Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) compared Republicans' effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare to the film "Dunkirk," a recently released movie based on the evacuation and rescue of Allied soldiers from northern Fran...
Month: August 2017
Tracking the discord between Trump and McConnell
The pair has traded barbs over their party's health care reform efforts.
Abandoning Latino Obamacare outreach is poor policy planning
Key members of the Latino Affordable Care Act (ACA) outreach coalition told Talking Points Memo the Trump administration has not reached out to begin preparing for open enrollment that begins November 1st.
By this point last year, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and other major Latino organizations, like the National Hispanic Medical Association and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Concilio, would be in the midst of enrollment frenzy. But th...
The fix for American health care can be found in Europe
MITCH MCCONNELL was visibly distraught after the Republicans’ “skinny repeal” of Obamacare was defeated in the Senate, but he was not too out of sorts to get in a dig at Europe. The majority leader wondered acidly what ideas Democrats might have for fixing American health insurance, and noted that most...
Fox & Friends features minister who thinks the Bible gives Trump ‘moral authority’ over North Korea
On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s favorite TV show featured a Christian preacher who made a case on the air that Trump has a biblical justification for attacking North Korea.
During a Fox & Friends interview, Southern Baptist minister and outspoken Trump backer Rev. Robert Jeffress claimed that “the Bible, especially Romans 13, does give President Trump moral authority to use whatever force necessary, including assassination or even war, to topple an evi...
The Health 202: Obamacare’s marketplaces aren’t collapsing — but they’re not thriving either
Outlines of 2018 enrollment season take shape.
Public Health: Obamacare Premiums Are Set to Rise. Thank Policy Uncertainty.
Preliminary rate requests from insurance companies in 21 cities show big increases linked to their fears about Trump administration actions.
Trump continues on tear against McConnell over Obamacare
The senate majority leader said Trump's inexperience led to early timelines.