Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) is reportedly eyeing a ban on state single-payer health care systems in the new GOP ObamaCare repeal bill.
Month: September 2017
Kimmel suggests Graham-Cassidy health care bill fails ‘Kimmel Test’
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel tweeted a Washington Post editorial on Monday that argued the Senate's new health care bill fails the "Kimmel Test" -- a reference to the comedian's emotional late-night monologue about how the Affordable Care Act carried protections that helped save his son from a congenital heart defect.
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The Hill’s Whip List: Republicans try again on ObamaCare repeal
Momentum is building on a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare in the Senate.
Republican congressman blames opioid crisis on Medicaid
Republican Congressman Jim Renacci (OH) argued this week that Medicaid expansion in Ohio and other states may have caused the current opioid crisis ravaging the country. His comments come just ahead of a highly-anticipated vote on the Graham-Cassidy heath care bill, which would end Medicaid expansion and, eventually, the entire program.
“Medicaid was, in some ways, the driver of this opioid addiction,” Renacci said, in an interview on WAKR radio. “…If [the ex...
Paul calls new ObamaCare repeal bill a trillion-dollar boondoggle
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday criticized a new Senate GOP ObamaCare repeal bill as a "government boondoggle of a trillion dollars." He said Republi...
Republicans’ repeal and replace effort isn’t quite dead yet!
The last time anyone paid much attention to the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was when it was failing on the Senate floor in late July. That was the end of the end, we were told. Not so fast! Suddenly there appears to be a last-minute attempt -- led by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana -- to get rid of Obamacare. How much of a chance does this last-ditch effort have? I reached out to CNN's congressional correspondent -- and resid...
If Trumpcare passes, many cancer patients will face $140,000 insurance premiums
A provision of the new Trumpcare bill gaining steam among Senate Republicans — a bill commonly referred to as “Graham-Cassidy” after its two leading proponents — would allow many insurers to drive up premiums the minute someone gets sick.
This provision allows states to obtain waivers from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that no one can be charged a higher premium because of a “health status-related factor,” effectively allowing insure...
Trevor Noah on treasury secretary Mnuchin: ‘So out of touch it’s almost beautiful’
Trevor Noah addressed Steven Mnuchin’s attempts at tax reform – and he and his wife Louse Linton’s attempts to use a government jet for their honeymoon
On Monday night, Trevor Noah reprised one of his signature segments, Profiles in Tremendousness, to discuss treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton.
“Donald Trump has been president for eight months now and most of his campaign promises remain undone, from repealing Obamacare to building the beautiful wall t...
Sen. Johnson: We are ‘certainly getting close’ on ObamaCare repeal
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) is optimistic that the Graham-Cassidy ObamaCare repeal bill can gain enough traction among Senate lawmakers to pass in the upper chamber."We're certainly g...