Even if Trumpcare fails, Obamacare’s foes have a plan B

July 24, 2017 Donald Trump, healthcare, law, obamacare, politics

Remember when presidents didn’t sabotage people’s health care?CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley
The Senate is expected to hold a key procedural vote Tuesday on some version of the Trumpcare legislation, even though no one appears to know what is in the bill, or even if major provisions of the bill will have to be struck because they violate the Senate rules.
It’s unclear whether Senate Majority Leade...

GOP congressman blames health care struggles on ‘repugnant’ Republican ‘female senators’

July 24, 2017 blake-farenthold, health, healthcare, politics, republican-party

Rep. Blake Farenthold suggested he’d like to resolve things with a gunfight.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) is livid at the inability of the Senate to repeal Obamacare, and he knows exactly who to blame: the Republican women of the Senate.
During a radio interview on a Corpus Christi station last Friday, Farenthold said he finds it “absolutely repugnant” that...

Chris Christie signs two pro-transgender bills into law

July 24, 2017 discrimination, hate, lgbtq, politics, transgender

The new laws take New Jersey in the opposite direction Trump is taking the country.CREDIT: AP Photo/Matt Rourke
On Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) surprised many when he signed two different bills advancing transgender equality into law. While both are positive advancements for the state, they coincidentally mirror prominent ways the Trump administration is rolling back transgender rights.<...

Key Trumpcare provisions found to violate Senate rules, throwing Republicans’ plan in jeopardy

July 22, 2017 health, healthcare, Republicans, trump, trumpcare

If the bill isn’t fixed, controversial parts will require 60 votes to pass.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
According to a new determination by the Senate parliamentarian, some of the most controversial parts of Senate Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare violate Senate rules and will thus require 60 votes to pass instead of 51.
The parliamentarian found that key provisions violate...

Let’s check in on Trump’s major campaign promises

July 21, 2017 Donald Trump, politics, trump-promises

Six months in, it’s a boulevard of broken dreams.CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Presidential candidate Donald Trump talked at length about how he would deliver the “best” deals for America, would give his supporters “everything,” and deliver big change, quickly.
“I alone can fix it,” Trump said of Obamacare and other problems he saw plaguing the country, at the 2016 Republican National Convention...

GOP senator says public won’t have ‘luxury’ of learning about health care plan before a vote

July 20, 2017 health, healthcare, politics, republican-party

A manufactured crisis.From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), leave the White House on Wednesday following a luncheon with President Donald Trump and other GOP leadership. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Despite the failure of the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday, Senate Republican leadership is moving forward with pl...

Trump doesn’t understand Trumpcare

July 20, 2017 Uncategorized

CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The Senate has met, and met, and met again about their doomed health care bill, and here we are with a new budget score that looks a lot like the old one. Speaking of the GOP health care bill, Donald Trump apparently doesn’t understand what it does, and members of his administration insist he doesn’t need to.

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Senate GOP’s ‘new’ health bill would still un-insure 22 million people

July 20, 2017 healthcare, obamacare, republican-party, Senate

A new Congressional Budget Score confirms the latest version of the bill is pretty much like the old one.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks into the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, Thursday, July 20, 2017 CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The Senate GOP’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is dead — and yet it lives. On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office scored a revised but sti...

Key Republican senator says Trump doesn’t need to understand health care bill

July 20, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

Sen. Cassidy is fine with him signing it anyway.CREDIT: MSNBC screengrab
On Wednesday, President Trump revealed profound confusion about how health insurance works, suggesting to the New York Times that he thinks people can buy coverage for $12 a year.
Asked about Trump’s comments during an MSNBC interview Thursday morning, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) defended the president, saying he’s “about broa...

President Trump doesn’t really know how health insurance works

July 20, 2017 healthcare

And his position on what do to with Obamacare continues to change.President Donald Trump smiles as he walks with his daughter Ivanka Trump across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, before boarding Marine One helicopter for the trip to nearby Andrews Air Force Base. They are traveling to Milwaukee, to meet with people dealing with healthcare issues. CREDIT: AP Photo/...