Tag: Affordable Care Act

"I can't answer that question," Ryan said. "It's up to people." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ryan: Can’t answer whether premiums will go up, coverage will increase

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2017 2:59 pm

"If you don't do that, you're breaking your word," the speaker said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ryan agrees ‘bloodbath’ for GOP possible if healthcare plan doesn’t pass

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2017 2:46 pm

"If they vote for the bill, they'll put the House majority at risk next year," Cotton said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Cotton: Supporting healthcare bill will cost House GOP in 2018

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2017 1:46 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan suggests the House should repeal Obamacare first and then take time to develop a replacement. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Top conservative: Ryan healthcare plan doesn’t unite GOP, repeal does

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2017 1:43 pm

"They're scoring Obamacare as it exists today, not tomorrow," Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mulvaney discredits CBO scoring of Obamacare replacement bill

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2017 1:38 pm

"What we care about is people's ability to get healthcare" and to see doctors, said Gary Cohn, the director of Trump's National Economic Council. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump aide: ‘Ability’ to get health insurance is the focus, not numbers covered

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2017 1:34 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan took off his jacket and rolled up his shirtsleeves last week to go through a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation defending the plan the House Freedom Caucus and a handful of conservative senators have instead dubbed "Obamacare lite." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan faces GOP unity test on Obamacare repeal

W. James Antle III · March 12, 2017 4:01 am

The White House has said Trump is in full-blown sell mode on the healthcare bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s negotiating skills ‘critically important’ to saving health bill

Al Weaver · March 12, 2017 4:00 am

Republicans will need a hard push from Trump to get their healthcare proposal across the finish line unless significant changes are made.

With Trump in lead, Republicans slog past party opposition to health reform plan

Susan Ferrechio · March 11, 2017 11:00 pm

Andrey Ostrovsky was scheduled to appear at the music and technology festival on Saturday. However, he abruptly canceled a few days after criticizing the American Health Care Act, the GOP plan to repeal Obamacare, on Twitter. (Photo courtesy of Twitter)

Medicaid official skips SXSW speech after opposing health bill

Robert King · March 11, 2017 5:05 pm

Vice President Mike Pence said that action is needed to end the —œObamacare nightmare.—? (Screen shot)

Mike Pence aims to dismiss ‘fear-mongering’ on healthcare

Robert King · March 11, 2017 4:55 pm

President Trump on Saturday sought to once again quell concerns about a plan to repeal and partially replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: We are making ‘great progress with healthcare’

Robert King · March 11, 2017 3:05 pm