Congress must make changes to health care

February 28 01:50 2017

So if Walker, Scott, or some other White House visitor shared an interesting Obamacare replacement plan with the president, the GOP leadership’s perilous plan may be D.O.A. But if they do, at least now we have a better idea of just how little they are replacing it with.

The Obamacare repeal and replacement debate is heating up this week after a week-long break for Congress. Let it be a disaster because we can blame that on the Dems that are in our room, and we can blame that on the Democrats and President Obama. “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated“.

Treasure Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday told Fox News that the speech will include Trump’s plan for corporate and individual tax reform.

Among the attendees were the chief executives of Humana (HUM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Aetna (AET), Anthem (ANTX), Cigna (CI), Florida Blue, Independence Blue Cross, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and leaders from two industry groups, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which represents 36 independent insurers, and America’s Health Insurance Plans.

The president said there would be more specifics on the progress being made regarding healthcare Tuesday night, when he is scheduled to address Congress. Trump reportedly has said he expects a repeal and replace plan would emerge in early to mid March.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, in a letter to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., last month estimated the state’s portion of Medicaid expansion will amount to $1.2 billion over the next five years.

Unfortunately, much of that conversation has been stifled by political rhetoric on the left and the right, and an unwillingness to budge on either side. Many of those states are run by Republican governors or GOP-dominated state legislatures.

The lack of clarity created anxiety among voters who peppered the lawmakers from coast to coast with questions about what would become of their own health coverage and that of their friends and family.

The draft replacement bill follows through on numerous proposals put forward by House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP leadership before last week’s break. “But at the same time I think we’re going to have to all hopefully work together to come up with some policy initiatives that will do that”, Meadows told reporters Monday.

Republicans have convened a group of 10 governors (and their Medicaid directors) from five states that expanded Medicaid and five that did not to talk about how they should handle Medicaid, Fallin said. Since Planned Parenthood defunding will be included in the bill, that’s a problem. Sen.

Earlier this month, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, filed a resolution of inquiry seeking information from the Justice Department on conflicts of interest the Trump administration has with Russian Federation. Hearings soon will get under way in the Senate Judiciary Committee; floor action is expected before Easter.

“You see it with politicians, you see it with President Obama, when you know he’s getting out of office and the clock is ticking and he’s not going to be there, his approval rating goes way up”, Trump said.

Trump hopes that Democrats would cooperate.

The Senate has confirmed 14 Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials, fewer than other presidents at this point. What’s at issue is simply Paul Ryan’s legislative strategy. But in a move to ease insurers’ anxiety over the deadlines and prevent more from exiting the marketplace, the Trump administration last week moved that deadline back to June 21.

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Congress must make changes to health care
 
 
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