Efforts by Republicans to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, culminating in the repeal of the individual mandate, have left behind a more government-focused health program.
Month: December 2017
Trump slams FBI, Obamacare in post-Christmas tweets
Trump has no public events on his official schedule Tuesday and he headed out to Trump International Golf Club shortly after sending his morning tweets.
Trump predicts Republicans and Democrats will ‘come together’ on health care plan
Trump said on Twitter that "the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate has been terminated as part of our Tax Cut Bill, which essentially Repeals (over time) Obamacare."
Donald Trump’s 60 worst tweets of 2017, ranked
As a candidate for president, Donald Trump promised that, if he won, he would not tweet. “Don’t worry, I’ll give it up after I’m president. We won’t tweet anymore…Not presidential,” he said.
President Donald Trump has tweeted 2563 times in 2017 (so far).
Many of Trump’s tweets follow common themes. He’s complained about “fake news” 152 times, tagged @foxandfriends 97 times and touted his efforts to repeal Obamacare 70 times.
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Trump: Dems, GOP will eventually develop ‘great new HealthCare plan’
President Trump indicated on Tuesday that he thinks lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will come together and develop a new health care proposal after the recently passed GOP tax cut bill repealed ObamaCare's individual...
Bit by bit, Trump is taking apart the New Deal’s glorious legacy | Heather Richardson
With huge tax cuts projected to create a $1.5tn deficit, cuts to social security and Medicare will surely followSince January, there have been frightening signs that America is becoming an oligarchy overseen by a dictator. From the first, Donald Trump has followed an authoritarian playbook, beginning with his rejection of objective reality. Forced early on to defend the assertion that the crowd at Trump’s inauguration was the biggest ever witnessed, presidential spokesperson Kellyanne Con...
Trump thinks ‘Obamacare is over,’ but…
"Essentially, I think Obamacare is over," Trump declared this morning. He's wrong in ways he doesn't yet understand.
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GOP tax bill includes cuts for businesses and wealthy
Republicans in the House and the Senate have approved a tax bill that will include permanent tax cuts for businesses, cuts for the top brackets, and temporary cuts for middle-class workers. A repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate is also included in the bill.
McConnell encourages Graham, Cassidy to continue ObamaCare repeal push
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday encouraged two key senators to continue working on legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare.McConnell encouraged Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Ca...