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, […]
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Obama Pleads With Congress To Save Obamacare
http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2017/05/08/600183790975862960/1024x576_MP4_600183790975862960.mp4 Former president Barack Obama has vigorously defended Obamacare as he called on members of Congress to show courage in the debate over the future of health care in America. Obama was careful not to mention Donald Trump by name in Boston on Sunday night as he referenced the current administration’s efforts to dismantle much […]
Buffet Says New Health Care Plan Is Just A Tax Cut For The Rich
Billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday criticized the Republican healthcare plan, passed through the House last week, as a “huge tax cut for guys like me” and bad news for the less fortunate. “When there’s a tax cut, either the deficit goes up or they get the taxes from somebody else,” Buffet told shareholders at Berkshire […]
Under New Health Care Plan, Major Cuts To Medicaid Coming
The House Republican health care bill’s massive cuts to Medicaid, often skimmed over in the last-minute drama over pre-existing conditions, are fast emerging as a critical source of opposition in the Senate. President Donald Trump said in his speech announcing his 2016 campaign that he would not cut Medicaid and bragged on Twitter that he […]
Planned Parenthood One Step Closer To Losing Funding
The health-care bill passed by the House brought Republicans closer to their goal of erasing Obamacare from the books. But it also revived another long- cherished aspiration: cutting off the flow of federal funds to Planned Parenthood. A provision in the bill temporarily blocks the 100-year-old nonprofit women’s health organization and abortion provider from participating […]
House Votes To Repeal/Replace Obamacare
WASHINGTON – House Republicans will take another crack at repealing Obamacare on Thursday in a high-stakes vote on legislation that would dramatically revamp the health care system and will serve as a major test for the GOP Congress and the Trump administration. The Republican bill, hotly contested and highly controversial, was the subject of 11th-hour […]
Doctors Developed Effective Artificial Womb
An artificial womb designed to support critically premature babies has been demonstrated successfully in animals for the first time, in an advance that could transform the lives of the most fragile newborns. Lambs born at the equivalent of 23 weeks in a human pregnancy were kept alive and appeared to develop normally while floating inside […]
Trump Oks States To Defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that will allow states to withhold Title X family planning funds from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The resolution overturns a Health and Human Services rule enacted by the Obama administration last year that prevents states from defunding Planned Parenthood or other health providers for any reason […]
Pence Breaks Tie To Defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — Vice President Pence cast a tie-breaking Senate vote Thursday to pass legislation that will allow states to withhold federal funds from Planned Parenthood and other health care providers that perform abortions. The measure, which now goes to President Trump for his signature, dismisses an Obama-era rule banning states from denying federal funds to such […]
GOP Pulls Health Care Bill
Republicans abruptly pulled their health care bill from the House floor on Friday, just minutes ahead of a planned vote, dealing a devastating blow to efforts by President Donald Trump and the GOP to repeal and replace Obamacare. Shortly after the bill was yanked, House Speaker Paul Ryan addressed reporters, saying, “This is a disappointing […]
New Health Care Bill In Serious Jeopardy
House Republicans’ ObamaCare replacement plan was in peril early Thursday after lengthy leadership and committee meetings failed to produce an agreement that would shore up support among conservative members. “We have not cut the deal yet,” said House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas. The committee spent 13 hours in session Wednesday without setting […]
Trump Tells Critics Of Health Care Bill: ‘I’m Gonna Come After You’
President Trump stormed Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell the House Republican leadership’s plan to overhaul the health-care system, warning his party that not passing the legislation would yield a political crisis and sweeping electoral defeats. The president addressed a closed-door meeting of House Republicans days before the measure is expected to come to a […]