With the midterms less than two weeks away a new poll published October 18th by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation got a lot of attention. Over seventy percent of voters say health care is a very important issue in deciding who to vote for. But exactly what happens to key healthcare initiatives, especially the…
As the first year of President Donald Trump’s administration winds down, he is experiencing the limitations of that office. For example, the GOP-controlled Congress has been unable to produce a bill to repeal-and-replace bill for the Affordable Care Act, despite Trump’s promise he would sign such a bill without question. In response, Trump has taken…
The efforts in the GOP-controlled Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act are currently in a state of semi-limbo. Factions in the Senate have coalesced among more conservative and more moderate Republicans. The former believe the Better Care Reconciliation Act does not go far enough and requires more funding reductions to Medicaid and…
Obamacare…what is the Republican plan? Read Dr. Jon Burroughs’ explanation of why there is no consensus for Republican lawmakers on any replacement or repair to the Affordable Care Act in the wake of President Trump’s executive order and the election mandate to scrap it. Read the article now on Hospital Impact
The Affordable Care Act…will Trump’s Executive Order be a Death Blow? There had been some thought that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and a replacement by Congress and the new Trump administration might be delayed or even blocked by Democrats using the filibuster in the Senate. But President Trump’s signing on his first…
Dr. Jonathan Burroughs explains why he does not believe that the Affordable Care Act will be repealed in its entirety by the GOP.