Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rejecting President Trump’s suggestion on how the Senate could promptly pass its ObamaCare overhaul measure — by immediately repealing the 2010 heath care law and replacing it later. The Kentucky Republican said Friday night that the bill, which includes significant and complex changes to ObamaCare, remains challenging but “we […]
Category: Health
Trump Says To Repeal Obamacare Now And Replace Later If Necessary
President Trump on Friday said Republicans should just repeal ObamaCare and replace it later if they are unable to agree on healthcare legislation. If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date! The call for action comes days after GOP Senate […]
Trump Breaks Promise; Supports Major Cuts To Medicaid
Donald Trump promised Americans, over and over again, in writing and in public remarks, that he would never cut Medicaid. And yet, the president is now an enthusiastic proponent for a Republican health care plan that makes brutal cuts to Medicaid. I’ve been curious as to how the White House and its allies would defend […]
GOP Delays Health Care Vote Due To Lack Of Support
The Senate will push off a vote on its health care bill until after the July 4 recess, amid mounting signs of trouble for the Obamacare repeal effort, according to senior lawmakers. The Better Care Reconciliation Act had been slated for a vote this week, but a number of Republican senators have expressed reservations about […]
Senate GOP Unveils Health Care Plan That Will Affect Millions
After weeks of secret negotiations, the US Senate has released its draft of a bill that could upend the healthcare system for millions of Americans. The Senate’s 142-page proposal, unveiled on Thursday, would eliminate or reduce key benefits provided by Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act; lower taxes for the wealthy; strip funding from the women’s […]
Even Republicans Are Growing Frustrated With Secrecy Around Trumpcare
Republican Senator John McCain hasn’t seen his party’s health care bill, slated for a vote next week – but thinks he knows who has. Asked by Bloomberg if he had seen the Senate version of the bill, Mr McCain responded, “No, nor have I met any American that has.” He added: “I’m sure the Russians […]
5 Officials To Face Manslaughter Charges For Their Role In Flint Water Crisis
FLINT, MI – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has charged five water officials — including a member of Gov. Rick Snyder’s cabinet and a former emergency manager — with manslaughter related to their alleged failure to act in during the Flint Water Crisis. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, former Flint […]
Jeff Sessions Asked Congress To Allow Him To Prosecute In Medical Marijuana States
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public Monday. The protections, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, prohibit the Justice Department from using federal funds to prevent certain states “from implementing their own State laws […]
Alzheimer Deaths Continue To Soar, Up 55 %
Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease have risen dramatically in recent years, new government health data shows, and more Americans are dying from the illness at home. Over a 16-year period, between 1999 and 2014, death rates from Alzheimer’s disease increased almost 55 percent, according to findings published Thursday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
Trump To Propose $800B Cut To Medicaid Over Next 10 Years
President Donald Trump will unveil a proposed budget this week that would slash Medicaid by $800 billion over a decade and cut food stamps by 25 per cent. Mr Trump’s blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday. It includes reductions to benefit programmess such as Medicaid, the government insurance programme for the poorest and […]
Fox News Poll Shows Only 34% Of Americans Approve Of Trump Care
Half of American voters agree with the Republican charge that ObamaCare will collapse if it’s left as is. At the same time, most give positive marks to their health insurance and over half oppose the GOP plan to replace the current health care law. Those are some of the findings from the latest national Fox […]
Trump Says Obama Care Was A Lie
President Trump went on Twitter Sunday to blast Obamacare, days after the House passed a bill to overhaul health care. He tweeted, “Republican Senators will not let the American people down! ObamaCare premiums and deductibles are way up – it was a lie and it is dead!” On Friday, he targeted the media, tweeting, “Wow, […]