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Repeal And Replace Is More Popular Than Polls Suggest
In a recent letter to their fellow senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that public support for Obamacare is “at an all-time high,” and that “the overwhelming majority of Americans want to improve the ACA, not destroy it.” They seem to be basing ...
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Senators Sell Sorry Rx For What Ails Obamacare
Republicans won three elections — including one this past November — promising to repeal President Obama’s signature health law. Yet some GOP senators are proposing to replace Obama-care with … Obamacare. There’s no other way to describe the “replacement” plan offered by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins ...
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GOP’s Health Care Subsidies Are No Cause For Controversy
The Affordable Care Act’s (also known as Obamacare) days are numbered. Last week, both the Senate and House approved a budget resolution over the objections of the chamber’s Democrats ordering several congressional committees to draw up legislation repealing much of the law. “Put this irresponsible and rushed repeal plan aside,” ...
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Charting A Path To Repeal And Replace
Today’s confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is an important victory in the fight to repeal and replace Obamacare. A former orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, Price has been one of Obamacare’s most thoughtful and effective critics. And his “Empowering Patients First ...
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The ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate is all about choice
To understand Democrats’ and Republicans’ conflicting visions of healthcare reform, look no further than Obamacare’s “Essential Health Benefits” rule. This provision is a clear example of the kind of top-down federal control that has led to so many of Obamacare’s worst consequences. According to the health law, all plans sold ...
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Fears Of GOP Plan To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Obamacare Are Unfounded
If President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing Obamacare, 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Of course, predictions about Trump have tended to be wrong. This one is no different. In fact, repealing Obamacare and replacing ...
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The Doctor’s Computer Will See You Now
If you have visited the doctor recently, you probably noticed a new instrument in the examination room. It is a computer running an electronic medical records system, or EMR, that has been lauded by federal agencies as bringing a revolution to health care. But to patients, the computer has proven ...
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GOP Shouldn’t Take Democrats’ Bait On Repeal And Replace
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says he’s willing to support a GOP replacement for Obamacare — “so long as it covers as many people as the ACA.” How magnanimous. But his remarks are politically clever. He’s trying to dictate that the success or failure of the GOP’s health reform ...
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‘Universal Coverage’ Puts Lives In Danger
Days before assuming office, President Trump commented that his as-yet-undisclosed replacement for ObamaCare — which he says will be released following the confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services — would provide “insurance for everybody.” It’s no mystery why. Who could oppose universal insurance coverage? Unfortunately, the ...
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Trump Speech Gave ‘Repeal And Replace’ The Momentum It Needed
President Trump’s address to Congress this week marked a turning point in the fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Specifically, he provided a key element that the GOP reform effort has thus far desperately lacked — presidential leadership. Until Tuesday, Trump’s position on healthcare reform was murky. At times, he ...
Repeal And Replace Is More Popular Than Polls Suggest
In a recent letter to their fellow senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that public support for Obamacare is “at an all-time high,” and that “the overwhelming majority of Americans want to improve the ACA, not destroy it.” They seem to be basing ...
Senators Sell Sorry Rx For What Ails Obamacare
Republicans won three elections — including one this past November — promising to repeal President Obama’s signature health law. Yet some GOP senators are proposing to replace Obama-care with … Obamacare. There’s no other way to describe the “replacement” plan offered by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins ...
GOP’s Health Care Subsidies Are No Cause For Controversy
The Affordable Care Act’s (also known as Obamacare) days are numbered. Last week, both the Senate and House approved a budget resolution over the objections of the chamber’s Democrats ordering several congressional committees to draw up legislation repealing much of the law. “Put this irresponsible and rushed repeal plan aside,” ...
Charting A Path To Repeal And Replace
Today’s confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is an important victory in the fight to repeal and replace Obamacare. A former orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, Price has been one of Obamacare’s most thoughtful and effective critics. And his “Empowering Patients First ...
The ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate is all about choice
To understand Democrats’ and Republicans’ conflicting visions of healthcare reform, look no further than Obamacare’s “Essential Health Benefits” rule. This provision is a clear example of the kind of top-down federal control that has led to so many of Obamacare’s worst consequences. According to the health law, all plans sold ...
Fears Of GOP Plan To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Obamacare Are Unfounded
If President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing Obamacare, 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Of course, predictions about Trump have tended to be wrong. This one is no different. In fact, repealing Obamacare and replacing ...
The Doctor’s Computer Will See You Now
If you have visited the doctor recently, you probably noticed a new instrument in the examination room. It is a computer running an electronic medical records system, or EMR, that has been lauded by federal agencies as bringing a revolution to health care. But to patients, the computer has proven ...
GOP Shouldn’t Take Democrats’ Bait On Repeal And Replace
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says he’s willing to support a GOP replacement for Obamacare — “so long as it covers as many people as the ACA.” How magnanimous. But his remarks are politically clever. He’s trying to dictate that the success or failure of the GOP’s health reform ...
‘Universal Coverage’ Puts Lives In Danger
Days before assuming office, President Trump commented that his as-yet-undisclosed replacement for ObamaCare — which he says will be released following the confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services — would provide “insurance for everybody.” It’s no mystery why. Who could oppose universal insurance coverage? Unfortunately, the ...
Trump Speech Gave ‘Repeal And Replace’ The Momentum It Needed
President Trump’s address to Congress this week marked a turning point in the fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Specifically, he provided a key element that the GOP reform effort has thus far desperately lacked — presidential leadership. Until Tuesday, Trump’s position on healthcare reform was murky. At times, he ...
