WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and House leaders are revving up pressure on balky Conservatives and other Republican lawmakers as crunch time approaches on the party's
health care overhaul bill, a drive GOP leaders concede they can't afford to lose.
Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday night with White House officials to consider including a government - funded public health insurance option in
a health care overhaul bill.
Senate Democratic leaders expect the first test vote on their new $ 848 billion, 2,074 - page
health care overhaul bill will come on Saturday evening.
McMahon took a hard hit from the left - and, a bit head - scratchingly, from one of his opponents on the right - over his «no» vote on the Obama administration's
health care overhaul bill.
The provision, as backed by U.S. Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, was included in both the House GOP version of
the health care overhaul bill as well as the U.S. Senate package unveiled on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — The Libertarian Party (LP) calls on President Obama to not break yet another campaign promise by directing Congress to have an open, televised format for all future negotiations on
the health care overhaul bills under consideration in Congress.
Not exact matches
It's still likely to result in a
bill that scales back federal support for insurance coverage and
overhauls Medicaid while cutting taxes for the
health care industry — but if any plan can pass the Senate, it's likely to look something like that.
Legislation earlier this year from Washington created quite a buzz, as the
bill executed an
overhaul of our entire
health -
care system.
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.
The uncertainty over Republican efforts to
overhaul or replace the Affordable
Care Act may spur insurers to seek even higher hikes in medical premiums, said
Bill Hammond,
health policy director at the Empire Center for Public Policy.
President
Bill Clinton promised last week that his plan to
overhaul the US
health care system would «speed research on effective prevention and treatment» for chronic diseases and «safeguard the finest medical research establishment in the entire world».