CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026

July 19, 2017July 20, 2017 Uncategorized

CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance.

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CBO estimates 32 million more uninsured in a decade with Obamacare repeal

July 19, 2017July 20, 2017 politics

The number is higher than under plans that include a replacement.

32 million more people would be uninsured under new Senate Obamacare repeal bill

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

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Trump reverses message on healthcare … again

July 19, 2017 US politics

• President tells Republicans to go back to the drawing board … after describing plan to ‘let Obamacare fail’
• Get the day’s politics news in 60 seconds every weekday. By Tom McCarthy
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Donald Trump hosted Republicans for an awkward lunch in which the president told senators to try yet again to pass a healthcare bill. “For seven years, you promised the American people that you would repeal Obamacare,” Trump said.
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Trump plays hardball on ObamaCare repeal

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Trump made clear he isn't afraid to use strong-arm tactics to persuade the holdouts.

House Republican says “the Senate has failed the American people”

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

The lawmaker bashed Senate Republicans for failing to pass an Obamacare repeal and replace plan

Freedom Caucus to try to force ObamaCare repeal vote

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Members of the House Freedom Caucus will try to force a vote on legislation repealing ObamaCare, which the GOP-controlled Congress previously passed under President Obama.Freedom Caucus members have been pushing fo...

White House working with moderates on new Medicaid proposal

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told moderate GOP senators at a White House meeting Wednesday that the administration is willing to hammer out a new Medicaid proposal....

Trump ditches “let Obamacare fail” plan, urges senators to stay in town

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Trump has invited Senate GOP members to the White House for lunch on Wednesday to talk health care "and other issues"

Donald Trump changes his mind on healthcare: ‘Get it done’ – video

July 19, 2017 Donald Trump, Trump administration, US healthcare, US news, US politics, World news

US president Donald Trump has changed his mind on the future path for healthcare on Wednesday, telling senators to ‘get it done’ and adding that politicians ‘shouldn’t leave town until this is complete’. This marks a departure from Trump’s statements earlier in the week after the Republican party’s healthcare bill failed to gather enough support to pass and the president said he would instead ‘let Obamacare fail’
Trump changes mind again, telling senators to get health bill ‘on my desk’
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