Former President Obama spoke at a Gates Foundation event and delivered a not so thinly veiled message to President Trump about what he sees as America's role in the world.
Month: September 2017
Sen. Rand Paul Says He Won’t Vote For Latest Affordable Care Act Replacement Bill
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has opposed all of the Republican leadership's efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, including the latest attempt, the Graham-Cassidy bill.
With CBO sidelined, key senator turns to Trump administration’s cooked numbers to evaluate Trumpcare
A key Republican senator, who is likely to decide the fate of her party’s latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and phase-out Medicaid, says she will rely on a Trump administration office with a history of producing cooked figures in order to determine whether to back the bill.
Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office announced that, due to the rushed process Senate Republicans are using to try to pass the latest version of Trumpcare, it will not be able to...
What’s going on with the new Obamacare repeal push?
Republicans are hoping a bill known as Graham-Cassidy will move health care funding to the states
Obama says repealing the ACA would inflict ‘real human suffering’ on Americans
Former president Barack Obama said Wednesday that any effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be “inflicting real human suffering” on Americans.
GOP senator says it doesn’t matter how bad the latest Obamacare replacement is – he’s voting for it
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley thinks that Republicans have a “responsibility” to repeal the affordable care act, even if it leaves the country worse off.
Speaking with reporters in his home state of Iowa, Grassley argued that the GOP had campaigned on repealing Obamacare so much that they were left with no choice but to carry out their promises.
“I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn’t be considered,” Grassley told the Des Moin...
Obama’s speech at the Gates Foundation, in three minutes
In a speech at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers event in New York, Sept. 20, former president Barack Obama said efforts in Congress to end the Affordable Care Act could result in “real human suffering.”
Obama on Republican repeal-and-replace efforts: ‘It is aggravating’
The president praised the 2010 Affordable Care Act as "hard-won progress."
Obamacare is already being undermined by the GOP health bill
As Republicans try to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s important to remember that policy decisions about the marketplace are being made simultaneously, which will impact nearly 22 million people.
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The ACA is still the current health law of the land. Because of thi...