Former president attacks ‘aggravating’ attempts to repeal Obamacare as Mitch McConnell prepares to bring Graham-Cassidy bill to floor
The US Senate plans to vote next week on Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it was confirmed on Wednesday, as Barack Obama castigated their “aggravating” multiple attempts to “undo that hard-won progress”.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, intends to hold a vote on what is being seen as a ...
Month: September 2017
McConnell to bring up vote on Obamacare repeal next week
This is the last chance Senate Republicans will have to try to repeal the Affordable Care Act with just 51 votes before the end of the fiscal year, on Sept. 30
All the lies Sen. Cassidy told about his health bill after Jimmy Kimmel called him out as a liar
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has a truth-telling problem.
After late night host Jimmy Kimmel delivered an impassioned monologue Tuesday night, saying Cassidy “lied right to my face” when he told Kimmel that every American should have certain health benefits, Cassidy appeared on all three cable news networks Wednesday morning to defend himself. The senator spent those interviews unleashing a blizzard of untruths so thick with new falsehoods that it was difficult to keep track...
Obama: Ending Obamacare would cause ‘real human suffering’
Former president Barack Obama on Sept. 20 said in a speech at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers event that ending the Affordable Care Act would cause “real human suffering.”
Senate GOP aims to vote next week on ObamaCare repeal
Senate Republicans plan to try to repeal ObamaCare for a second time next week as Republicans face an end-of-the-month deadline."It is the Leader's intention to consider Graham-Cassidy on the floor next week," said...
Christie comes out against Graham-Cassidy
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has come out against the latest Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare.
Obama defends his health care law in speech
Obama never mentioned his successor, but he didn't have to, as he defended the Affordable Care Act
Trump blocks woman with stage 4 cancer on Twitter after she criticized his latest health care plan
On Wednesday morning, President Trump tweeted out his support for the so-called Graham-Cassidy health care bill that would allow insurers to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions and could cause tens of millions to lose coverage.
I hope Republican Senators will vote for Graham-Cassidy and fulfill their promise to Repeal & Replace ObamaCare. Money direct to States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2017
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Jimmy Kimmel attacks Bill Cassidy over healthcare bill
The TV host, whose son has a heart condition, attacked the author of a new plan to replace Obamacare.