Affordable Care Act

President Joe Biden will sign two more executive orders on Thursday that will revoke a Trump administration abortion policy and expand access to the Affordable Care Act, as reported by NPR. The order related to abortion will rescind the Mexico City Policy, a government policy that denies federal funding for non-governmental organizations that provide abortion […]

Donald Trump is facing some mockery for proposing an executive order mandating that insurance companies cover pre-existing conditions — which critics noted has already been the law for close to a decade under Obamacare. As The Hill reported, the president teased the order on Friday, saying he was in favor of the idea and apparently […]

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham promised to a home state audience on Thursday that if Republicans take control of the House in 2020, the Affordable Care Act — known popularly as ObamaCare — will be a distant memory. According to The Hill, during an interview with a South Carolina radio station, Graham promised that the […]

As the nation, as a whole, was focused primarily on Attorney General William Barr’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Trump administration attempted to put an end to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) once and for all, Newsweek reports. On Wednesday, the president formally asked a federal appeals court to put an end to […]

Last week, President Donald Trump surprised adversaries and allies alike by suddenly renewing his call to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, The Los Angeles Times reports. In doing so he indicated that Republicans would develop a superior plan. Trump has reportedly ordered the Justice Department to instruct a federal court that […]

President Donald Trump is having trouble with his attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — also known as Obamacare — and reshape Medicaid due to opposition from the courts. Most recently, federal judges ruled against two of Trump’s proposals — Medicaid work requirements and association health plans. Per Vox, some of Trump’s defeats […]

It was an awkward moment, one captured by C-SPAN, when Nancy Pelosi addressed the House of Representatives from the floor this morning. She announced it was her birthday, and the gathered representatives stood and applauded. “No singing, no singing,” she said. When some of the members began the opening bars of “Happy Birthday,” she delicately […]

On Monday the administration of President Donald Trump officially adopted a much more aggressive stance toward the Affordable Care Act, asking the courts to throw out the legislation entirely, according to HuffPost. Previously, Trump had signaled that he wanted the courts to toss out just parts of the law, but now it seems he is […]

President Trump has been increasingly vocal regarding his desire to dissemble Obamacare and alter the landscape of American health care. In an attempt to weaken an Obamacare mandate on contraceptives, he planned to take away regulations set in place by the previous administration. However, his plan was quickly foiled when a California Judge halted his […]

Following on from imagery used in his 2010 campaign, West Virginia’s Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has released a new ad — this time wielding a shotgun to take aim at a lawsuit against Obamacare reports ABC News. In his 2010 campaign, Manchin did a similar ad, taking up his rifle and shooting at an anti-coal […]

Earlier today, Vice President Mike Pence was forced for the second time in months to prevent President Donald Trump from wandering away from an executive order signing ceremony before he had signed the order (see video below). Before signing the executive order, Trump delivered a speech in which he tried to explain how his new […]

Senate Republicans are making a final effort to keep their promise to voters and repeal the Affordable Care Act. There’s just one problem: An awful lot of voters don’t want that. They’ve also got another problem: The clock is ticking and time’s running out. Why? As ABC explains, they can only avoid a bill-killing filibuster […]

When Tomi Lahren, a right-wing commentator and Obamacare opponent, admitted she benefits from a key provision of the Affordable Care Act in a recent debate with comedian Chelsea Handler, Twitter users sent out a barrage of tweets ridiculing her for taking up such a hypocritical stance. Lahren has a long history of railing against the […]

After telling Republican leaders last night that he believes the party would look like “dopes” if they are unable to pass a bill to revamp Obamacare, President Donald Trump awoke this morning to news that even his party’s top man in the Senate believes that the effort is all but dead. Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]

President Donald Trump has called on Republican senators to immediately repeal Obamacare and replace it with their own health care plan “later.” In a tweet posted early Friday, Trump contradicted a previous statement that he will work on repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with better healthcare legislation at the same time. His […]

Senator Mitch McConnell announced on Tuesday that the planned Senate vote on one of President Donald Trump’s signature policy promises would be postponed amid unyielding dissent within Republican Party ranks. President Trump has been trying to repeal and replace one of former President Barack Obama’s defining accomplishments, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. […]

Earlier this week, West Virginia Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin met members of their constituencies to discuss concerns about the new health care legislation the Senate is planning to roll out in the coming months. Pastor Janice Hill of the First Christian Church in Parkersburg was amongst the group. As a prominent religious […]

Republican Senators have recently come under fire for engaging in what has widely been described as clandestine meetings to draft a revised version of the American Health Care Act (ACHA). President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan failed to pass the first incarnation of the bill earlier this year. The first draft of the […]

Former congressman Joe Walsh is being ripped apart by social media users for mocking Jimmy Kimmel son’s heart condition. .@jimmykimmel fired back at critics of his emotional health care plea in the best way possible. https://t.co/IgH2AfbNoQ pic.twitter.com/khiJCB40BX — Access Hollywood (@accesshollywood) May 10, 2017 When Jimmy Kimmel went public with a tearful announcement last Monday […]

Bernie Sanders has shown his forward thinking prowess once again as a Gallup poll shows that the majority of Americans, Republicans included, would prefer to replace Obamacare with a completely new single-payer healthcare system like the one that Bernie Sanders has long been advocating. Republicans have been demanding that the Affordable Care Act be replaced […]

Ohio Governor John Kasich is urging Democrats and Republicans to “reach out across the aisle” and work together to either amend the Affordable Care Act or provide a reasonable, and sustainable, alternative. During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the governor said he is specifically concerned about coverage for the most “vulnerable” — […]

Hours after President Donald Trump posted a tweet urging his supporters and social media followers to watch Fox News’ Justice with Judge Jeanine on Saturday night, the show host, the former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, kicked off by calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to step down from his House leadership position. She blamed Ryan […]

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was a major part in trying to get Republican votes for the GOP healthcare bill, but things went sour when he reportedly told the House Freedom Caucus they had “no choice” but to vote for the bill. Clearly in politics, things are never going to be easy. In the […]

With the recent GOP healthcare bill failing to get enough votes, President Donald Trump has taken a huge hit over it, but not because of the healthcare bill not passing but rather due to a pretty big lie he told after it failed. Every single Republican that ran for office, including Trump, spoke about how […]

On Friday, former Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacted on Twitter to the failure of House Republicans to repeal the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with the White House-backed American Health Care Act (AHCA). Clinton hailed the failure of the GOP health care bill as a “victory” for millions of […]

According to reports, the House of Representatives did not vote on the new GOP health care bill that would replace Obamacare on Thursday, with the House Freedom Caucus causing most of the shutdown. Now, President Trump seems to be on a war path. President Trump, along with House Republicans who supported the American Health Care […]

The health care bill created by House Republicans and touted by President Trump as the replacement for the Affordable Care Act will not be voted on as promised, according to the Los Angeles Times. In a surprising turn of events, the vote, scheduled for between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. today, was abandoned. This devastating […]

Donald Trump said on Thursday that Obamacare will stay in place if the new GOP health care reform bill — dubbed Trumpcare — doesn’t pass on Friday, a threat that’s leaving some of his loyal constituents rightfully disgruntled. The Hill shared on Thursday evening that President Donald Trump warned GOP members that he’s “done negotiating” […]

The House of Representatives were set to vote on the Obamacare replacement bill on Thursday, but House Republicans pulled the plug on the vote last minute and many are starting to wonder why. Obviously early thought behind it is that the Republicans knew that it would not sustain enough votes to pass, so they pulled […]

The new GOP healthcare plan called the American Health Care Act has not gone over well in Washington, and now it seems that various American women will begin to hate the current bill too. The American Health Care Act was introduced by House Republicans last month to replace the Affordable Care Act introduced by former […]

The American Health Care Act, which was introduced to replace Obamacare, has been a controversial bill, with many Republicans speaking out against it. Now, President Trump might be trying to bend a bit to satisfy them. Obamacare was something most Republicans were united against, but there is no doubt that the health care plan has […]

Gallup’s newest tracking poll shows that Donald Trump is historically unpopular and that his approval rating is continuing to drop drastically, with just 39 percent of Americans approving the job he has done over the first 50 days that he has been president. This is a three point drop since the start of the weekend […]

Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a town hall meeting hosted by MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes on Sunday. The town hall took place in McDowell County, West Virginia, and focused on how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected the residents’ lives and what they believe would happen to […]

Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin may no longer hold office, but she is making sure her mind is heard as she has slammed the GOP’s new healthcare plan in a recent interview. Sarah Palin has been in the news a lot since 2008 when she was tapped as the Vice Presidential nominee alongside John McCain. […]

This Monday, the House Republicans finally released the much-awaited bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Dubbed earlier as “Trumpcare,” the new healthcare bill looks just like the former administration’s healthcare system. The only difference is that Trump’s healthcare bill will be “more conservative” and will focus more on “tax credits” that will be hinged on […]

For some time now, Republicans have spoken of the idea to both repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, and the first step happened when Donald Trump put his executive order in weeks ago. Now we’re finally seeing an actual plan put in play. Republicans have mentioned numerous times that they […]

Obamacare is on the tips of the tongues of every American who is the age of majority, after Donald Trump said he was tossing it out and coming up with a new plan. There is reportedly a new Affordable Care Act bill on the docket, or at least something exists in draft form. The problem […]

Ever since Republicans saw Obamacare take place, they have attempted to remove it and replace it with something new, and now President Donald Trump has repealed it, so what is the Trump administration expected to replace it with? Details have been scarce since Trump repealed the Affordable Care Act earlier this month, but after he […]

During an appearance on CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett on Thursday night, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders warned Republican members of Congress trying to avoid town hall meetings with their constituents due to fear of “hostile crowds,” saying “they haven’t seen anything yet.” Sanders warned that public backlash against Republican members of Congress would continue because […]

United States President Donald Trump has had a lot of hits and misses since taking office, but with more misses since taking office, it appears that his already record low Presidential rating has now hit the lowest it has ever been before. Donald Trump was one of the most controversial Presidential candidates in American history. […]

Laronda Hunter is the owner of five Fantastic Sam’s hair salons in Fort Worth, Texas. She employs between 45 and 48 people annually. Her profit margins are razor thin, and if she adds a handful of additional employees to get to more than 50, she will have to start providing health insurance under the terms […]

The future of the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, continues to hang in the balance as the Republicans and President Donald Trump work through what they plan to do in terms of repealing, replacing, and dismantling the program. Democrats are pushing hard against the idea of doing away with the ACA and […]

Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz are set to debate what the future of healthcare should look like in America on CNN on February 7 at 9 p.m. EST. The 90-minute debate between the pair will focus on the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, reports Business Insider. On Wednesday, CNN made the announcement that […]

https://rumble.com/embed/vf6j6/ In an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump promised health insurance “for everybody.” “We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump told the Post. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.” […]

U.S. Representative Mike Coffman, from Colorado, is drawing heat on social media after a town meeting scheduled yesterday was overrun with constituents, first prompting him to limit meetings to four people at a time, then duck out of the meeting before the scheduled time was complete, as reported by the Denver Post. The congressman is […]

As Republicans continue with their plan to scrap the Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders and other leading Democrats will be holding at least 40 rallies nationwide on Sunday to save “Obamacare,” Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. In December, Bernie Sanders got together with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and […]

In an interview with Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced plans for nationwide protest rallies against the Republican’s latest anti-healthcare agenda. The protest events, scheduled to take place just days before Trump takes office, will focus on the on-going effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the recent attempts by the […]

Capitol Hill was a scene rife with a muted pomp and circumstance as Democrats and Republicans jockeyed for position in the court of public opinion ahead of Donald Trump’s Inauguration in the coming weeks. The issue on the table for Americans to marinate over is part of the GOP’s 7-year fight and the President-elect’s campaign […]

Congress is back in session today, and Republicans, emboldened by the election victory of Donald Trump and gains in both the House and Senate, are setting their sights on repealing Obamacare. Republican leaders are still undecided on a specific plan for a replacement. Repealing #Obamacare will be a two-step process, putting us on the path […]

While women in the United States are justifiably concerned about losing insurance coverage for contraception after Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States, there’s a possibility multiple other women’s health benefits might also be at risk. In fact, there is a legitimate chance Trumpcare might make healthcare insurance more expensive for women, […]