Tag: Affordable Care Act
Trump threat: End health payments unless there’s an overhaul
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.
GOP dealt stiff blow in Senate’s bid to repeal ‘Obamacare’
Opponents of the Republican drive to repeal "Obamacare" have dealt President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers a huge blow, rejecting a measure to roll back parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Trump: Health vote is last chance for GOP to do right thing
President Donald Trump pressured Republicans Monday to approve the Senate's wheezing health care bill, saying a showdown vote planned for this week is their "last chance to do the right thing" and erase the Obama law.
Trump administration pulls health law help in 18 cities
President Donald Trump's administration has ended Affordable Care Act contracts that brought assistance into libraries, businesses and urban neighborhoods in 18 cities, meaning shoppers on the insurance exchanges will have fewer places to turn for help signing up for coverage.
Republicans express frustration after health care failure
Republicans are expressing embarrassment, fear and frustration as party leaders concede that their years-long promise to erase much of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act is all but dead.
‘Let Obamacare fail,’ Trump says after GOP plan collapses
President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health care plan failed in the Senate.
Senate GOP releases bill to cut Medicaid, alter ‘Obamacare’
Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid for low-income Americans and erase tax boosts that Obama imposed on high-earners and medical companies to finance his expansion of coverage.
Report says healthcare bill leaves 51M uninsured in 2026
The Congressional Budget Office says an estimated 51 million people under age 65 would be uninsured in 2026 under the latest version of the House Republican health care bill.
House GOP votes to gut Obama health care law
Relieved Republicans have pushed their prized health care bill through the House. The mostly party-line 217-213 vote advances a bill that addresses their longtime pledge to erase the 2010 Obama health care law.