Doctors are burned out on paperwork and insurance company hurdles, and it’s time to bring back the public option.
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Jim Fossel: What’s next for Republicans regarding health-care legislation?
They need to pick a new approach on health care.
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LePage considers starting Maine health insurance plan to replace Affordable Care Act
He doesn’t provide details, but says, ‘We are just going to withdraw the state and just go do our own thing.’
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Kathleen Parker: Health care debate showed Trump trying to govern by ultimatum
President Trump has no patience with process. He prefers quick results – and things better go his way.
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Charles Lawton: Democrats can help improve the health care system in place
Cost containment matters, but people need to know they will get care – and not just at the last minute.
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Cynthia Dill: Trump needs to free himself from the Freedom Caucus
The president should learn from his mistakes – like Friday’s Obamacare repeal meltdown – and deal with different factions.
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Trump, Republican leaders suffer setback with failure of health care bill
House Speaker Paul Ryan, who championed the bill along with the president, says the Affordable Care Act will remain in effect ‘for the foreseeable future.’
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LePage throws support behind health-care overhaul but warns Congress shouldn’t rush
Maine’s governor says repeal of the Affordable Care Act is key to federal tax reform.
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Republican health-care plan hangs in balance as House leaders push for floor vote
As of late this morning, 36 House Republicans – mainly conservatives – had announced their opposition to the bill, known as the American Health Care Act.
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Report says repeal of Obamacare would hurt poor families and give richest a tax break
Under the Republican bill, in 2022, an average family making less than $50,000 a year would stand to lose federal benefits.