Trump praises lawmaker for physically assaulting a reporter

October 19, 2018 Donald Trump, News

During a campaign-style rally in Missoula, Montana Thursday night, President Trump openly celebrated a congressman for physically assaulting a reporter who asked him a question about health care in May of 2017.

Recounting how then-candidate Greg Gianforte (R-MN) bodyslammed Ben Jacobs of the Guardian, Trump ominously pointed at the journalists in attendance and even reenacted what he thought the attack looked like.

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GOP hypocrisy on Obamacare

October 19, 2018 News

Republicans are talking up pre-existing conditions protections on the campaign trail after working for years to repeal Obamacare. Lawrence discusses with Jared Bernstein and Ron Klain.
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Partisans view the other side’s rallies, protests with suspicion – CBS News poll

October 19, 2018 News

The survey also finds that 65 percent of Americans would favor offering everyone a government-run health plan like Medicare

Trump claims ‘All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions’ in blatant lie

October 18, 2018 Donald Trump, health, News, obamacare, politics

President Donald Trump, whose administration asked a court to end Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions just last month, claimed “All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions” in a tweet on Thursday.

All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and if they don’t, they will after I speak to them. I am in total support. Also, Democrats will destroy your Medicare, and I will keep it ...

Republican Candidates Soften Tone on Health Care as Their Leaders Dig In

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party, United States Politics and Government

Candidates are pledging to protect pre-existing conditions, a stance often at odds with their votes, but their leaders are vowing to revisit an Affordable Care Act repeal.

Tarkanian: ‘I didn’t have a choice’ when Trump asked him not to run for Senate

October 18, 2018 News

Danny Tarkanian, Republican Nevada congressional nominee, joins MTP Daily to discuss Trump asking him not to run for Senate and whether he would repeal all of the Affordable Care Act.
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Trump says ‘all Republicans’ back protections for preexisting conditions, despite repeated attempts to repeal Obamacare

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 News

The president’s message appeared to conflict with his own administration’s actions on health care, as well as with a pledge by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to try again to repeal the law.

Election Countdown: Florida Senate fight resumes after hurricane | Cruz softens ObamaCare attacks | GOP worries Trump will lose suburban women | Latest Senate polls | Rep. Dave Brat gets Trump’s ‘total endorsement’ | Dem candidates raise record $1B

October 18, 2018 News

We're 19 days until the 2018 midterm elections and 747 days until the 2020 elections.

A Dutch physician is sending medication abortion to Americans by mail

October 18, 2018 health, News

If you have to travel 100 miles to terminate your pregnancy, ordering abortion pills online might be a more practical option for you. But while it’s relatively easy to purchase medication abortion on the internet, websites can feel sketchy or confusing as they don’t always provide the relevant information or instructions.

Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts has addressed this problem, launching a new service called Aid Access that mails abortion pills to people living in th...

Poll: Wide Partisan Gaps On America’s Biggest Problems

October 18, 2018 News

A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need fixing — and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.
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