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’
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Month: July 2017
Dem. Senator: Just repealing Obamacare is …
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) joins MTP Daily.
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Republicans failed on health care. Now what?
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) joins MTP Daily to discuss the option of repealing Obamacare first and replacing later.
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Uncertainty Over Obamacare Leaves Next Year’s Rates In Limbo
While Washington ponders the future of the Affordable Care Act, health insurers need to decide right now what to charge people for health insurance in 2018. "It's insane," says one CEO.
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White House dispatches former campaign aides to help revive health care push
The White House isn't quite ready to abandon the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, despite GOP senators making it clear Tuesday they don't have the votes to pass the necessary legislation.
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ObamaCare payments to continue
Key ObamaCare subsidies to insurers will be paid this month, the White House confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday, one day before the deadline to make July's cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments.The administration h...
With cameras rolling, Trump tries to bully Republican senator into supporting Trumpcare
“He wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?”CREDIT: Fox News screengrab
During remarks to reporters following a Republican health care luncheon at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump threatened to end Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) tenure in the US Senate if he doesn’t vote in favor of Trumpcare.
Alluding to the announcement Republican senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) made on ...
Her Own Medical Future At Stake, A Child Storms Capitol Hill
The Republican health care bill failed in part because of opposition to shrinking Medicaid. An 11-year-old girl with sickle cell anemia went to Washington, D.C., to make sure that wouldn't happen.
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Trump: ‘You’ll have forms of insurance that you don’t even know about right now’
As he hosted Senate Republicans for a health-care meeting at the White House, July 19, President Trump touted GOP efforts to revamp the Affordable Care Act.