Sentences with phrase «republican health care legislation»

School superintendents across the country are raising alarms about the possibility that Republican health care legislation would curtail billions of dollars in annual funding they count on to help students with disabilities and poor children.

Cuomo wants to label the shift the «Faso - Collins tax» after Reps. John Faso and Chris Collins, who backed an amendment to the Republican health care legislation that would put the burden of county Medicaid spending onto the state.

Mr. Cuomo has already campaigned aggressively against the Republican health care legislation, in particular a provision in the House - passed bill that would cost the state more than $ 2 billion.

Collins» plan, which would force New York to pick up the $ 2.3 billion tab that upstate and Long Island counties now contribute to the health care plan for lower - income state residents, was included late Monday in the last - minute package of amendments that House Speaker Paul Ryan put together to build support for the controversial Republican health care legislation.

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Cuban did not appear to subscribe to those beliefs himself, criticizing Trump over the failed Republican health care push, for lacking a «foundation» for tax reform, and for struggling to develop relationships with Democrats in order to get future legislation passed in Congress.

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But this latest effort may not succeed given the tight time constraints and skepticism from Senators like Arizona Republican John McCain, who has been insisting that any health care legislation go through a bipartisan committee process in regular order (rather than a pure party - line vote).

Senate Republican leaders unveiled a new version of their health care legislation Thursday.

Trump tapped Republican Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon who drafted legislation years ago to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Republican leaders have set Friday as the goal for working out changes to Senate legislation that would repeal extensive parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the law dubbed Obamacare that expanded health insurance coverage to 20 million people.

After months (well, technically, closer to a decade) of wait for an official Republican plan to replace Obamacare, the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees unleashed legislation dubbed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) late Monday that would nix the existing health law's unpopular mandate to buy insurance and pare back its far more popular expansion of Medicaid for the working poor, among other proviHealth Care Act (AHCA) late Monday that would nix the existing health law's unpopular mandate to buy insurance and pare back its far more popular expansion of Medicaid for the working poor, among other provihealth law's unpopular mandate to buy insurance and pare back its far more popular expansion of Medicaid for the working poor, among other provisions.

The announcements from Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas left the Republican Party's long - promised efforts to get rid of President Barack Obama's health care legislation reeling.

The Republicans failed to repeal former president Barack Obama's health - care legislation, a feature promise of Trump's campaign.

Insurers are facing an upheaval in their health insurance businesses due to uncertainty over the healthcare legislation as Republican lawmakers seek to follow through on their promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

With devastation coming to Puerto Rico from natural disasters, an ongoing spat with North Korea looming, Republican health - care legislation in Congress, and more bubbling around Washington, the president appeared unfocused since he was giving plenty of oxygen to sports - related topics.

His entry comes as Faso has been criticized by liberals and Democratic figures like Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his support for the Republican - backed health care legislation.

Secondly, the differences between the Democratic Party approach, and the Republican Party approach, and the differences between each State, make it difficult to actually pass legislation on health care, and health care regulation.

Trump's revived enthusiasm for tackling health - care legislation before tax policy has highlighted the complicated interplay between Republicans» health - care overhaul and their planned tax bill.

President Donald Trump promised a «great, great surprise» on the Senate Republican health care bill as McConnell worked to restart the stalled legislation.

Trump told Republican senators that the House GOP health - care bill was «mean» and he expects the Senate to «improve» the legislation considerably, according to several Republicans familiar with the gathering.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vCare Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vcare legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

Senator Chuck Schumer urged the Republican - led Senate to seek out help from Democrats in moving ahead with health care legislation.

Yesterday morning, Deval Patrick signed the health care cost control legislation, labeled as «Soviet - style» by the Boston Business Journal, and supported Brad Jones and other Republican leaders.

Republicans are getting ready for U.S. Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday among growing indications that the climactic vote could occur next week.

«Far from improving our health care, the Republican plan will strip millions of Americans of their coverage, raise costs for the sick, the elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions, and penalize progressive states that protect the rights of women,» New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo remarked on the legislation.

The amendment, now part of the House Republican - backed health care bill being voted on Thursday, is a «horrific piece of legislation.»

Cuomo is marshaling the state party and political allies in the labor sector to unseat Republicans who represent New York in the House who have voted for the health care legislation.

Hillary Clinton gave one of her first — and most political — public speeches since losing the presidential election and criticized the much - circulated photo showing an all - male group of Republican lawmakers last month negotiating women's coverage in health care legislation.

Senate Republicans still don't know if they have the support to even take up a final vote on proposed health care legislation.

Trump has called for ending the filibuster in the Senate in order to speed up legislation like health care and tax code reform — a call that's being rejected by Senate Republicans.

Obama had been pushing for both the House and Senate to pass health care legislation before going on their summer break - a goal that has appeared increasingly unlikely due to fierce Republican opposition and cost concerns cited by fiscally conservative Democrats.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday decried the Republican's health care bill as an «assault on New York,» saying the federal legislation would deprive 2.7 million state residents of coverage and undermine Medicaid funding.

Sen. Chuck Schumer heaped praise on his colleague, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, at the press conference following the passage by this afternoon of the Zadroga bill, saying her doggedness was one of the main reasons the Democrats finally managed to forge a deal on the 9/11 health care legislation with the Republicans.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Senate Republicans still don't know if they have the support to even take up a final vote on proposed health care legislation.

First, four Republican senators said Thursday that they oppose the larger health care bill that includes the Collins - Faso amendment, meaning the legislation is short of the votes it needs to pass.

The National Republican Congressional Committee went on TV earlier this week with an ad painting Mark Critz as too liberal for Pennsylvania because of his support for federal health care legislation.

Washington Post: GOP lawmakers, candidates pledge to repeal health - care legislation Even as House Democrats search for the votes to send a health - care reform bill to President Obama, dozens of Republican lawmakers and candidates have signed a pledge to back an effort to repeal the measure, should the GOP take control of either chamber of Congress after this fall's elections.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- The «Blue Dogs,» a group of moderate to conservative House Democrats who have worked to limit the price tag of health care reform legislation, are taking a hit from a prominent Republican who is suggesting that the group will ultimately prove ineffectual.

The National Republican Congressional Committee went on TV earlier this week with an ad painting Critz as too liberal for Pennsylvania because of his support for federal health care legislation.

WASHINGTON — Upstate New York homeowners would get a huge tax break — and House Republicans would get a few more much - needed votes for their health care plan — thanks to an amendment that Rep. Chris Collins got added to that GOP health legislation this week.

House Republicans plan to start by once again voting to repeal Obama's health - care legislation, another opportunity to remind voters about the unpopular law.

Republicans point to legislation already in effect under Democratic health care reform that cuts Medicare funding by some $ 700 billion over a period of years.

Romney has long known that the health - care legislation he signed in Massachusetts — like Obama's federal health - care overhaul, it includes an individual mandate — could be his Achilles» heel in pursuit of the Republican nomination.

Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders say the Republican Senate health care proposal is the «most harmful» piece of legislation he has ever seen.

Republican challenger Dr. James Milano is demanding that U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) explain his vote on the landmark health care legislation from March with his constituents, accusing the congressman of supporting the slashing of $ 500 billion in Medicare benefits.

The apparent success of a strategy to marshal congressional support for the deal, linked to a carefully orchestrated rollout of endorsements (although Democratic Senate Whip Dick Durbin and other officials disputed the suggestion of coordination [445]-RRB- was attributed to lessons learned by the White House and congressional Democrats during struggles in previous summers with Republicans, in particular, over Obama's health care legislation.

(CNN)-- After three days of debate in the Senate over health care reform, Senate Democrats accused Republicans Wednesday of slow - walking the legislation and searched for parliamentary procedures to speed up the discussion.

And with the lack of Republican support for the stimulus bill, the relatively small (partisan) margin by which the House passed Waxman - Markey, the then - upcoming challenges of health care and financial regulatory reform dominating the legislative calendar, and concerns voiced about climate legislation by moderate Senate Democrats, success in the Senate was always a long - shot.

Communicating for America (CA) recently called on Congress to provide «stabilization funds» in the recent Republican - introduced American Health Care Act reform legislation.

Republicans have proven with their package of anti-choice, anti-women's legislation they are working to undermine access to reproductive health care.