Tag: Affordable Care Act

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats would be willing to work with Republicans on a solution if they found themselves unable to pass the Senate healthcare bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer predicts GOP ‘buyouts and bailouts’ for healthcare care deal

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2017 10:25 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blamed Democratic obstructionism for why it was necessary to extend the Senate work session into mid-August. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: Senate will ‘soon’ act on healthcare bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2017 10:15 pm

Sen. Dean Heller is running for re-election in a battleground state that voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton last November. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Trump group’s attack on Dean Heller on healthcare bill could backfire

David M. Drucker · June 26, 2017 9:17 pm

The CBO was actually off by about 55 percent in their math. (@WhiteHouse/Twitter)

White House struggles with Obamacare math in tweet

Jack O'brien · June 26, 2017 9:01 pm

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)

First Senate healthcare vote could come as early as Tuesday

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2017 9:01 pm

The comments came just as the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would leave an additional 22 million uninsured compared to Obamacare and reduce the deficit by $321 billion over a 10-year period.

Schumer: McConnell trying to ‘coerce’ GOP healthcare holdouts with ‘buyouts and bailouts’

Al Weaver · June 26, 2017 8:51 pm

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out of the White House to greet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Mainstream Scream: MSNBC Mika Brzezinski warns Trump ‘developing dictatorship’

Paul Bedard · June 26, 2017 8:34 pm

The announcement comes only days after the company said it was leaving the exchanges in Nevada and Georgia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Anthem supports parts of GOP healthcare bill

Kimberly Leonard · June 26, 2017 7:18 pm

Spicer said the president spoke with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Wisconsin Rep. Ron Johnson. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump talked ‘extensively’ with Republican lawmakers over weekend about healthcare bill

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 7:07 pm

The agency announced that it would release a score Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CBO to release score of healthcare bill

Kimberly Leonard · June 26, 2017 6:08 pm

The health insurance commissioner said he and others worked diligently to bring in insurers for the next open enrollment under Obamacare. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington state fills Obamacare’s ’empty’ counties

Kimberly Leonard · June 26, 2017 5:44 pm

The group also said that the spending growth rate would limit states' ability to address the healthcare needs of low-income residents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

American Medical Association opposes Senate healthcare bill

Robert King · June 26, 2017 5:30 pm