Tag: Affordable Care Act

"The ball is really in our court right now," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Susan Collins tells Senate Republicans to go back to the drawing board on healthcare

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2017 2:43 pm

"He understands this system may be working for Washington, it may be working for insurance companies, but it's not working for people and thatâs where his passion is," Tom Price said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tom Price: Trump threatens to let Obamacare implode to get healthcare bill ‘moved in the right direction’

Kyle Feldscher · July 30, 2017 1:54 pm

"Yes. I think what you're seeing there is the president simply reflecting the mood of the people," Mick Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney to Senate: Don’t take up any issues before healthcare

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2017 1:47 pm

"The president will not accept those who said, 'It's time to move on.'" (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Kellyanne Conway: Trump will decide next week if administration will make Obamacare cost-sharing payments

Kyle Feldscher · July 30, 2017 1:30 pm

President Trump used Twitter multiple times this weekend to call for an end to the legislative filibuster. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Trump once again urges Senate Republicans to go nuclear

Kyle Feldscher · July 30, 2017 12:27 pm

Several senators said after the narrow defeat of a "skinny" repeal bill early Friday that it was time to move toward a bipartisan solution. But the appetite for such a solution is a major question mark as lawmakers embark on a new path. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Bipartisan healthcare reform off to a rocky start in the Senate

Robert King · July 30, 2017 4:01 am

"Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Demand another vote before voting on any other bill!" President Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: GOP senators ‘total quitters’ unless they vote on another healthcare bill

Al Weaver · July 29, 2017 9:06 pm

"If the President refuses to make the cost sharing reduction payments, every expert agrees that premiums will go up and health care will be more expensive for millions of Americans," Sen. Chuck Schumer said in a statement. "The president ought to stop playing politics with people's lives and health care, start leading and finally begin acting presidential." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer to Trump: ‘Stop playing politics with people’s lives’ over cost-sharing reductions

Al Weaver · July 29, 2017 6:59 pm

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: If healthcare bill isn’t passed, ‘bailouts’ for insurance companies and lawmakers ‘will end very soon’

Mandy Mayfield · July 29, 2017 4:55 pm

Two retired DC politicians reportedly helped talk John McCain into opposing ‘skinny’ Obamacare repeal

Daniel Chaitin · July 29, 2017 4:48 pm

President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly listen to the national anthem during commencement exercises at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Kelly becomes Trump's chief of staff starting Monday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump Report Card: To quote Patton, success is the bounce after hitting bottom

Paul Bedard · July 29, 2017 3:52 pm

"Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don't go to a 51 vote majority NOW. They look like fools and are just wasting time," Trump tweeted in the early hours of the morning. "8 Dems totally control the U.S. Senate. Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate's Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!" (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump tweet-pressures Senate Republicans to go ‘nuclear’ on legislation, says eight Democrats ‘totally control’ Senate

Daniel Chaitin · July 29, 2017 12:10 pm