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Time Is Running Out To Enact A True Repeal Of The Affordable Care Act

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed a vote on his healthcare bill after realizing it couldn’t pass in its current form. Thank goodness. The bill leaves many of the Affordable Care Act’s core components in place—including a system of state and federal insurance exchanges that are on the ...
Commentary

Republicans Shouldn’t Wince At That CBO Score

Senate Republicans just delayed a vote on their health care bill. The decision came less than a day after the Congressional Budget Office officially “scored” the bill and found that 22 million people would lose coverage if the legislation passes. There are plenty of reasons to object to the Senate ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s Sally Pipes talk about the Senate Republican health care bill, the CBO score, and efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare on the Lars Larson Show. Tune in around the 10:00 mark to hear Sally’s interview. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show 6/26/17
Health Care

Sally Pipes On Newsmax TV on Senate GOP Health Plan

Watch PRI’s Sally Pipes discuss the Senate Republican health plan, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, with Bill Tucker on Newsmax TV. She argues that Senate Republicans embraced Obamacare in their health care bill. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Newsmax TV – Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare in their ...
Commentary

GOP Health Reform Is Hardly Sweeping

Listen to the critics of the GOP’s healthcare reform effort, and you might think Republicans are intent on personally cancelling the insurance policies of 300 million Americans. Earlier this month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., referred to the Senate’s Obamacare replacement, which became public June 22, as “a bill that’s going ...
Commentary

The Senate Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare Lite

After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the Senate Republican leadership on Thursday released its bid to repeal and replace Obamacare. It’s the product of a 13-member Senate working group. The bill is a disappointment. It’s little more than repeal in name only. And its ideas for replacement are almost indistinguishable from ...
Government Spending

Senate Republicans Release Their Obamacare Replacement Plan

Senate Republicans on Thursday announced a wide-ranging plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act, with features that include a dramatic reduction in government spending that could mean millions more Americans will be left uninsured. The plan, unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his team after working on ...
Commentary

Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare In Their Healthcare Bill

Today, the Senate Republican leadership released its draft of a bill that would supposedly repeal and replace Obamacare. It does neither. With this bill, Senate Republicans are betraying the promises they made on the campaign trail for the better part of seven years. If it passes, the GOP will have ...
California

CAPITAL IDEAS: Majority Party’s War on Trump Is Really War on California’s Middle Class

Download the Brief KUSI television reported on June 12 that “Gov. Brown and the Democrats in Sacramento are in open revolt against President Trump.” While not a new development, it seems to indicate that California is seceding from the Union as it had threatened without providing official notice. Yes, it’s ...
California

Californians Fear Losing Coverage In Obamacare Reform

As the Republican-led U.S. Senate prepares to vote — possibly by next week — to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a new poll shows that 56 percent of Californians worry that they or someone in their family will lose health insurance coverage if the law, commonly called Obamacare, ...
Commentary

Time Is Running Out To Enact A True Repeal Of The Affordable Care Act

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed a vote on his healthcare bill after realizing it couldn’t pass in its current form. Thank goodness. The bill leaves many of the Affordable Care Act’s core components in place—including a system of state and federal insurance exchanges that are on the ...
Commentary

Republicans Shouldn’t Wince At That CBO Score

Senate Republicans just delayed a vote on their health care bill. The decision came less than a day after the Congressional Budget Office officially “scored” the bill and found that 22 million people would lose coverage if the legislation passes. There are plenty of reasons to object to the Senate ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s Sally Pipes talk about the Senate Republican health care bill, the CBO score, and efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare on the Lars Larson Show. Tune in around the 10:00 mark to hear Sally’s interview. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show 6/26/17
Health Care

Sally Pipes On Newsmax TV on Senate GOP Health Plan

Watch PRI’s Sally Pipes discuss the Senate Republican health plan, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, with Bill Tucker on Newsmax TV. She argues that Senate Republicans embraced Obamacare in their health care bill. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Newsmax TV – Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare in their ...
Commentary

GOP Health Reform Is Hardly Sweeping

Listen to the critics of the GOP’s healthcare reform effort, and you might think Republicans are intent on personally cancelling the insurance policies of 300 million Americans. Earlier this month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., referred to the Senate’s Obamacare replacement, which became public June 22, as “a bill that’s going ...
Commentary

The Senate Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare Lite

After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the Senate Republican leadership on Thursday released its bid to repeal and replace Obamacare. It’s the product of a 13-member Senate working group. The bill is a disappointment. It’s little more than repeal in name only. And its ideas for replacement are almost indistinguishable from ...
Government Spending

Senate Republicans Release Their Obamacare Replacement Plan

Senate Republicans on Thursday announced a wide-ranging plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act, with features that include a dramatic reduction in government spending that could mean millions more Americans will be left uninsured. The plan, unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his team after working on ...
Commentary

Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare In Their Healthcare Bill

Today, the Senate Republican leadership released its draft of a bill that would supposedly repeal and replace Obamacare. It does neither. With this bill, Senate Republicans are betraying the promises they made on the campaign trail for the better part of seven years. If it passes, the GOP will have ...
California

CAPITAL IDEAS: Majority Party’s War on Trump Is Really War on California’s Middle Class

Download the Brief KUSI television reported on June 12 that “Gov. Brown and the Democrats in Sacramento are in open revolt against President Trump.” While not a new development, it seems to indicate that California is seceding from the Union as it had threatened without providing official notice. Yes, it’s ...
California

Californians Fear Losing Coverage In Obamacare Reform

As the Republican-led U.S. Senate prepares to vote — possibly by next week — to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a new poll shows that 56 percent of Californians worry that they or someone in their family will lose health insurance coverage if the law, commonly called Obamacare, ...
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