Conservative Infighting Kills Effort To “Fix” Obamacare
Eric Cantor and Ted Cruz at war. “The message sucks. We oppose Obamacare. Period. We will repeal it. Period,” a top Cruz aide tells conservatives.
Eric Cantor and Ted Cruz at war. “The message sucks. We oppose Obamacare. Period. We will repeal it. Period,” a top Cruz aide tells conservatives.
“No one in the country bears more responsibility for the complexity of this law than you,” Pompeo tells Sen. Max Baucus.
Three years after Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans accept they can’t defund it. But they keep going through the motions.
Despite election results and Supreme Court ruling, Senator Mitch McConnell again banks on the fight against the health-care overhaul. So much for a change in direction.
Young people reelected the president. Now they get to pay disproportionately for ObamaCare.
Internet communities like Reddit have called for a boycott of the pizza chain over anti-Obamacare comments made by CEO John Schnatter.
The Republican vice presidential nominee tries to fire up the Evangelical vote. In private, a departure from the moderate rhetoric of the closing days.
ObamaCare. Duh.
But maintains that Obamacare is the wrong way to do it.
Now that more effective (but expensive) contraception options are covered by insurance, will women switch to IUDs?
While Obama and Romney rhetorically slug it out tonight, you can go shot for shot at home!
He thought it was a “bold” idea in 2006.
Religious families look for an alternative. The market at work.
In an interview Sunday on Meet the Press, Mitt Romney said we would keep parts of health care reform. The statement from Romney reflects an earlier position he held, just after health care reform was passed and before the Republican primary in which he said he “like some of the similarities” in ObamaCare to RomneyCare. Romney said he would “repeal the bad and keep the good” while mentioning the coverage for preexisting conditions, as well as the individual mandate were good aspects of ObamaCare like he mentioned today.
In an appearance on Meet The Press Sunday, the Republican presidential nominee said there were “a number of things” in health care reform that he liked, including coverage for pre-existing conditions.
The Department of Health and Human Services promises LGBT groups it will investigate complaints about gender identity discrimination in health programs that receive federal funding.
New rules requiring insurance companies to cover birth control without a copay go into effect today. Doctors say this could make a dent in teen pregnancy rates by giving teens access to the most effective forms of contraception — which are also some of the most expensive.
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joins CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett to talk about whether Romney’s promise to repeal ObamaCare on his first day in office, if elected. Coppins said, “This will be a long, drawn out fight in Congress.”
A windfall for candidates up and down the ticket. “A crap ton of cash,” says Donehue.
Democrats quickly change YouTube headline that runs counter to the White House’s message.
White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew strenuously argued today those not buying insurance after ObamaCare takes effect will be subject to a penalty, not a politically unsavory tax. But in 2008, then-Senator Obama attacked his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton’s plan for including a “penalty” for those not buying health insurance. A Republican source sends along the ad.
“It feels more like he’s being incredibly naïve.”
“I think what you’ve seen is that it hasn’t worked in Massachusetts.” With surrogates like these…
Today is his big day, posthumously.
You’ve probably already seen a few of these on your Facetweet feeds and Tumblrist boards.
Coulter predicted conservative outrage at Roberts a full seven years ago.
Says one anti-abortion advocate: “They’ve forced every pro-life American to pay for abortions.”
Trying to get attention, yes, but they were also there in support of moving to a single payer healthcare system, like Canada’s.
Romney spokeswoman says over $1 million raised since 10 a.m.
Campaign Manager Jim Messina unloads on Romney.