President claimed he ‘called every family of someone who’s died’ as tensions flared with sergeant’s relatives and later gave himself 10/10 on Puerto Rico
- Each week Trump seems to make more news than most presidents do in a lifetime. The Guardian is keeping track of it all in this series, every Saturday
It was unclear exactly what Donald Trump hoped to achieve when he decided to cut a key element of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – subsidies to insurance companies to help them cover those on low incomes – except perhaps a sense of pure destructive joy in damaging something his predecessor built that Republicans in Congress seemed unable to dismantle. On Saturday, he, crowed that he had ended a “Dems windfall” for insurance companies.
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‘He keeps zigging and zagging’: the perils of doing a healthcare deal with Trump
This week, senators moved to salvage the Obamacare subsidies Trump cut – but Washington remains confused over which way the president is swinging
Chuck Schumer was at the gym when his phone rang, just over a week after the latest version of the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act foundered. It was Donald Trump calling the most senior Democrat in the Senate with an idea.
Related: Senators reach bipartisan deal to salvage Obamacare subsidies Trump eliminated
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Senators reach bipartisan deal to salvage Obamacare subsidies Trump eliminated
Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat Patty Murray reach deal to help insurance companies cover medical needs of low-income Americans
Senators have moved to salvage Obamacare following Donald Trump’s decision last week to scrap critical subsidies that underpin the health law.
Republican senator Lamar Alexander announced on Tuesday that he had reached a deal with Democrat Patty Murray to fund the federal payments – intended to help insurance companies cover the medical needs of low-income Americans – in exchange for allowing states more regulatory flexibility under the Affordable Care Act.
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McConnell and Trump put on show of unity as Bannon urges Republican ‘war’
- President says he and Senate leader are ‘closer than ever before’
- ‘He is failing’: Trump strikes out solo as friends worry and enemies circle
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell appeared side-by-side in the Rose Garden after lunch at the White House on Monday in a show of solidarity after the president’s former chief strategist called for the metaphorical assassination of the Senate majority leader.
Trump insisted he and McConnell are “closer than ever before”, despite publicly criticizing the Republican leader for the Senate’s failure to enact the president’s legislative agenda, including Republicans’ failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which Trump called a “disgrace”.
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Trump claims ‘Obamacare is dead’ despite failure to repeal legislation
- ‘It’s gone. There is no such thing as Obamacare any more’
- President slashed federal healthcare subsidies for lower-income Americans
Donald Trump on Monday absolved himself of responsibility for Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and predicted that voters will blame Democrats if the law crumbles under a sustained assault from his administration.
Related: McConnell and Trump meet for lunch after Bannon calls for Republican 'war'
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Trump responds to critics of healthcare order with claim ‘millions’ will benefit
The president tweeted Saturday that he’s ‘very proud’ of executive order, despite analysts, politicians and others saying millions of people would in fact suffer
Donald Trump on Saturday heralded his latest moves to undermine Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, tweeting that “millions of people” would benefit from his executive order on access to cheaper insurance and his scrapping of federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Related: 'He is failing': Trump strikes out solo as friends worry and enemies circle
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Dismantling Obamacare: what has Trump done and who will it affect?
The president took two decisions – expanding access to cheaper, skimpier insurance and scrapping federal subsidies – that may transform healthcare
Donald Trump took two extraordinary steps to undo his predecessor’s signature health law on Thursday, measures that could fatally damage Obamacare despite the repeated failure of Republicans in Congress to repeal it.
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Mr President? Donald Trump nearly forgets to sign bill – video
Donald Trump has to be reminded to sign his bill weakening Obamacare by the vice-president, Mike Pence, on Friday. Trump presents the bill and his intention to give Americans ‘great healthcare’ but then turns to leave. Pence stops him, and Trump jogs back across the room to write his signature
• Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
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Trump signs executive order to weaken Obamacare – video
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to weaken Obamacare by making lower-premium plans more widely available. Trump is relying on the executive order because the Republican-controlled Congress has been unable to pass a plan to repeal and replace the Obama-era healthcare law
• Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
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Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
- President says move means ‘people will have great, great healthcare’
- Democrats say Trump using a ‘wrecking ball to rip apart our health system’
Donald Trump was accused of sabotaging the Affordable Care Act on Thursday when he used an executive order to unilaterally weaken Obamacare following months of failed attempts by Republicans to repeal it.
Related: Trump substantially weakens Obamacare contraception mandate
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