After big staff shake-up, President Trump again calls for new health care plan

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 News

Trying to move forward after a big staff shakeup, Trump said Sunday that Republicans should keep trying to repeal and replace Obamacare.

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U.S. health secretary says it’s his departments’ job to follow Obamacare law

July 30, 2017 Affordable Care Act, health care, News, obamacare, obamacare repeal, politics, tom-price, World

He said the administration's goal was to repeal and replace Obamacare and "put in place a system that actually works for patients."

Sanders: Every state should have a public option

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 News

Two days after Republicans in the Senate failed to roll back Obamacare, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said there should be a government-funded health insurance option "in every state in this country."

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Trump won’t let Obamacare ‘implode,’ health secretary says

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 News, politics

Tom Price said the president won't let Obamacare 'implode.'

Trump tells Republicans to get back on healthcare bill

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his administration on Sunday goaded Republican senators to stick with trying to pass a healthcare bill, after the lawmakers failed spectacularly last week to muster the votes to end Obamacare.
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Susan Collins: ‘Go back to committee’ on health care

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 News

Sen. Susan Collins, one of three Republican senators who sunk the "skinny repeal" of Obamacare on Friday, said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that it was time to build a series of health care bills through the committee process.
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Price: Trump was joking about firing me

July 30, 2017 News

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Sunday brushed off President Trump's remark last week that he might be fired if he is unable to pass an ObamaCare repeal and replace measure through Congress....

Conway: Trump making decision this week on ObamaCare payments

July 30, 2017 News

Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Trump, said Sunday he will make a decision this week on ending key payments to insurance companies under ObamaCare."He's going to make that decision this week," she told "F...

Trump blasts Senate GOP for failure to repeal Obamacare

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 News

The day after replacing his chief of staff, President Trump blasted Senate Republicans on Twitter over their failure to repeal Obamacare. Mr. Trump said the Senate GOP "will never win" unless the Senate eliminates the filibuster. The Saturday morning tweetstorm followed a Friday night shake-up at the White House. Errol Barnet is there with more.

Was this the Trump administration’s worst week in Washington?

July 30, 2017 News

From a failed Obamacare repeal effort to a boy scout rally and a new chief of staff, the Trump administration had quite the week.