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The Fake News Media is going Crazy! They are suffering a major “breakdown,” have ZERO credibility or respect, & must be thinking about going legit. I have learned to live with Fake News, which has never been more corrupt than it is right now. Someday, I will tell you the secret!
Mexico is doing NOTHING to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants to our Country. They are all talk and no action. Likewise, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have taken our money for years, and do Nothing. The Dems don’t care, such BAD laws. May close the Southern Border!
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•Republicans are said to be in turmoil over the Donald Trump’s push for Obamacare to be dismantled in the courts. Vice-president Mike Pence and new attorney general Bill Barr are among the skeptics, according to the New York Times, with concerns that scrapping the Affordable Care Act could be a boon for Democrats in 2020. On Wednesday House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reportedly told his colleagues that Trump’s push made no sense. McCarthy is holding his weekly press conference at 11.30am, and may elaborate.
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Month: March 2019
The Health 202: Trump administration undermines anti-opioid efforts by opposing Obamacare
The law's core components are critical to implementing some of Trump's top public health initiatives.
The ‘worst fight’ for the president to pick right now
The president is again urging Senate Republicans to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, a move the Wall Street Journal editorial board considers a losing strategy. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
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Trump’s decision on health care law puts spotlight on Mulvaney
President Trump's decision to call for ObamaCare's complete dismantling in court is shining the spotlight on Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff who reportedly pushed for the action.
On Politics: Inside the White House Fight Over Obamacare
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, spent years in Congress saying the health care law should be repealed. He brought that argument to the Oval Office.
Mom: Trump has ‘terrorized’ parents of kids with pre-existing conditions
Tasha Nelson, the mother of a 7-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis, is terrified that the Trump administration is not defending the Affordable Care Act in court and advocating for its repeal that would leave 21 million without health insurance. She...
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Judge blocks work requirements for Medicaid in Arkansas and Kentucky
Judge strikes blow to Trump administration, citing unresolved obstacles to getting healthcare in the states
A federal judge has ruled that Medicaid work requirements undermine the program’s mission of providing healthcare for the needy, dealing a blow to the Trump administration.
The US district judge James E Boasberg in Washington DC blocked work requirements for low-income people in two states, Arkansas and Kentucky, on Wednesday. He found that the states’ requirements pose numerous obstacles to getting healthcare that have gone unresolved by federal and state officials.
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White House Chief of Staff Mulvaney pushes health care fight Trump wants, Republicans fear
Mick Mulvaney this week helped convince President Trump to get behind a legal effort aimed at striking down the Affordable Care Act over the objections of some in the administration and Republican leadership on Capitol Hill.
Judge Blocks Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky
The ruling is a blow to the Trump administration, which has approved work requirements in seven other states and is reviewing applications from eight others.