After the Green New Deal and Medicare for all, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is turning her attention — and that of her supporters — to poverty and housing.
The House on Thursday passed legislation to roll back waivers on the coverage mandates under the Affordable Care Act, the first of a dozen health care bills coming.
The move came soon after the department broadened its attack on the Affordable Care Act, prompting concern among critics that the Trump administration was usurping congressional power.
A nonbinding resolution approved by the House calls for the Trump administration to drop its support for a judge’s decision that ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
President Trump had promised Republicans would replace the Affordable Care Act with a better, cheaper health law. Then the Senate majority leader told him that would not be happening.
President Trump decided to press courts to overturn the Affordable Care Act despite concerns from the attorney general, the health secretary and the vice president.