Tag: Health care

Sen. Rand Paul says he will vote “yes” on a pivotal health care vote Tuesday afternoon after receiving assurances from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Candidate Donald Trump promised his voters that he would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), while at the same time promising the voters “the best health care in the world.” President Trump is so hung up on a political win that he has pushed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to the brink of disrupting health care in the United States to the point of insanity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressured Republicans Monday to approve the Senate's wheezing health care bill, saying a showdown vote planned for this week is their "last chance to do the right thing" and erase the Obama health law.

CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's largest doctors' group urged senators on Friday to stop trying to repeal or replace Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and instead begin a bipartisan effort to stabilize the insurance marketplace.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), made the official pronouncement of death for the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Monday night at 10:25 p.m. The announcement came after two key members of the Republican led Senate announced they could no longer support the bill and that made it four hard no votes making it impossible for McConnell to bring the proposed legislation to the floor for a vote and killing the bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The implosion of the Senate Republican health care bill leaves a divided GOP with its flagship legislative priority in tatters and confronts a wounded President Donald Trump and congressional leaders with dicey decisions about addressing their perhaps unattainable seven-year-old promise of repealing President Barack Obama's law.

Millions of Floridians are looking at the future of health care in the state as well as the country and they are full of uncertainty. At this moment Republicans are facing the dilemma of passing one of the worst pieces of major legislation in history just so they can make good on their promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pressuring wavering senators to back a Republican bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health...

The Republican Party’s long-promised repeal of “Obamacare” stands in limbo after Senate GOP leaders, short of support, abruptly shelved a vote on legislation to fulfill the promise. The surprise development leaves the legislation’s fate uncertain while raising new doubts about whether President Donald Trump will ever make good on his many promises to erase his predecessor’s signature legislative achievement.

We all know that the Senate version of the health care bill has been put off until the July 4th is over. There are changes needed from both the far right and from more moderate members of the GOP Senate. The governors nationwide are key to making this new proposed legislation work. That is why Florida Gov. Rick Scott was making the rounds in Washington, D.C. Scott spoke Tuesday with Vice President Pence and other top officials including U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.