Speaker Paul Ryan says the House is willing to negotiate a final health care bill with the Senate. Ryan’s announcement Thursday evening is meant to ease doubts among Senate Republicans about voting for a minimal repeal bill. It’s not clear if Ryan’s announcement will clear the way for Senate passage. The so-called “skinny repeal” is a last resort for Senate…
President Donald Trump is praising the Senate for moving forward on health care repeal. He says a vote Tuesday to take up the Republican health care bill “was a big step.” Trump is speaking at a joint press conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (sahd hah-REER’-ee). Trump is also thanking Arizona Sen. John McCain, who returned to Washington his…
Nonpartisan analysts project that 14 million people would lose coverage next year under the House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama’s health care law. The estimate is a blow to Republicans. Monday’s estimate by the Congressional Budget Office says the number of uninsured would grow to 24 million by 2026. The projections give fuel to opponents who warn the measure…
President Donald Trump says nobody knew health care could be so complicated. Yet the opposite has long been painfully obvious for top congressional Republicans. And they face mounting pressure to pass legislation annulling the health care law even as it becomes less and less clear what to propose instead. The GOP-controlled Congress is starting its third month of work on…
Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute. Speaking to reporters Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says the GOP will begin its “assault” on the law when the 115th Congress convenes Tuesday. She says abolishing so-called Obamacare as Republicans have promised will force…
President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for expanding his signature health law to address the problems it hasn’t solved. That includes a renewed call for a “public option” to let Americans buy insurance from the government. Obama’s assessment of how the Affordable Care Act has and hasn’t worked comes in an article being published in the Journal of…
