess and no vote scheduled, House Republican leaders considered last-minute changes to their latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday [5-3-17], including at least $8 billion in extra spending to answer the concerns of an influential Republican who had come out against the measure. […]
5/3/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The latest Republican effort to reshape the nation’s health-care system teetered on the brink of collapse in the House, reflecting a new assertiveness by GOP centrists, a group that in recent years has rarely wielded such power. Rep. Fred Upton (R., Mich.), an influential former committee chairman who is considering a Senate bid next […]
5/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The White House and congressional Republicans are in serious danger of not having enough votes to pass their health care bill. Several Republicans have come out Monday [5-1-17] against the current measure to repeal and replace Obamacare, bringing CNN’s whip count to 21 Republicans — mostly moderates — opposed to the bill with […]
4/30/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “You can’t compare anything to ObamaCare because ObamaCare is dead. Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors… healthcare plan is on its way. Will have much lower premiums & deductibles while at the same time taking care of pre-existing conditions!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2017 07:28 to […]
4/28/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans’ second major push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act came up short again this week, leaving President Donald Trump without a marquee legislative win during his first 100 days in office. House GOP leaders said late Thursday [4-27-17] that they would not bring a new version of their […]
4/27/2017
BORDER/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congressional Democrats are saying they’ll oppose a measure to keep the government running another week if Republicans plan a health care vote between now and Saturday [4-29-17], Democratic aides told CNN. ‘If Republicans announce their intention to bring their harmful TrumpCare bill to the House Floor tomorrow or Saturday, I will oppose […]
4/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The health care bill has been resurrected. Now, its fate rests in the hands of moderate House Republicans, whose ultimate decision to support or reject the newest version of the bill could not only affect the future of health care but could irrevocably reshape moderates’ bargaining power throughout Donald Trump’s presidency. […]
4/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even as Anthem, one of the nation’s largest insurers, reported an improved financial picture for the last year, the company warned on Wednesday [4-26-17] that it would consider leaving some federal health care marketplaces or raising its rates sharply if the government does not continue subsidies to help low-income people. Joseph R. […]
4/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PUERTO RICO: “Democrats are trying to bail out insurance companies from disastrous #ObamaCare, and Puerto Rico with your tax dollars. Sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 26, 2017 06:06pm […]
4/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Freedom Caucus has officially endorsed a revised Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, delivering a fresh burst of momentum to the GOP’s efforts to revive its stalled health care effort. ‘While the revised version still does not fully repeal Obamacare, we are prepared to support it to keep our […]
4/24/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “If our healthcare plan is approved, you will see real healthcare and premiums will start tumbling down. ObamaCare is in a death spiral!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2017 12:18pm […]
4/24/2017
BORDER/BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Fights over money to pay for a border wall — as well as Obamacare subsidies and an infusion of resources for the military — are threatening to trip up congressional talks over a funding bill to head off a government shutdown Friday [4-28-17]. Bipartisan negotiators have spent weeks methodically working through hundreds […]
4/23/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “ObamaCare is in serious trouble. The Dems need big money to keep it going – otherwise it dies far sooner than anyone would have thought.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2017 09:20am […]
4/20/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “House Republicans are outlining a new deal that could revive their bid to repeal Obamacare — and set up an all-out sprint to make concrete progress on health care amid the specter of a government shutdown. The flurry of activity just days before Congress returns to Washington aims to reunite the GOP behind […]
4/20/2017
CABINET/HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TOM PRICE: “While President Donald Trump insisted Congress repeal Obamacare within his first 100 days, the legislation was rushed, according to his Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Tom Price, and that’s why the Republicans failed. But the recent setback will not deter the Trump administration, he said during an interview at the Centers […]
04/16/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s revived enthusiasm for tackling health-care legislation before tax policy has highlighted the complicated interplay between Republicans’ health-care overhaul and their planned tax bill. Mr. Trump signaled last week that one of the reasons he has reprioritized health care is that he was relying on savings from the health bill […]
04/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Republicans in Congress for the first time are lowering expectations for how much of Obamacare they can repeal and how quickly they can do it. As they meet constituents back home, GOP lawmakers seem trapped between the reality of their failed repeal effort and President Donald Trump’s renewed promises this week to finish off […]
04/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Democrats plan to tie money promised to health insurers to offset Obamacare costs to the coming showdown over keeping the government running, a Democratic source said, following a threat from President Donald Trump Wednesday [4-12-17]. The promise from Democrats comes a day after Trump told the Wall Street Journal he may stop “cost-sharing reduction” […]
04/06/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “With their plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act stalled, Republican House leaders on Thursday unveiled an amendment aimed at lowering premiums, a move to gain more support for their health-care effort before they head home for a two-week recess. The new provision would create a fund of $15 billion over the next […]
03/30/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Senior House Republicans said Thursday [3-30-17] that they expected the federal government to continue paying billions of dollars in subsidies to health insurance companies to keep low-income people covered under the Affordable Care Act for the rest of this year — and perhaps for 2018 as well. The decision would be a curious twist […]
04/05/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Republicans already paid a political price for their failure to repeal Obamacare just under two weeks ago, but Democrats are also preparing to make the GOP suffer at the ballot box in 2018 over their latest attempt to roll back the health care law. As GOP leaders work to revive their Obamacare bill, […]
4/2/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Talks on Repealing and Replacing ObamaCare are, and have been, going on, and will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2017 08:03am […]
4/2/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Anybody (especially Fake News media) who thinks that Repeal & Replace of ObamaCare is dead does not know the love and strength in R Party!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2017 07:56am […]
4/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The failing @nytimes finally gets it – ‘In places where no insurance company offers plans, there will be no way for ObamaCare customers to…use subsidies to buy health plans.’ In other words, Ocare is dead. Good things will happen, however, either with Republicans or Dems.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2017 10:59am and 11:06am […]
3/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES/BERNIE SANDERS: “Now that Republicans’ efforts to pass sweeping health care legislation have failed, Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to propose a health care system funded entirely by taxpayers. Speaking on ‘State of the Union’ Sunday [3-26-17], Sanders told CNN’s Dana Bash that he intends to introduce legislation outlining a ‘Medicare-for-all, single-payer’ health care plan […]
3/30/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Where are @RepMarkMeadows, @Jim_Jordan and @Raul_Labrador? #RepealANDReplace #Obamacare” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2017 04:21pm […]
3/30/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “If @RepMarkMeadows, @Jim_Jordan and @Raul_Labrador would get on board we would have both great healthcare and massive tax cuts & reform.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2017 04:20pm […]
3/30/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “If @RepMarkMeadows, @Jim_Jordan and Raul_Labrador would get on board we would have both great healthcare and massive tax cuts & reform.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2017 04:18pm […]
3/30/2107
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Great op-ed from @RepKenBuck. Looks like some in the Freedom Caucus are helping me end #Obamacare. https://t.co/Y2vTnIBTBZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2017 04:17pm […]
3/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Picking themselves up after the bruising collapse of their health care plan, President Trump and Republicans in Congress will start this week on a legislative obstacle course that will be even more arduous: the first overhaul of the tax code in three decades. Mr. Trump’s inability to make good on his promise […]
3/25/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is facing backlash over a comment he made during an Oval Office press conference on Friday following the collapse of the House health care bill that was intended to repeal Obamacare. At one point he told reporters, ‘I guess I’m here, what, 64 days? I never said *repeal and replace […]
3/25/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump ignites a lot of fights, but his failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the biggest defeat in his short time in the White House, was the result of something else: a long-running Republican civil war that humbled a generation of party leaders before he ever came to Washington. A […]
3/24/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing a revolt among conservative and moderate Republicans, rushed to the White House Friday [3-24-17] afternoon to inform President Trump he did not have the votes to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to decide whether to pull the bill from consideration. The […]
3/24/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The rag-tag rabble-rousing House Freedom Caucus may be the linchpin to repeal and replace Obamacare at this point. Its members, however, are Public Enemy No. 1 on Capitol Hill. The group of conservative agitators who’ve irked leadership, held the line against spending bills and rebelled against trade priorities of leaders have now […]
3/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The Democrats will make a deal with me on healthcare as soon as ObamaCare folds – not long. Do not worry, we are in very good shape!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 27, 2017 09:03pm […]
3/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar 26, 2017 07:21am […]
3/25/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “ObamaCare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 25, 2017 09:37am […]
3/24/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The irony is that the Freedom Caucus, which is very pro-life and against Planned Parenthood, allows P.P. to continue if they stop this plan!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 24, 2017 07:23am […]
3/24/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “After seven horrible years of ObamaCare (skyrocketing premiums & deductibles, bad healthcare), this is finally your chance for a great plan!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar 24, 2017 07:14am […]
3/23/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump agreed to the demands of conservative House Republicans to remove federal requirements that health insurance plans provide a basic set of benefits like maternity care, emergency services, mental health and wellness visits as he struggles to round up enough votes to pass a broad health care overhaul. Sean Spicer, the […]
3/23/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House hopes to vote on legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare Friday [3-24-17] morning, following a day of drama and multiple high-level, tension-filled meetings, a White House official said. President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have been lobbying members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and also moderate […]
3/23/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “We are taking action to #RepealANDReplace #Obamacare! Contact your Rep & tell them you support #AHCA. #PassTheBill… https://t.co/5lsrDJXfzb” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 23, 2017 11:07am […]
3/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned his fellow Republicans of big losses at the ballot box if they fail to repeal and replace Obamacare. Wednesday [3-22-17] and Thursday, we’ll learn if House Republicans heed that message and back legislation that has already tested the President’s political prowess and has Trump and House Speaker Paul […]
3/21/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [3-21-17] threatened political fallout if House Republicans do not pass the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership’s bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. During a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the House, Trump said that if the AHCA does not pass, some Republicans will lose in […]
3/17/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE: “Obamacare is dead; it’s a dead healthcare plan. It’s not even a healthcare plan, frankly. And I watched the architect of the plan — yesterday I watched the old clip where he said the American people are stupid to have voted for it. I watched Bill Clinton saying, this is the craziest thing I’ve […]
3/17/2017
OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare will fail. It will fold. It will close up very, very soon if something isn’t done. I’ve often said politically, the best thing I can do is absolutely nothing. Wait one year and then even the Democrats will come say, please, please, you got to help us. But it’s not the right […]
3/14/2017
ECONOMY/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PAUL RYAN: “I’ve [David Lazarus] tried to avoid wonkiness and political ideology. As Rebitzer said, this is a matter of the laws of economics, and those laws are clear: You can’t have affordable and comprehensive coverage for everyone without getting everyone, young and old, sick and healthy, into the system. ‘People are going to do […]
3/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the biggest mysteries in global markets so far in the Trump era is the historically low level of volatility that has prevailed despite all the turmoil and uncertainty that analysts warned his victory would unleash. Shares of hospitals and health insurers fall after the U.S. Congressional Budget Office forecasts […]
3/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and congressional Republicans defend their plan to dismantle Obamacare after a non-partisan report shows 14 million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under their proposal even as it reduces the budget deficit.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. ET,” Reuters, March […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could hit many rural areas particularly hard, according to a new analysis, sharply increasing the cost for some residents buying their own insurance. In extreme cases, the amount a consumer might owe for a plan could exceed that person’s annual income. In […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans say they want to jettison the maternity coverage requirement, which is part of the ACA’s list of 10 ‘essential’ benefits. It’s a valuable benefit, and removing it outright won’t be easy since it would take complicated maneuvering in the Senate to do so. It remains intact in the bill moving through […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans may soon get a preview of the political price of health reform. Washington is braced for the expected release as soon as Monday [3-13-17] of a Congressional Budget Office analysis set to reveal the cost and projected reach — and limits — of coverage for the GOP’s bill to repeal and […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Healthcare listening session w/ @VP & @SecPriceMD. Watch: https://t.co/5ayQ4dr8Ip #ReadTheBill:… https://t.co/1cQI0ZBUv8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 12:20pm […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “ObamaCare is imploding. It is a disaster and 2017 will be the worst year yet, by far! Republicans will come together and save the day.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 8:11am […]
3/11/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are making great progress with healthcare. ObamaCare is imploding and will only get worse. Republicans coming together to get job done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 11, 2017 9:39am […]
3/09/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The Republican drive to repeal the Affordable Care Act advanced on Thursday [3-9-17] as two House committees approved broad legislation to undo the law and replace it with a more modest system of tax credits and a rollback of President Barack Obama’s Medicaid expansion. The House Energy and Commerce Committee endorsed the legislation on […]
3/9/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Republicans in Congress scored a victory early Thursday [3-9-17], pushing a measure through the House Ways and Means Committee to repeal investment taxes on high-income households and end tax penalties on Americans who don’t obtain health insurance. The move on a party-line vote came a day after groups representing hospitals, doctors and seniors urged […]
3/08/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Two House committees launched into a review on Wednesday [3-8-17] of a Republican proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, legislation that is facing stiff resistance from health-care industry groups and a set of conservative GOP lawmakers… Early discussion in the committees showed no signs of significant dissent among GOP lawmakers. But opposition is […]
3/07/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/RAND PAUL: “I feel sure that my friend @RandPaul will come along with the new and great health care program because he knows Obamacare is a disaster!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 7:14PM […]
3/7/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare is in very bad shape. I believe that if we wait two years, it will totally implode. It’s really pretty much imploding now, Steve [Scalise], when you think. But it will implode and people will be, like, please help us, please help us, and that will be the Democrats asking for help. […]
3/07/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Our wonderful new Healthcare Bill is now out for review and negotiation. ObamaCare is a complete and total disaster – is imploding fast!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 7:13AM […]
3/2/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/RAND PAUL: “Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul marched to the House side of the Capitol Thursday morning, knocked on a locked door and demanded to see a copy of the House’s bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which he believed was being kept under lock and key. Aides in the room told […]
3/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “President Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night buoyed House Republican leaders who were hopeful that his leadership would unite fractious lawmakers around a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. But fundamental disagreements still divide Republicans on one of the central promises of their 2016 campaigns: repealing the health law. While Mr. Trump […]
2/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great meeting with CEOs of leading U.S. health insurance companies who provide great healthcare to the American people.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 27, 2017 12:06pm […]
2/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “President Trump promised the nation’s governors Monday that his yet-to-be-revealed replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act would give states greater flexibility and thanked some Republicans in the room who advised him on healthcare. ‘It’s an unbelievably complex subject,’ he said. ‘Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.’ The remark likely surprised state […]
2/23/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/JOHN BOEHNER: “Former House Speaker John Boehner threw cold water Thursday [2-23-17] on the prospect of congressional Republicans following through on their pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. ‘They’ll fix Obamacare,’ the former Ohio congressman predicted at a conference hosted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in Orlando, Florida. ‘I […]
2/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump previewed a budget plan Wednesday [2-22-17] he said would be focused intently on slashing spending in a bid to reduce the national debt. It’s one of three major legislative proposals the White House is preparing ahead of Trump’s address to lawmakers next week, his first speech to a […]
2/19/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “For seven years, few issues have animated conservative voters as much as the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. But with President Barack Obama out of office, the debate over ‘Obamacare’ is becoming less about ‘Obama’ and more about ‘care’ — greatly complicating the issue for Republican lawmakers. Polling indicates that more Republicans want […]
2/17/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Despite the long delays by the Democrats in finally approving Dr. Tom Price, the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare is moving fast!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2017 05:13am […]
2/15/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Aetna CEO: Obamacare in ‘Death Spiral’ #RepealAndReplace https://t.co/dmHL7xIEQv” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 04:34pm […]
2/15/2017
HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday morning announced new proposed rules for the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance exchanges. The proposals from CMS include several changes to enrollment periods and timelines for insurers in an attempt at ‘stabilizing the individual and small group health insurance markets,’ according to a press release. […]
2/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Obamacare continues to fail. Humana to pull out in 2018. Will repeal, replace & save healthcare for ALL Americans. https://t.co/glWEQ0lNR4” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2017 05:50pm […]
2/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Humana Inc., one of the nation’s largest health insurers, will stop selling Obamacare health plans next year, the company announced Tuesday. The move threatens to rattle jittery insurance markets and further complicate Republicans’ push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The company attributed its action to mounting losses caused by sicker-than-expected consumers. […]
2/13/2017
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Politicians once again are concerned that a drug company that plans to sell an old medicine at a very high price is taking advantage of the system. On Monday [2-13-17], Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to the chief executive of Marathon Pharmaceuticals, arguing that the Illinois company […]
2/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Affordable Care Act’s tax on high-cost employer health plans faced sharp opposition from employers and unions. Now, Republicans are drawing equal fire for proposals to replace the law that those groups say would have some of the same effects. The law’s so-called Cadillac tax is levied on the value of employer health plans […]
2/12/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “After denouncing the Affordable Care Act as an abomination for seven years, Republicans in Congress, working with the Trump administration, are urgently seeking ways to shore up health insurance marketplaces created by the law. While President Trump said as a candidate that ‘Obamacare is certain to collapse of its own weight,’ Republicans fear such […]
2/5/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “President Donald Trump downgraded expectations for his party’s swift repeal and replacement of the 2010 health law in an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly aired Sunday, saying ‘maybe it’ll take til some time into next year’ ‘Obamacare doesn’t work. So we are putting in a wonderful plan. It’s statutorily…takes a while to get. […]
1/25/2017
OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare is a disaster. It’s too expensive. It’s horrible health care. It doesn’t cover what you have to cover. It’s a disaster… So I wanna make sure that nobody’s dying on the streets when I’m president. Nobody’s gonna be dying on the streets. We will unleash something that’s gonna be terrific. And remember this, […]
1/20/2017
HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. It is the policy of my Administration to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), as […]
3/9/2016
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The thing with ‘Obama care’ is the young people aren’t joining. And the people that they really want to pay for other people that do have difficulty — I mean, you know, preexisting and difficulties — those people aren’t joining. The people with difficulties are all joining. And it’s just not working… It […]
2/25/2016
DEBATES/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I know the insurance companies, they’re friends of mine. The top guys, they’re friends of mine. I shouldn’t tell you guys, you’ll say it’s terrible, I have a conflict of interest. They’re friends of mine, there’s some right in the audience. One of them was just waving to me, he was laughing and […]
2/25/2016
DEBATES/HEALTHCARE/MARCO RUBIO/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Dana Bush: “Mr. Trump, Senator Rubio just said that you support the individual mandate. Would you respond?”] “I just want to say, I agree with that 100 percent, except pre-existing conditions, I would absolutely get rid of Obamacare. We’re going to have something much better, but pre-existing conditions, when I’m referring to […]
2/14/2016
CANDIDATE/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Ted Cruz, along with Jeb Bush, pushed Justice John Roberts onto the Supreme Court. Roberts could have killed ObamaCare twice, but didn’t!” – 2/14/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 2/14/2016 […]
10/13/2015
HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/OBAMACARE(ACA)/VETS: “Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate” – 10/13/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 10/13/2015 […]
6/26/2015
COURTS/DONALD ON DONALD/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “If I win the presidency, my judicial appointments will do the right thing unlike Bush’s appointee John Roberts on ObamaCare.” – 6/26/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 6/26/2015 […]
5/28/2015
ECONOMY/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “ObamaCare premiums could jump as high as 51% http://t.co/BdBnj4hm99 Terrible for economy. Repeal & Replace with free market solution!” – 5/28/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/28/2015 […]
4/17/2015
GOP/HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Republicans are funding ObamaCare and Amnesty. Obama beats them. http://t.co/jEgR6jSQ5J” – 4/17/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/17/2015 […]
4/15/2015
HEALTHCARE/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Today is April 15th, Obama’s favorite day of the year. T-E-A. TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!” – 4/15/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/15/2015 […]
3/31/2015
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “There is only one fix for ObamaCare – REPEAL & REPLACE with a free market oriented alternative!” – 3/31/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 3/31/2015 […]
3/23/2015
JOE BIDEN/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Today [March 23, 2015] marks five years since 11-year-old Marcelas Owens and I watched the President sign the Affordable Care Act into law. Marcelas lost his mom to an illness when he was a younger boy. She didn’t have insurance, so she couldn’t afford the care that she needed. No family […]
1/3/2015
JOE BIDEN/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “And because of the new law, people who already had health insurance are also benefitting from additional protections. For example, their insurance companies can’t deny them coverage because of pre-existing conditions, like asthma or diabetes. And they’re able to get — for free — preventive services like mammograms or blood pressure […]
12/19/2014
HEALTHCARE/LEGAL/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Romney was the architect of ObamaCare. Bush’s Chief Justice legalized the monstrosity. Notice a trend?” – 12/19/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 12/19/2014 […]