Trump administration allows Utah to curtail voter-approved Medicaid expansion

March 29, 2019 News

The Trump administration on Friday granted a Utah request for a more limited Medicaid expansion, effectively short-circuiting a ballot measure approved by voters in November.
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Harris sends letter to Barr demanding answers over ObamaCare repeal efforts

March 29, 2019 News

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sent Attorney General William Barr a letter Friday demanding answers over the Justice Department's ef...

Former congressmen break down new health care battles

March 29, 2019 News

President Trump is campaigning to get rid of Obamacare but still has no plan to replace it - scaring his own Republican Party leaders in Congress who see sure fire defeat after House Democrats rode the health care issue to victory in the midterms. Former
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GOP lawmaker draws backlash for telling Democratic colleague to ‘shut up’ during heated ObamaCare debate

March 29, 2019 News

Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) drew backlash from some of his fellow committee members this week after telling a Democratic colleague to "shut up" during a heated discussion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).The he...

Trump claims the GOP is the ‘party of health care,’ but his health care plans are losing in court

March 29, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health, medicaid, News, obamacare

After vowing to strike down Obamacare and implement a replacement that will enshrine the GOP as the “party of health care,” President Donald Trump is off to a rocky start this week. In quick succession, he was dealt two major health care blows in the courts.

On Thursday, a federal judge blocked so-called “association health plans” (AHPs) — an avenue that Trump has long touted as a method of providing “tremendous health care at very small cost.”

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'Why should we pay more?' Sen. Rick Scott's bill would limit prescription drug prices

March 29, 2019 News

Florida Sen Rick Scott slammed Obamacare while introducing a bill that would place a limit on prescription drug prices charged to Americans.

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How Stacey Abrams got more people to care about a 6-week abortion ban

March 29, 2019 health, News, politics

This year, there has been an unprecedented surge in state lawmakers trying to ban abortions before most people even know they’re pregnant — but no state has gotten as much national attention as Georgia. Activists credit Stacey Abrams as a big reason why.

Georgia’s House Bill 481 would ban abortion at six weeks. It’s surprised many people that the state, which has 10 abortion clinics in Atlanta alone, would revert from a 20-week ban to a near-total ban, devast...

Trump administration’s Obamacare alternative struck down by judge

March 29, 2019 News

A federal judge called the plan an "end run" around consumer protections mandated by the Affordable Care Act

The Health 202: Is Obamacare failing or thriving? Trump can’t seem to decide.

March 29, 2019 News

Trump's erratic approach could hurt the insurance marketplaces.

Trump relishes first campaign rally after completion of Mueller report

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President Trump is showing us what his re-election campaign could look like. In his first rally since the completion of the Mueller report, the president spoke for nearly an hour and a half in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night. Mr. Trump also made fresh attacks on Obamacare and his opponents. Major Garrett reports.