There is growing opposition from members within the Republican Party on the GOP plan to replace Obamacare after the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis predicting fewer people would buy coverage. CBS News contributor and Republican strategist Frank Luntz joins "CBS This Morning" from Sacramento to discuss how GOP leaders are selling their health care plan. He also discusses President Trump's leaked tax return from 2005.
What Trump needs to do to sell GOP health care bill
CBS News political director and "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss the Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan and the party's division.
Tens of millions to lose coverage under GOP health plan
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the GOP alternative to Obamacare would cost 14 million people their health insurance in 2018 and millions more thereafter. Republican leaders criticized the report after its release. Nancy Cordes reports.
Opposition grows as health care bill clears first hurdle
CBS News' Chip Reid reports on the latest development in the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, despite opposition from the medical industry.
Planned Parenthood president on GOP plan to cut funding, being singled out
One part of the GOP proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act would cut federal funding for any organization that provides abortions, with a few exceptions. The provision would essentially defund Planned Parenthood if it continues providing abortion services. Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how the federal money is used now and why she thinks the proposed policy is a "war on women's healthcare."
2/28: Trump takes vision directly to America in first prime time address; Green Book helped black Americans travel through segregation
President Trump's first prime time address to Congress is expected to emphasize his domestic agenda: tax reform, infrastructure spending, and the repeal and replacement of Obamacare; For much of the 20th century, African Americans were routinely refused service at many businesses.
Obamacare users react to GOP’s repeal effort
The Senate voted 51 to 48 on Thursday to fast-track the repeal of Obamacare. As Don Dahler reports, Americans are still divided on the law nearly seven years after its passage.
President Obama on possible repeal of Affordable Care Act
President Obama has less than two weeks in office, and the Republican-led Congress is already preparing to undo Obamacare, his signature domestic legislative achievement. Vox.com senior editor Sarah Kliff joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss what the president had to say about the law's future during an interview with the online news magazine.
Supreme Court poised for another historic spring
The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions of the term, including a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act and a case on religious liberty, an issue that has split the justices along familiar ideological divides this year.![]()
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Madam Speaker review: how Nancy Pelosi outwitted Bush and Trump
John Boehner calls the Democrat the most powerful House speaker ever. Susan Page’s authoritative biography shows why
John Boehner, a Republican predecessor, concedes that Nancy Pelosi may be the most powerful House speaker in history. Pelosi provided George W Bush with the votes he needed to prevent a depression, as Republicans balked. She helped make Obamacare the law of the land.
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