U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks with a reporter as she arrives for a vote at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19. Top Senate Republicans say their last-ditch push to uproot former President Barack Obama’s health care law is gaining momentum. Collins voted against the previous GOP health care attempt. While it’s clear that […]
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GOP senator suggests brain tumor affected John McCain health care vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson suggested that fellow Republican Sen. John McCain’s brain tumor and the after-midnight timing of the vote were factors in the Arizona lawmaker’s decisive vote against the GOP health care bill. In a radio interview Tuesday with AM560 “Chicago’s Morning Answer,” Johnson answered questions about the collapse of the years-long […]
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Democrats created a monster
President Obama implanted the germ of entitlement for health insurance with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It was passed when the Democrats had a Senate and House majority for two years. No Republican voted for it. Except for Medicare and Medicaid recipients, it required people to buy an insurance product (unconstitutional?) or else be fined. […]
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Bruce Poliquin opposes Obamacare repeal unless there's an alternative ready
Bruce Poliquin President Donald Trump’s call to repeal the Affordable Care Act and then work to find a replacement for it failed to sway anyone in Maine’s legislative delegation. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a 2nd District Republican, said Tuesday that “in light of what we have seen over the last several months, once again, I […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King both oppose revised Senate health care bill
A new health care proposal by the Senate GOP may face a rocky future. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said changes made to the measure’s first draft aren’t enough. “Still deep cuts to Medicaid in Senate bill,” she said in a statement on Twitter, where she said she’ll vote no on whether to […]
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Duplicative government programs costing taxpayers billions
Is there anyone who can point to the “Affordable Care Act” (aka Obamacare) and credibly claim it is accomplishing the goals set for it seven years ago? Insurers are pulling out of the exchanges, premiums and related costs are going up, not down, as supporters of the misnamed law claimed they would. Many people who […]
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Angus King blasts GOP healthcare bill while Susan Collins studies it
Denouncing a new Republican health care bill Thursday, independent U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine called it a “really cruel” bid to take health care away from the poor, disabled and elderly “so very wealthy people can get a tax cut.” While King offered harsh words about the proposed overhaul of the Affordable Care Act, […]
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Senate GOP releases health care bill that cuts Medicaid, alters 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama’s health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid and erase tax boosts that helped Obama finance his expansion of coverage. The measure encountered immediate trouble as four GOP senators said they opposed it but were open to negotiations. The bill […]
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Are you happy with Trumpcare?
Never mind the millions of people projected to lose insurance supports they had under Obamacare. Forget the Medicaid cuts of $880 billion through the next 10 years. Ignore the billions of dollars from Medicaid that would no longer go to school systems that provide services to developmentally-delayed special education students. There are some people who […]
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Gov. LePage tells Fox News what GOP must do to repeal Obamacare
Gov. Paul LePage tried to play dealmaker on the Republican Party’s latest health care reform efforts during his latest trip to Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, he appeared on Fox News to amplify concerns about protections for people with pre-existing conditions that threaten to sink the latest attempt to replace Obamacare within the Republican caucus. LePage met […]