During a radio interview on Thursday, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) made a case that the health care bill bearing his name must protect people with preexisting conditions, because President Trump said so in a tweet.
In response to host C.L. Bryant’s question about how the so-called Graham-Cassidy legislation will affect people with preexisting conditions, Cassidy’s immediately brought up a tweet Trump published Wednesday evening.
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Fox News host who argued ‘we’re all going to die’ anyway now claims ‘all of Obamacare is immoral’
When Republicans were making an ultimately unsuccessful push to pass a Trumpcare bill in late June, Fox News’ Lisa Kennedy Montgomery criticized progressive “hysteria” about the bill, which would’ve cost more than 20 million Americans their health care, since “we’re all going to die” anyway. Now the former MTV VJ has offered another hot take on the existing health care law: it’s all immoral.
Ignoring the well-understood connection between health coverage and lower mortal...
WATCH: What you need to know about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill
ABC News' MaryAlice Parks answers the biggest questions about the latest Senate effort to repeal Obamacare.
WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel takes on Sen. Bill Cassidy over health care bill
"The View" co-hosts discuss the new health care bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare.
Here’s what the key Republican swing votes are saying about Graham-Cassidy
As Republicans try (again) to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a small group of Republican senators are in the spotlight.
The bill, spearheaded by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would block grant health care funding to the states and repeal a number of taxes in place under Obamacare. The grants would steadily decline over time, and all states would suffer under cuts of up to $4 trillion over the next two decades. An estimated 32 million people will l...
Pence uses fake Jefferson quote to dodge critical question about Trumpcare
During a Fox & Friends interview on Thursday morning, Vice President Mike Pence was asked to respond to concerns people rightfully have that the latest Trumpcare bill will make it tougher for people with preexisting conditions to obtain and keep health insurance.
“Folks like Jimmy Kimmel, they’re worried about the preexisting condition thing, ’cause this will be up to the governors to decide how the money is dispersed, who gets coverage,” host Ainsley Ear...
Pence inaccurately claims ‘thousands’ of counties have no choice of health care provider
In an interview with Fox & Friends on Thursday morning, Vice President Pence rolled out a popular conservative talking point while discussing the existing Affordable Care Act (or “Obamacare”) and Republican plans to repeal and replace it.
One problem: The talking point is completely false.
“Almost anything would be better than Obamacare. Obamacare is imploding. It’s collapsing all across the country. It’s remarkable to see the patter...
The latest effort to repeal the ACA would leave seniors with skyrocketing health care costs
The latest effort by Republicans in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act threatens to make health care unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of older Americans, according to a report from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) released Wednesday evening.
The bill, spearheaded by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would block grant health care funding to the states. Those grants would steadily decline over time, resulting in a $239...
With the clock ticking, Senate plans to vote on new Obamacare repeal bill next week
Senate Republicans have until September 30 to pass the bill.
How the Graham-Cassidy bill compares with past Republican health care repeal efforts
How Graham-Cassidy compares with past Republican Obamacare repeal efforts.