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We Must Keep Our Promise to Fully Repeal Obamacare
“For five years, Senate Democrats have blocked our efforts to repeal Obamacare,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Jan. 6, 2016. “That ends today.” “With… Read More
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House GOP Obamacare Plan Faces Uphill Battle in Senate
The highly anticipated Obamacare replacement plan cleared the first of several hurdles in the House this week, where the House GOP’s proposal was the focus… Read More
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Maine Rejected Medicaid Expansion and Found Success. Now, House Health Bill Would Send Us Backward.
As conversations swirl on Capitol Hill and across the nation regarding the repeal of Obamacare and Medicaid reform, I would like to describe Maine’s success… Read More
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Mitch McConnell Finds ‘Lot to Like’ in GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stumped Thursday for House Republican leadership’s American Health Care Act at a press event, saying, “There’s a lot to like… Read More
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5 Reasons the GOP’s Obamacare Plan Isn’t Real Repeal
Republicans have promised time and again to repeal Obamacare—not fix it, not try to make it better—they promised to repeal it. Here are five reasons… Read More
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Conservatives Find Willing Negotiating Partner in Trump, Not in Speaker Paul Ryan, on Obamacare Repeal
Conservatives in the House and Senate may have come out swinging against Republican leadership’s plan to replace Obamacare, but the skeptical lawmakers stress that they’re… Read More
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Rand Paul, Jim Jordan Buck Leadership by Reviving 2015 Obamacare Repeal
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has reintroduced an Obamacare repeal bill that passed both houses of Congress in 2015, highlighting conservatives’ dissatisfaction with Republican leadership’s new… Read More
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Pro-Life Groups Sound Caution on Obamacare Replacement Bill
Pro-life leaders are voicing concerns over elements of the Obamacare replacement plan unveiled Monday evening by House Republicans. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research… Read More
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Debate on Obamacare Repeal Centers on Medicaid. Here’s How States That Expanded It Are Doing.
As lawmakers begin to debate a GOP bill to replace Obamacare, both Republicans and Democrats say they worry that Americans who gained insurance under the… Read More
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Why These 6 Americans Came to DC to Oppose Obamacare
Keeping promises. That was the theme of a Tuesday anti-Obamacare rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity on a rooftop near Capitol Hill. The title of… Read More
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Capitol Hill’s Misleading Claims on Tax Credits for Health Care
Most conservative health care experts are panning House Speaker Paul Ryan’s health care plan, which would keep in place the fundamental architecture of Obamacare. Rather than… Read More
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Conservative Lawmakers to Use Their ‘Enormous Power’ to Fight Obamacare Replacement Bill
Conservatives in the House and Senate are forging their own path ahead on Obamacare’s repeal and replacement, with plans to introduce legislation unwinding the health… Read More
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House Republican Health Care Bill Misses the Mark
The key problem with the draft House health care bill is that it fails to correct the features of Obamacare that drove up health insurance… Read More
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What the House GOP Obamacare Replacement Plan Does and Doesn’t Do
After seven years of promises to repeal and replace Obamacare, House Republicans finally have a bill detailing how they plan to reform the health care… Read More
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House Republicans Release Text of Obamacare Repeal, Conservatives Call for Action ‘Now’
A key conservative lawmaker is urging Republicans to make good on their promises to repeal Obamacare before they get distracted by other legislative issues. “We… Read More
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For One Conservative, 2017 Looks Similar to 2009 Obamacare Debate
For at least one conservative lawmaker, the current process for repealing and replacing Obamacare is beginning to look very similar to that of 2009, when… Read More
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Latest Obamacare Proposal Jeopardizes Repeal Effort
Members of Congress should reject draft legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare that is currently being circulated in the House of Representatives. At this point… Read More
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Conservatives Use Clout to Press for Full Repeal of Obamacare
Conservatives in the House and Senate are leveraging their numbers in an attempt to influence the direction of legislation repealing Obamacare and ramp up the… Read More
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Rep. Mark Walker: Congress Must Deliver on Obamacare Repeal Promise
Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., told conservatives Saturday that Congress must act quickly to “deliver on promises” made on the campaign trail. “It is with urgency… Read More
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AARP Mischaracterizes a Good Reform Proposal as an ‘Age Tax’
The AARP, the nation’s largest association of retired persons, is criticizing a proposal to more closely align premiums with actual health care costs, calling it… Read More
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Pence Vows to End ‘Obamacare Nightmare’
Vice President Mike Pence attempted to assure conservative activists Thursday night that Obamacare is on its way out. “Let me assure you,” Pence said at… Read More
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Conservatives to Congress: Deliver on Obamacare Repeal and Replace Promise
Conservatives and business leaders in the health care market have a message to Congress on Obamacare: Deliver on your promise to repeal the health care… Read More
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Big Challenges Await Seema Verma, Trump’s Choice to Oversee Medicare, Medicaid
The Senate Finance Committee has completed nearly four hours of confirmation hearings for Seema Verma, President Donald Trump’s nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare… Read More
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One Mom’s Fight for Her Special Needs Son in the Age of Obamacare
For Marjorie Weer and her family, the Affordable Care Act has been both a blessing and a burden. The family of four, who live in… Read More
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One Woman’s Story About the Increasing Costs of Obamacare
When Kim Quade left her job of 17 years as a school speech pathologist outside Kansas City, Kansas, to work independently, she knew she would… Read More
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GOP Leaders Release Details of Plan to Replace Obamacare
House Republican leaders mapped out their proposal for how Obamacare will be repealed and replaced in a closed-door meeting Thursday, outlining plans for Medicaid reforms… Read More
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Conservatives Are Flooding Town Halls, Too. I Know, I’m One of Them.
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a town hall event in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., spent about an hour offering her… Read More
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4 Broken Obamacare Promises That Town Hall Protesters Should Remember
While the House and Senate plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, members of Congress are hosting town hall meetings with their constituents and have been… Read More
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Conservatives Coalesce Around New Obamacare Replacement Plan
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., introduced a bill to replace Obamacare on Wednesday, increasing the pressure on GOP leaders who continue… Read More
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House Conservatives Draw Hard Line on Obamacare Repeal Bill
Conservatives in the House are drawing a hard line with party leadership on what legislation repealing Obamacare they’ll support and making it clear they won’t… Read More
