Trump’s attack on Obamacare shows he’s not learning as president

March 27, 2019 ACA, Affordable Care Act, News, obamacare, susan-collins

Donald Trump should be celebrating, after the Department of Justice said March 24 special counsel Robert Mueller’s report found the president didn’t collude with Russia in the 2016 US election. Instead he’s trying, yet again, to destroy “Obamacare,” ...

Democrats aim to block DOJ funds supporting ObamaCare lawsuit

March 27, 2019 News

Senate Democrats are moving to try to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from using federal funds to support a lawsuit targeting ObamaCare.Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that Democrats a...

U.S. Health insurer Centene to buy smaller rival WellCare for $15.3 billion

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 News, topNews

U.S. health insurer Centene Corp on Wednesday said it would buy smaller rival WellCare Health Plans Inc for $15.27 billion in stock and cash, in a move to bulk up its government-backed Medicare and Medicaid businesses while reducing exposure to Obamacare healthcare exchanges.
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The Daily 202: Trump faces many obstacles if he’s serious about trying to make Republicans ‘the party of health care’

March 27, 2019 News

Legal experts say the 5th Circuit could strike down Obamacare, compelling the Supreme Court to take up the case in 2020.

Trump’s latest healthcare push exasperates Republicans – live

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Democrats, Donald Trump, News, Republicans, US news, US politics, World news

Key party member reportedly tells president renewed plan to scrap Affordable Care Act ‘makes no sense’
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Bringing this to readers just in case – in the unlikely event! – that you have not seen it, an impassioned speech from AOC on the Green New Deal (which, actually, is more popular than Republicans would ...

Trump renews attacks on Obamacare

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 News

President Trump is starting a new effort to get rid of Obamacare. In a closed-door lunch with Republican senators, the president called for lower health care costs, according to lawmakers who participated. In a legal filing earlier this week, the Trump Justice Department announced support for a full repeal of Obamacare. But the White House has offered no details on a new health care law. Paula Reid reports.

Analysis: Trump doesn’t have a post-Obamacare plan. That’s frightening.

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 News

This country is stuck with Obamacare. Republicans can't find the votes to repeal or replace it. Democrats can't agree on how to make it better. President Donald Trump just wants to move on from it. But it's so ingrained at this point that if the courts suddenly end it, it could completely disrupt the US health insurance system -- and not just for people who buy insurance on the exchanges created by the law.
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Medicare’s Uncapped Drug Costs Take A Big Bite From Already Tight Budgets

March 27, 2019 News

Why Obamacare’s return puts Trump in big political hole

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 News

President Donald Trump's vague platitudes about "beautiful" and "very special" health care for everybody are not going to cut it in his 2020 re-election race -- after he was left exposed on the most urgent issue in American politics.
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On Politics: Democrats Pivot to Protecting Affordable Care Act

March 27, 2019 News, United States Politics and Government

The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to invalidate the law. If it does, 21 million people could lose their health insurance.