This health care study might be a silver bullet for Democrats in 2018

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 News

A new study from the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation suggests the uncertainty created by Republicans' failed attempts to overhaul the Affordable Care Act -- and President Trump's repeated urgings for the Senate to keep trying -- will play a part in expected premium hikes across the country in 2018, a development that could well hand Democrats just the sort of made-for-TV attack they need to take a real run at GOP Congressional majorities next November.
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Poll: Most Americans now actually want to make ObamaCare work

August 11, 2017 News

Trump may be fuming over the failed repeal of ObamaCare but a new study finds most actually want to try and make the law work.

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A doctor on the front lines describes Medicaid’s role in the opioid crisis

August 11, 2017 Donald Trump, health, health care, medicaid, News

For decades, the residents of Baltimore, have been dying from opioid overdoses and have been incarcerated due to addiction.

“There’s no doubt that the opioid epidemic is worse than before, but it’s not a new problem,” says Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen. “I do think there are elements of racial inequalities, racial disparities, racial discrimination, and that needs to be taken into account.”

Baltimore has been a leader among localitie...

At raucous town halls, Republicans have faced another round of anger over health care

August 11, 2017 News

Republicans had hoped to begin a conversation about tax reform and must-pass budget measures. Instead, they’ve faced constituents still focused on the stalled effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Trump on McConnell: ‘I am very disappointed in Mitch’

August 10, 2017 News

President Trump on Aug. 10 said he is “very disappointed” with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for not ending the Affordable Care Act.

Trump Reveals Exasperation With McConnell

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 McConnell, Mitch, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Trump, Donald J

President Trump criticized Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, for failed efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Sentencing for Menendez co-defendant postponed

August 10, 2017 News

A sentencing hearing for a Florida eye doctor in a Medicare fraud case has been postponed until his trial in a separate corruption case involving Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.).The attorneys in the fraud case agreed to...

Trump’s vacation message to McConnell: ‘Get back to work’

August 10, 2017 Donald Trump, News, Republicans, US Congress, US news, US politics, US Senate

Trump suggests Senate majority leader should step down if he continues to fail to advance president’s agenda, including healthcare and tax reform
Donald Trump has suggested that Mitch McConnell should step down if the Republican leader in the Senate does not successfully get the president’s agenda passed on Capitol Hill.
Speaking to reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is spending a working vacation, Trump was asked if McConnell should stand down. “I’l...

Watch Trump’s full statement on North Korea, health care

August 10, 2017 News

President Trump on Aug. 10 said North Korean leaders “should be very nervous” amid rising tensions between the two countries. Trump also talked about Republican efforts to revise the Affordable Care Act.

Study: Trump’s actions are directly responsible for rising health care premiums

August 10, 2017 Donald Trump, health care, News, politics

Despite the repeated failure of Republicans in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Trump has succeeded in raising health care premiums.

A number of insurers who provide coverage through the Obamacare marketplaces have requested double digit rate increases for the coming year, and the majority cite uncertainty about the actions of the Trump administrations as the reason for the requested increases, according to a new study released Thursday.

The study, from...