Another strikeout for the Trump administration in court.
Month: February 2020
Senate Democrats pressure Trump to drop ObamaCare lawsuit
Vulnerable Senate Democrats joined dozens of their colleagues Friday in calling on President Trump to stop helping a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act that could wipe out protections for pre-existing medical conditi...
The Health 202: Labor unions aren’t sure about Medicare-for-all. That’s bad for Sanders and good for Buttigieg.
The Culinary Union fight in Nevada is emblematic of a broader issue.
Controversy rages over Trump interference in Roger Stone case – live updates
- Attorney general to testify before congress
- Chuck Schumer warns of ‘crisis in the rule of law in America’
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This morning, Trump had some insults to throw at Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, who is using his vast personal fortune to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on campaign ads.
Mini Mike Bloomberg is a LOSER who has money but can’t debate and has zero presence, you will see. He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb “Low Energy” Bush, but Jeb has more political skill and has treated the Black community much better than Mini! https://t.co/qIef5VhjDr
.@realDonaldTrump - we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.
I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will. https://t.co/fO4azmZaUg
The Democratic establishment is worried about Bernie Sanders becoming the party’s nominee, as the New York Times, the Hill, Politico and others report today.
We are spending twice as much per capita on healthcare as do the people of any other country. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the healthcare industry last year made $100 billion in profit. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we are wasting $500 billion a year trying to administer thousands and thousands of different plans. What Medicare for All will do is save the average American substantial sums of money.
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Special Needs Plans for People Experiencing Homelessness
This Viewpoint proposes the creation of a homelessness-focused special needs plan, a Medicare Advantage insurance plan aimed at meeting the unique care needs of specific populations, to help offer the intensive case management and care coordination necessary for providing health care to homeless individuals.
Republicans scramble to avoid Medicare land mine
Republicans are scrambling to avoid stepping on the political landmine of proposed cuts to Medicare and other popular safety-net programs after President Trump in a recent interview said they ...
The Health 202: 2020 Democrats are schooling Bernie Sanders on his Medicare-for-all math before today’s New Hampshire primary
The ‘democratic socialist’ has been candid he doesn’t know how much the program will cost.
Odd for an election year: Trump proposes massive health care cuts
Rachel Maddow looks back at the burden Paul Ryan's health care cuts were to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and notes Donald Trump's apparently ill-considered budget proposal to cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
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Klobuchar on Trump’s budget cuts: ‘This president lacks empathy’
Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells Lawrence O’Donnell that Trump's proposed budget cuts to Medicare and Medicaid show that Trump lacks empathy because when he boasts about the economy, most Americans aren't feeling that prosperity: "That's what's missing with this
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In Trump’s Budget, Big Health Care Cuts but Few Details
The president’s proposal can be read as a second-term policy blueprint. On the future of the Affordable Care Act, it’s awfully vague.