Economic Scene: In Health Care, Republicans Could Learn From Rwanda

While Obamacare’s foes seek to reverse its expansion of coverage, third-world nations have made strides in extending access and improving results.

The Senate could vote on repealing Obamacare without a replacement. Even McConnell knows that’s a bad idea.

July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

Health-care policy experts say it would cause the individual insurance market to implode and leave millions without insurance.

Trump reacts to Trumpcare failure by revealing he has no clue about Senate rules

July 18, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

The president is Mad Online — but the anger is misdirected.DAY 63 — in this March 23, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures while sitting in an 18-wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding healthcare on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File
President Donald Trump is blaming Senate Democrats after the chamber’s second versio...

‘Obamacare’ successes undermine…

July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

Among the biggest reasons the Republican health care gambit has failed: the Affordable Care Act is doing pretty well.
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Health care state of play: McConnell moves on from replace to repeal

July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday night that the latest plans to repeal and replace Obamacare were dead and said he would attempt to hold a vote on a repeal-only bill, using essentially the same legislative language the vast majority of the GOP conference voted for last Congress.

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Republicans pivot back to a failed health care strategy they previously opposed

July 18, 2017 healthcare, obamacare

Repeal and delay is back.Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The longtime Republican dream of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act hit a major bump in the road on Monday night, losing the votes needed to advance their replacement bill.
Now that he’s down four votes in the Senate — five including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is recovering from surgery — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY...

Trump’s latest health care strategy: Let Obamacare fail

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

"We're not going to own it – I'm not going to own it – I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it," Trump said.

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Repeal and delay is back, and even worse than Trumpcare

July 18, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

The CBO estimates that if Congress repeals Obamacare, 18 million would lose coverage next year alone.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, where he is expected to present the GOP’s revised health care bill and push toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
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Trump just tweeted 2 totally contradictory solutions to the health care collapse

July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

Here's Donald Trump at 10:17 pm eastern Monday night -- following the news that the Senate health care bill had failed: "Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in!"
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Trump suggests Republicans will let ACA market collapse, then rewrite health law

July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

Republicans are seeking a new strategy after their push to rewrite the Affordable Care Act fell apart.