US television host Jimmy Kimmel has tearfully told of his newborn son’s illness and brush with death last week. At the end of his story he made a plea for people to support the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. He said: “No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to … Read more
The top US Republican in Congress claimed progress Thursday on a new effort to repeal the Obamacare health law, but he signaled a vote was unlikely this week. President Donald Trump has been pressuring his party’s lawmakers for a major legislative victory to attach to his 100th day in office, which falls on Saturday. In … Read more
U. S. President Donald Trump told a group of senators on Tuesday that he expected lawmakers would be able to reach a deal on health care, without offering specifics on how they would do it or what had changed since a health care reform bill was pulled last week for insufficient support. “I have no … Read more
US President Donald Trump says he will turn to tax reform, following his failure to get his healthcare bill through Congress on Friday. The draft bill would have scrapped the Affordable Care Act of his predecessor Barack Obama, which was opposed by Mr Trump’s Republican party for years. Obamacare requires all Americans to have healthcare … Read more
President Donald Trump on Saturday declared that Obamacare will fall apart and vowed to develop a “great” new health care plan for Americans to take its place. “ObamaCare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!” the Republican said on Twitter. The … Read more
US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Friday on his troubled healthcare bill. The American Health Care Act is meant to replace parts of President Barack Obama’s signature “Obamacare” law. A vote on Thursday was delayed because of opposition from some Republicans. Mr Trump reportedly warned fellow … Read more
US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Friday on his troubled healthcare bill. The American Healthcare Act is intended to replace parts of President Barack Obama’s signature “Obamacare” law. A vote on Thursday was delayed because of opposition from some Republicans. Mr Trump reportedly warned fellow Republicans … Read more
Maribeth Coote says she hates Obamacare, but it’s the only health coverage option she can afford in this remote, hardscrabble corner of southwestern Pennsylvania. The government should “just back off and let me figure it out, and get out of the whole industry” of health care, the 52-year-old Chicago transplant to the tiny town of … Read more
An estimated 14 million people would lose insurance coverage in 2018 under the new Republican healthcare plan, according to a budget analysis. The long-awaited Republican plan was assessed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan group of budget analysts and economists. The CBO said the added number uninsured would rise to 24 million by … Read more
About 14 million fewer Americans will have health insurance next year under the new Republican plan to replace the Obamacare reforms, Congress’s nonpartisan budget analysis office projected Monday. It also said that enacting the legislation currently before Congress — a measure backed by President Donald Trump — would reduce the federal deficit by some $337 … Read more
President Donald Trump, facing mounting concern that millions of Americans could lose their health insurance, met Monday with “victims of Obamacare” to highlight the Republican replacement for his Democratic predecessor’s plan. The White House has spent the past week grappling with maintaining party unity as conservatives and moderates alike bashed the new initiative, for likely … Read more
President Donald Trump is open to adapting a proposed replacement for Barack Obama’s health care law, his political allies said Sunday, insisting that the measure — which is facing serious Republican pushback — is merely a “framework.” Uprooting Obamacare — the Democratic president’s crowning domestic achievement — has been at the top of the agenda … Read more
A US congressional panel surpassed 24 straight hours of debate Thursday on Republican plans to kill Obamacare, highlighting deep divisions over the proposed health reforms. Lawmakers from Republican President Donald Trump’s party hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, but many of those same lawmakers oppose the proposed legislation. After 18 marathon hours of … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s negotiating skills were put to the test in his first major legislative battle Wednesday as Congress debated a health care replacement plan that several members of his own party oppose. Two committees in the House of Representatives began reviewing a sweeping bill that unwinds and replaces the Affordable Care Act, the … Read more
US House Republicans have unveiled a long-awaited plan to replace the signature health care law of former US President Barack Obama. The proposed legislation would repeal penalties for those who do not buy health insurance. It would also replace income-based subsidies to help with the cost of premiums with age-based tax credits. Democrats immediately criticised … Read more
US House Republicans unveiled long-awaited legislation Monday that would repeal and replace the health care reforms known as Obamacare, largely under the framework that President Donald Trump laid out in his recent congressional address. The American Health Care Act would dismantle several of the core aspects of the reforms, including ending related subsidies and taxes. … Read more
US House Republicans unveiled long-awaited legislation Monday that would repeal and replace the health care reforms known as Obamacare, largely under the framework that President Donald Trump laid out in his recent congressional address. The American Health Care Act would dismantle several of the core aspects of the reforms, including ending subsidies and taxes, as … Read more
Republican leaders and the White House presented a united front Friday in their bid to ditch Obamacare, but the replacement plan — still incomplete, still hidden from public view — is meeting increasing pushback from rank-and-file conservatives. With Democrats of a single mind to keep the landmark health-care reforms in place, US President Donald Trump … Read more
The White House and Congress lacked agreement on a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare on Tuesday amid signs of growing Republican division on the issue, as President Donald Trump prepared to address lawmakers about his 2017 agenda. Republicans, who control the White House and Congress, are in agreement in their opposition to former Democratic … Read more
The US has imposed sanctions on the new vice-president of Venezuela, accusing him of involvement in international drug trafficking. The order adds Tareck el-Aissami to the US narcotics “kingpin” sanctions list “for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking”. Sanctions were also slapped on wealthy businessman Samark Bello, described as Mr Aissami’s “primary frontman”. … Read more