Health Care Bill

This Is The Problem With Delaying A Vote On Republicans’ Health-care Bill

... and you couldn't even bring it up for a vote in the Senate.”. But a tenet of compromise is that it pleases no one. And the longer the dozen-or-so skeptical Republicans have to hear from their constituents about where this compromise falls short, the less likely they are to support it. Advocacy groups and Democrats, such as Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.) are already using the CBO numbers to pound Republicans. New #Trump Care CBO score is out. Same coverage losses. Same increased premiums for older Americans. Same devastation for working Americans. — Ron Wyden (@Ron Wyden) March 23, 2017. Time is also the enemy of House Republicans for procedural reasons, as I wrote recently. To pass the legislation quickly (and without help from Democrats), Republicans need to use a special budget procedure called reconciliation that allows them to avoid a 60-vote filibuster in the Senate. Reconciliation is pretty much made for situations like these: You control the majority in both chambers and want to get something done quickly without having to lobby the minority party for votes. But there's a limit to reconciliation's usefulness, in that ...

Senate Gop Leaders Confident House Bill Can Pass

... to be discussed. Trump warns GOP on health care: 'We won't have these crowds if we don't get this done'. Asked about her views of the House bill, Murkowski said: "I'm going to wait and see what comes about on Thursday. See if it improves.". Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a doctor who has become a leading GOP voice on the bill, said he is still studying the House legislation and that he would prefer not to vote next week. "I would like to have more time to consider," he said. Murkowski and Cassidy are just two lawmakers on the fence. More have expressed concerns and Sens. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, and Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, both tweeted opposition to the bill Tuesday afternoon. In an interview on CNN's Erin Burnett "Out Front" Tuesday evening, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul reaffirmed his opposition to the bill and predicted its failure in the House. "I think we have 30, 35 no votes in the House," Paul said. He said that once the bill's failure was imminent in the House, negotiations on a new bill to repeal Obamacare would begin in earnest. Senate leaders are working with a narrow ...

Where Do California Republicans Stand On The Health-care Bill

... better. Ensuring that Americans have access to affordable quality care is paramount. As far as the American Healthcare Act, I’m still studying the details of it.”. His name: Jeff Denham. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Turlock). His age: 49. His congressional district: (since 2010) the 10 th, representing the northern San Joaquin Valley including Manteca, Modesto, Tracy, and Turlock. His bold-faced bio points: He served on both active and reserve status in the Air Force for 16 years, and took part in both Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. His recent moment in the (health-care) news: Denham was among a group of Republican members who met with Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon; he said he’s still reviewing the bill, but “we’re actually working on finding a resolution.”. His take on the health-care bill: “In reviewing this bill, it seems to address many of my constituents’ concerns, including protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions, allowing individuals up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ insurance and ...

Instead Of The House Healthcare Bill, Replace Federal Healthcare Laws By Letting The States Decide What To Do

... then how. Instead of looking to Washington to save us with one more fix that fails or backfires, it is time to give the states a chance. Let the states decide on their healthcare. Call it the Fifty Plan. Let the states use whatever model(s) they choose to have and whatever system each wants. Also from the Washington Examiner. 03/24/17 12:01 AM. If California wants a single-payer system, let them have it. If Texas wants market-based healthcare, Washington should say let them. If Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire want to get together and use one healthcare model for five states, that should be their choice. Who knows best what Texans or Californians need — Austin and Sacramento, or the federal government? Instead of the one-size-fits-all federal approach, let there be 50 models. Some negative responses to the Fifty Plan will be the following. (1) "There will be total confusion and chaos. Sick people will fall in the cracks." (2) "What if someone from California ...

Gop Leaders Postpone Vote On Healthcare Overhaul

... Act as Republicans try to repeal it. The Trump transition team's communications were swept up in U. S. spying , lawmaker says. March 23, 2017, 12:32 p.m. GOP leaders postpone vote on healthcare overhaul. House GOP leaders postponed a vote Thursday on legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act amid a Republican revolt that raised doubts about the fate of the measure. Leaders hope to reschedule a vote Friday. Despite personal appeals from the president and a flurry of last-minute negotiations with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), wary lawmakers remained unconvinced. Conservatives argued the bill did not go far enough in dismantling the healthcare law known as Obamacare, while moderates feared millions of Americans would be left without health coverage. Republican leaders hoped to swiftly regroup to amend the bill, the American Health Care Act, but options for generating more support appeared limited because making concessions to one faction risked losing support from another. Efforts were complicated by resistance in ...

Where Things Stand With The Republican Health Care Bill

... to make members of the House Freedom Caucus happy. What kind of changes are House GOP leaders prepared to offer. As of noon (ET), there is no new bill, but multiple reports suggest the Republican leadership is prepared to start scrapping essential health benefits – provisions in the Affordable Care Act that require insurers to cover things like prescription drugs and maternity care – in order to woo right-wing members. You’re making it sound as if some House Republicans believe the existing bill isn’t cruel enough. If the new, more far-right version becomes the official bill, will it pick up enough Freedom Caucus votes to pass. There is no headcount on this – the bill doesn’t yet exist, and may never exist – so no one knows for sure. For some Freedom Caucus members, scrapping essential health benefits is nice, but it’s not enough. Complicating matters, the House GOP’s center-right members are already running away from ...

Why Many Are Taking Wait-and-see View Of Gop Health Care Bill

... any other, based on what people are willing or able to pay. Most of these people (54 percent) are reserving judgment on the bill, but among people who take a position on it, slightly more oppose the bill (24 percent) than support it (21 percent). The Trump Effect. Most of the people who support the bill are strong supporters of President Trump. They say that the president’s healthcare plans have improved their view of him lately. On the other hand, people opposed to the bill tend to vehemently oppose President Trump – these are the people in the “resisters” group that the CBS News Nation Tracker is following. They believe that the Trump administration’s actions have gone too far when it comes to health care changes. Nationwide, views of the president are much more likely to have worsened (44 percent) than improved (19 percent) when it comes to his ...

House Postpones Vote On Republican Health Care Bill

... to go back to the drawing board and try further maybe without a lot of help from the president. Maybe that will be a facilitator. Maybe it will be a deal killer. But if the bill goes down tomorrow - and I'm not saying that it will. If the bill goes down tomorrow, then Paul Ryan is really left with few options of any kind, let alone any good ones. And he may actually have to truly start over from scratch and push this whole issue down the road months and try to turn to something else like tax reform. MCEVERS: That's NPR's Ron Elving talking about what's going on in Capitol Hill tonight with the Republicans' health care plan. Thank you so much, Ron. ELVING: Thank you, Kelly. Copyright © 2017 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at __link__ for further information. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb 8 tm, Inc. , an NPR contractor, and produced using a ...

Wall Street Down; Lawmakers Delay Vote On Trump Healthcare Bill

... "But if they vote in the morning and it passes, we'll have a hell of a rally.". Jitters about the healthcare bill on Tuesday led investors to sell stocks in what was the S&P 500's worst day since before Trump's election. Wall Street's reaction to the vote's delay, late in Thursday's session, was relatively mild. The Dow Jones Industrial Average. DJI ended down 0.02 percent at 20,656.58 points, while the S&P 500. SPX lost 0.11 percent to 2,345.96. The Nasdaq Composite. IXIC slipped 0.07 percent to 5,817.69. Seven of the 11 major S&P indexes declined, with the energy index. SPNY down 0.36 percent. Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL. O) fell 1.19 percent as more firms pull You Tube ads on fears they may appear alongside offensive videos. The stock was the biggest drag on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. Five Below (FIVE. O) surged 10.80 percent after the retailer's quarterly earnings beat estimates. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a ...

Trump Demands Republicans Vote On Health Care Friday Or Obamacare Stays

... meeting. The outcome of Friday's vote was uncertain. Both conservative and moderate lawmakers claimed the bill lacked votes after a long day of talks. The Republican legislation would halt Obama's tax penalties against people who don't buy coverage and cut the federal-state Medicaid program for low earners, which the Obama statute had expanded. It would provide tax credits to help people pay medical bills, though generally skimpier than Obama's statute provides. It also would allow insurers to charge older Americans more and repeal tax boosts the law imposed on high-income people and health industry companies. Republicans have made to their health-care legislation would reduce savings in federal spending by half as much as their original plan and would still cause 24 million more Americans to be uninsured, ...

Stock Rally Sputters After Vote On Healthcare Bill Is Delayed

... such as United Health and Humana took small losses. Drug companies also fell. Hospital operators rose, as did medical device makers. Cox, of Harris Financial, said stocks probably won't fall much further if the healthcare bill ultimately fails because investors will focus on other items on Trump's agenda. “The market doesn't care a bit about the healthcare legislation,” he said. PVH, which owns Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, jumped 8.5% to $98.55 after its fourth-quarter profit and sales topped analyst estimates. It said sales for the Hilfiger brand grew in the latest quarter and its business is doing well in spite of high discounts in the U. S. Discount retailer Five Below climbed 10.8% to $42.25 after it surpassed Wall Street projections in its fourth quarter. Retailers have struggled in recent months, but consumer-focused companies did better than the broader market Thursday. Nike, which plunged 7% a day earlier, rose 2.7% to $55.37. U. S. crude oil fell 34 cents to $47.70 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, slipped 8 cents to $50.56 a barrel in London. That pulled energy companies lower. Wholesale gasoline fell 1 cent to ...

Inside A District That Could Make Or Break The Vote

... said he can't stand Obamacare and says it's time to "wipe it off the map.". Read More. While Strodtman is a staunch Republican and huge Trump supporter, all five of his adult children are Democrats. It's far from the only division in this new political hot spot. Farms, cattle and health care debates. This is a district where farmland dominates the landscape, where working-class people gather at the local diner to talk about life's daily minutiae. One local talks about struggling to buy new tires. Another wants to know how to get kids to behave. JUST WATCHED. MUST WATCH. GOP health bill may lack votes for passage 02:07. But mention the topic of health care, and everyone's eyes grow wide. Their voices grow passionate. "When it comes to health care, the whole system is messed up," said Billy Castillo, a hospice nurse in Greeley. Castillo said he's glad his congressman is leaning toward voting against the GOP bill. "This new bill won't solve the situation," he said. "It's just Obamacare light.". Others had more heated words about the health care system. "Obamacare is a catastrophe because ...