The president still promises "a great health care package" — but not until after the next election. His comments come after a phone call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Month: April 2019
President Trump promises healthcare plan after 2020 election
Republicans are working on a “really great healthcare plan with far lower premiums” than the Affordable Care Act, but you can’t see it until after the 2020 election. Washington Post Political Reporter Eugene Scott joins Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi to
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What healthcare options are there if Obamacare is uprooted?
Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle are joined by NBC’s Rehema Ellis and Columbia University Health Policy and Management Chair Michael Sparer to discuss what will happen when 12 million adults lose coverage if Obamacare is invalidated.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez town hall resets the Green New Deal debate
In a remarkable town hall event with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes last Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reset the entire debate around the Green New Deal.
Since the idea of mobilizing the entire economy to get off fossil fuels first burst into the political consciousness last fall, thanks in large part to Ocasio-Cortez, many aspects of the Green New Deal have been somewhat vague.
For instance, do the other big goals laid out in the Green New Deal, such as universal h...
McConnell, Republicans call Trump after health care flip-flop
President Donald Trump's surprising new position last week on taking another legislative run at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act left Republican lawmakers scrambling in his wake.
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Sen. Kaine discusses health care plan and Biden allegations
With health care now a key issue for 2020, democrats are hoping to use the same winning formula that helped them regain the House in 2018. Today Democratic Senators Michael Bennet and Tim Kaine are introducing a new plan - Medicare X - in the hopes that
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Trump voter: It would be ‘disastrous’ to lose ‘amazing’ Obamacare
Margaret Grassie says she voted for Trump in 2016, but the president’s proposal to replace Obamacare after the 2020 election could force her to vote for another candidate who supports the Affordable Care Act.
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Costa: GOP is reading the signs on health care
The president tweeted Monday that congressional Republicans would wait until after the 2020 elections to vote on a GOP replacement for Obamacare. The Washington Post's Robert Costa explains why the party appears to be waiting.
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