Donors frustrated with Senate Republicans over their inability to repeal ObamaCare are withholding more than $2 million in planned contributions to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, two GOP sources told ...
Month: August 2017
The Health 202: Trump administration won’t answer questions about Obamacare enrollment
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Following Trump’s threat, Nevada Republican now faces primary challenge from pro-Trump candidate
Less than a month ago, President Trump threatened to end Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) career unless he voted for a health care bill that would’ve stripped coverage from hundreds of thousands of his constituents. Heller did end up voting to repeal Obamacare — but he’s being primaried by a pro-Trump Republican anyway.
During a Tuesday morning interview on Trump’s favorite TV show, Danny Tarkanian (R) announced that he’s “going to run for the Unit...
How Obamacare enrollees could avoid skyrocketing premiums
“Rising premiums” has been the rallying cry for Republicans looking to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Lawmakers pointed to 2018 premium hikes as a big reason to repeal and replace current health law. Some insurance companies are requesting especially high rates for 2018 ACA plans, as high as 30 percent or more in some states.
In California, statewide premiums will rise 12.5 percent, and some northern counties will see a 33 percent increase. But most California res...
GOP congressman disagrees with Trump on…
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., discusses the Republicans' fall agenda, health care reform, the debt ceiling debate and why he disagrees with Trump on Russia.
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Trump administration moves closer to effectively banning patients from suing nursing homes
Advocate groups are rallying to protect an Obama-era rule that would give patients and their families the right to sue long-term care facilities. The Trump administration has threatened to roll back the rule and implement revisions that would make filing such suits virtually impossible.
The rule specifically states that facilities that rely on Medicaid or Medicare may no longer use forced arbitration clauses in their patient agreements. Forced arbitration, which nearly all facilitie...
How Trump could sink Obamacare
Trump: "As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!"
Hatch on GOP’s ObamaCare repeal push: ‘They shot their wad on healthcare’
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) raised some eyebrows when he used a colorful phrase to argue that it was time for Republicans to move from the healthcare debate to tax reform."We're not going back to healthcare. We're in...
