Maine asks Trump for permission to start charging Medicaid recipients premiums

August 3, 2017 Donald Trump, health, health care, medicaid, News, tom-price

Maine could be among the first states to fundamentally change its Medicaid program by requiring low-income adults to meet work requirements and pay monthly premiums, if the state’s requests are approved by the Trump administration.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services filed an application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Wednesday evening, requesting core changes to its Medicaid program, dubbed MaineCare.<...

Trump can't repeal Obamacare alone, but he may be able to 'implode' it

August 2, 2017 News

President Donald Trump is threatening to end what he called "bailouts" for health insurers and Congress. Video provided by Newsy

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U.S. Governors urge Trump to make health insurance payments

August 2, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. governors on Wednesday urged the Trump administration, as well as Congress, to continue funding payments to health insurance companies that make Obamacare plans affordable, calling it critical to stabilizing the insurance marketplace.

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Trump takes things to logical conclusion, creates ‘real news’ show hosted by his daughter-in-law

August 2, 2017 Donald Trump, News

An alternate reality.Omarosa Manigault, Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump and his wife Lara Trump and first lady Melania Trump sit to the side of the stage as President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Last week, President Donald Trump turned the boy scout jamboree...

WH budget director: ‘We haven’t given up on trying to repeal and replace’

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 News

Although Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are saying they're ready to move on from health care, the Trump administration isn't giving up on repealing and replacing Obamacare, the White House budget director said Wednesday.
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The Health 202: GOP’s next health care fight? Whether to hold hostage Obamacare subsidies

August 2, 2017 News

Republicans are divided.

Bernie Sanders pushes universal health plan in wake of Republican repeal failure

August 2, 2017 Democrats, Donald Trump, News, Republicans, US Congress, US healthcare, US news, US politics, US Senate, World news

Sanders to tout ‘Medicare for All’ proposal before unveiling bill next month
Vermont senator wants single-payer healthcare system for all Americans
Bernie Sanders has spent the first months of the new Congress defending Barack Obama’s health reforms as Republicans vowed to repeal them. But after the GOP’s seven-year drive to eliminate the Affordable Care Act collapsed on the Senate floor last week, Sanders is ready to introduce his own solution – government-run uni...

Republicans wonder: Can we govern?

August 2, 2017 News

Republicans are questioning their ability to govern following seven months of constant turmoil capped by the dramatic failure in the Senate to advance ObamaCare repeal.GOP lawmakers already face serious divisions o...

Trump Threatens Congress’ Health Care; Senate Republicans Don’t Seem Too Worried

August 2, 2017 News

President Trump tweeted he would undo federal subsidies for congressional health care if the Senate didn't keep its focus on repealing Obamacare. But GOP leaders are still moving on to other issues.
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Senator announces bipartisan health care hearing on Obamacare

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 News

Several Republican and Democrat lawmakers agree that Congress needs to prevent a collapse of the health insurance market, which could hurt millions of consumers -- and that concern has opened up some bipartisan dialogue.
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