Tag Archives: Obamacare

2/7/2018 Nearly 11.8 million people signed up for Obamacare again this year, depite President Trump calling it “dead”. An Associated Press count found that nationwide enrollment was about 3 percent lower than last year. California, with more than 1.5 million sign-ups, was the last state to report, announcing its numbers on Wednesday.  Sixteen states actually increased their enrollment from last year, ...

11/01/2017 In April, Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he planned to use the powers of his office to jeopardize health-care access for millions of low-income people, while undermining America’s insurance markets — because he believed that voters would blame the ensuing chaos on the Democratic Party, leaving Chuck Schumer desperate to negotiate with the White House over Obamacare repeal. ...

10/13/2017 In yet another attempt to torpedo Obamacare, President Trump last night signed an executive order stopping payments to health insurers that help millions of middle-income Americans afford coverage. The move comes two and a half weeks before open enrollment for 2018.  the Department of Health and Human Services said it will immediately end these monthly payments, a move that could push ...

7/27/2017 John McCain gave the thumbs down to Trumpcare late last night.  After seven years of posturing and complaining about the Affordable Healthcare Act, Republicans could not pass a repeal, a replace, or a repeal and replace.   John McCain joined Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to defeat the passing of the "skinny" repeal, which really wasn't a repeal. ...

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Offiice today released its finding on Trumpcare, also known as the AHCA.  The final verdict is that 23 million fewer Americans will be covered by the plan in its’ current form.  The plan will also decrease the deficit by $119 billion over the next ten years.  Premiums are expected to go up 20% in 2018, 5% ...

Republican House members again boarded buses for a trip to the White House to celebrate the passing of the ACHA (Trumpcare) Friday.  After failing to garner enough votes in late March, Republicans were able to circle the wagons and pass the American Health Care Act.  After a rough first 100 days which saw few victories, Trump was finally able to ...

In what can only be considered a horrific blow to the new administration, House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled President Trump’s healthcare bill from the floor just before the vote was to occur.  Since no vote was taken, it is impossible to determine exactly how large of a defeat it would have been, with estimates ranging from five to thirty votes. ...

2/27/2017 “It’s going to be so easy”  Donald Trump told people who attended his rally in Sanford Florida October 25th, 2016.  Repealing and replacing Obamacare was supposed to be his first priority, but Trump has learned that healthcare is a bit more complicated than what he once thought.  Today, Trump stated “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated”.  In reality, ...

06/16/2015 – Trump Tower, New York During his speech, he references Mexico:  “When do we beat Mexico at the border? They’re laughing at us, at our stupidity. And now they are beating us economically. They are not our friend, believe me. But they’re killing us economically.”  He continued “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not ...