Tag: Affordable Care Act

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Democrats will have to work with him on a replacement if he's able to pass a bill that guts the law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mitch McConnell pins his Obamacare defeat on Democrats

Robert King · July 18, 2017 2:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to revive the 2015 bill that repealed much of Obamacare's taxes and spending, and then deal with the thorny negotiations about replacement after. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

LIST: In 2015, 48 current Republican senators voted for Obamacare repeal bill, 1 voted no

Philip Klein · July 18, 2017 2:32 pm

Senate GOP leadership is opting to pass a 2015 bill that gutted Obamacare while Congress can think of a replacement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Here’s what parts of Obamacare the Republican bill repeals and what it keeps

Robert King · July 18, 2017 2:24 pm

President Trump said it's "crazy" that 60 votes are needed to end debate on a bill. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump calls for the end of the filibuster after healthcare setback

Kyle Feldscher · July 18, 2017 1:43 pm

Protesters rally against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Lots of people oppose Republican healthcare legislation, for lots of reasons. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare has meant record profits for hospitals, not to the benefit of the public

Timothy P. Carney · July 18, 2017 12:48 pm

President Trump ripped Democrats and "a few" Senate Republicans on Tuesday for the upper chamber's failure to move on a healthcare replacement bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: ‘We were let down’ by Democrats and a ‘few Republicans’ on healthcare

Anna Giaritelli · July 18, 2017 12:16 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Monday announced he was abandoning efforts to pass a bill to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: No surprise: On Obamacare, GOP senators don’t do what they don’t want to do

Byron York · July 18, 2017 11:20 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who did not set a timeline for debate on the measure, told a group of reporters in the Capitol Monday that a procedural vote to begin debate on the measure could happen as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Facing failure on healthcare, Republicans back to Obamacare repeal square one

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · July 18, 2017 4:19 am

It was reported McCain, 80, has been diagnosed glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer that took the life of former Biden's son, Beau Biden. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McCain: Move on to bipartisan healthcare bill

Robert King · July 18, 2017 3:14 am

"Part of the reason, I think, that the storyline is that we haven't done much is because, in part, the president and others have set these early time lines about things need to be done by a certain point," McConnell said while in Kentucky.

McConnell abandons Obamacare ‘repeal and replace’ after GOP defections

Robert King · July 18, 2017 2:57 am

President Trump said the American economy will harness energy in all forms, rejecting pressure to focus solely on so-called clean and green energy solutions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump renews call for full repeal of Obamacare before replacement after healthcare setback

Josh Siegel · July 18, 2017 2:41 am

President Trump tweeted that Republicans might need to repeal Obamacare first and replace it later. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House insists ‘failure is not an option’ after Senate healthcare bill stalls

Josh Siegel · July 18, 2017 2:25 am