Sentences with phrase «passed health care reform»

Washington (CNN)- Nearly a year after Congress passed health care reform and the President signed it into law House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she's «pretty confident» the law will stand.

Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010).

Passed Health Care Reform Passed the Stimulus Passed Wall Street Reform Ended the War in Iraq Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan Eliminated Osama bin laden Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry Recapitalized Banks Repealed «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» Toppled Moammar Gaddafi11.

The NSBA's McCracken calls the failure to pass health care reform «concerning» for small businesses.

In backing Schumer, the labor - backed party cited his leadership as «key» to passing health care reform in Washington, DC last month.

please forget about Republicans, pass health care reform NOW.

Rep. Eliot Engel told Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday that he believes it would be a «terrible miscalculation'to pass health care reform without a public option.

Won't work past 2 pm: «Making good on Sen. John McCain's threat to withhold all Republican cooperation from Democrats in the Senate in retribution for the majority party using reconciliation to pass health care reform, the GOP used the rule that states committees can only meet when the chamber is in session with the unanimous consent of all members.»

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has insisted the House of Representatives will pass a health care reform bill including a public option.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said Obama «thanked members of the Senate for their hard work so far and encouraged them to continue forward on this historic opportunity» to pass health care reform legislation.

But despite having a climate bill in hand, the White House decided to put its muscle into passing health care reform.

«With their steadfast commitment to passing health care reform and making sure that women will be able to get the health care they need, the women leaders we honor today set the course to change the lives of millions of women for generations to come.»

Not exact matches

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.

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

It's been four years since the Affordable Care Act passed into law — promising sweeping reforms in the way Americans receive health - care coverCare Act passed into law — promising sweeping reforms in the way Americans receive health - care covercare coverage.

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed, I thought it was just a watered - down version of health care refCare Act (ACA) was passed, I thought it was just a watered - down version of health care refcare reform.

Now that the health care bill has been defeated, Senate leaders hope to move on to tax reform and to passing a spending bill in order to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.

If this Republican Congress fails to pass a good healthcare bill, we should prepare for our next opportunity to reform health care — if such an opportunity ever arises.

Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.

The answer is the reason this bill should never have been passed» the reason that all of us must urge our senators to stop this kind of health - care reform in the Senate.

Because according to Dick Morris, if we somehow manage to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill, the government will force you to give birth naturally.

Yes, plenty of conservative activists will still be fired up about Obama's «socialist» agenda, but with health care reform passed into law, they've lost the main focus of their ire.

Pataki, who repeatedly referred to the health care reform legislation as «Obama care,» said Congress passed it even though a majority of Americans did not want it.

DES MOINES — Former New York governor George Pataki brought his effort to repeal the newly passed federal health care reforms to Iowa Tuesday, saying politicians did not listen to Americans who did not want those reforms.

Pataki raised concerns the health care reforms that were passed would increase the national deficit.

The former governor recently took a pass on running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to start a national effort to repeal the new health care reform law — a move widely interpreted to mean that he is eyeing another White House run.

With two Republican senators all but locked in against it and Trump exerting pressure on them to pass it, U.S. Senate leaders can not lose another vote on the health care reform bill they plan to unveil today.

Washington — Central New York's three Democratic congressmen stood with their party Saturday night and voted for the landmark health care reform legislation that narrowly passed the House of Representatives.

Talking about the Bill Owens, the Democrat who won the special election, Giuliani erroneously said Owens had voted against the Democratically sponsored health care reform bill that recently passed in the House of Representatives.

In separate interviews given over the last few weeks, Representatives Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, and Barney Frank — who was heckled with anti-gay slurs during the health care reform rallies — have both signaled that the time is now right to move forward with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (HR 3017), saying that, having counted the votes, they believe that there is enough support from both Republican and Democratic legislators to pass the House version of the bill.

He also shares his thoughts on Former Governor Pataki's new endeavor to launch a national organization in hopes of repealing the recently - passed Obama health care reform law.

(Well, yes, except all the hard stuff had already been either passed prior to the budget — like tax code reform and the so - called «big ugly» mentioned above — or negotiated last year, liuke the 4 percent increase in education and health care spending).

All eyes will be on D.C. — again — today, to see if the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan manage to cobble together enough support for the Republican health care reform bill to pass it.

Pataki took a pass on running statewide this year to instead focus on his Revere America committee, which dropped more than $ 2 million to opposes candidates who voted «yes» on, or simply spoke in support of, health care reform (or, as he puts it, «Obamacare»).

Trump's reported fallback plan if this health care reform proposal fails to pass muster: let Obamacare fail on its own, blame the Democrats, and push another Republican plan two years from now.

After taking a pass on challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand despite the fact that multiple polls showed him to be the Republican most likely to defeat her, Pataki launched a national PAC — Revere America — to spearhead a national petition drive calling for repeal of the health care reform bill.

An author and one - time elected official under New York Gov. George Pataki, McCaughey has made her name largely with blistering attacks on health care reform efforts offered by Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 1990s and then eventually passed into law as the Affordable Care Act or Obamaccare reform efforts offered by Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 1990s and then eventually passed into law as the Affordable Care Act or ObamacCare Act or Obamacare.

Matt Pommer The leading Republican gubernatorial candidates say they are opposed to the Health Care Reform Act recently passed by the Democratic Congress and signed by President Obama.

A coalition of Democratic activist groups including MoveOn, the SEIU, the Health Care Action Network (HCAN), Progressive Congress, and Democracy for America are mobilizing their supporters to bombard Congress with a hoped - for million messages — calls, faxes, tweets, emails, you name it — all in one day and all in support of passing a reform bill — any reform bill, it appears.

«Reconciliation can not be used to pass comprehensive health care reform,» said Conrad, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

The debate rages on about the wide health - care reform legislation passed last year, but a forum at the Flushing branch of the Queens Library Friday featured no rancor — only people determined to explain the new law and express concerns about its impact.

Obama's health care reform passed last year helped alot of people, alot of families, protected alot of people.

New York (CNNMoney.com)- The health care bill that faces a crucial test vote in the Senate on Saturday is proof that getting reform passed and getting it right are two very different things.

Breslin touted an autism law he helped pass mandating insurance companies cover the illness more comprehensively at an earlier age, legislation where higher portions of health insurance premiums pay for actual health care and a life insurance law he said reformed the industry.

The authors also found health care reform was associated with a passing increase in the adjusted mortality rate that accounted for as many as 604 excess deaths during four years.

However, the ACA, the health care reform that's been passed at the federal level, does have some measures that incent hospitals and private practices and health care systems to reduce their costs.

For example, the proposed health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House funds health care reform by making large employers pay toward their workers» coverage and adds a modest surtax on the wealthiest Americans.

Trying to pair both tax reform and health care into a potential 2018 reconciliation bill (in order to take advantage of the easier - to - clear hurdle of a simple majority to pass legislation) would not only be complex and messy but, it could also significantly hamper the reform of the tax system that many have called for.

WTF is going on?Well, the short of it is, at face value, that senator Graham has been uneasy about climate legislation for a little while — after health care reform passed, he made comments about energy reform being dead in the water, and long before that he'd drawn fire from his own party for working with Democrats and pursuing a bill that would price carbon.

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.