Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) commended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for sticking up for health insurance premiums on behalf of her constituents, saying the lawmaker is doing a "better" job than some Democrats on economic messaging amid the government shutdown.
“She’s not doing better than me, but she’s definitely doing it better than a lot of Democrats,” Gallego said during a Thursday appearance on CNN’s “The Source.”
“Marjorie Taylor Greene is right,...
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Sunday show preview: Government shutdown stretches into weekend; Trump layoffs loom
The government shutdown has now lasted for about four days in a faceoff between Republicans standing strong on their non-negotiables and Democrats holding firm to their demands to prioritize funding for health care.
House GOP lawmakers returned to their districts on Friday for designated “work periods” at the direction of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who reaffirmed Republicans' commitment to resume legislative sessions when Senate Democrats vote to fund the governmen...
Government-run health care systems also deny or delay treatment
Many critics of the U.S. health care system claim the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is understandable because health insurance companies occasionally refuse to cover certain medical treatments. And they often assert that if the country were to embrace a U.K. or Canadian-style government-run health care system, no one would be denied care. Those critics are either misinformed or intentionally trying to deceive the public, because government-run health care systems ...
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Former President Donald Trump criticized late Sen. John McCain for standing in the way of Republicans' efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare, while he was still in office during a two-hour speech in Newton, Iowa.
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Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House to appear in a new advertisement for the Affordable Care Act with President Joe Biden.
Obamacare premiums rise for 2024, but subsidies will protect most enrollees
Premiums are going up again on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange, but generous subsidies will shield most consumers seeking coverage from the increased cost.
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Van Jones says political squabbling threatens the lives of tens of thousands stuck between Medicaid and Obamacare.
Sebelius: Obamacare website ‘on track’
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says health care website improvements are "on track."
Obamacare site going down for maintenance
HealthCare.gov, the problem-plagued federal online site for signing up for insurance under Obamacare, will go down for extended maintenance on Friday night and overnight ahead of Saturday's deadline to have it working for most people, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said.
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After all the problems with the Obamacare website, a failure to fail, as it were, helped John Boehner enroll.