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Some Republicans see attacking Obamacare through regulation

EghtesadOnline: Congressional Republicans are looking for the quickest ways to tear down Obamacare following Donald Trump's election as U.S. president, including rapidly confirming a new health secretary who could recast regulations while waiting for lawmakers to pass sweeping repeal legislation.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:40

Trump Now Wants to Keep Popular Obamacare Provisions, Scrap Rest

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump reversed himself on completely eliminating the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health law, saying instead he would keep two popular features and pledged no gap in coverage as it’s replaced.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 08:03

Trump Starts New Political Era as Republicans Claim Mandate

EghtesadOnline: In the hours after Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the U.S., Republicans in Congress claimed a mandate for their agenda to revamp financial rules and replace Obamacare , and Hillary Clinton urged her supporters to give him a chance to govern.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 24:08

Senate's McConnell says Obamacare repeal high on agenda

EghtesadOnline: Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said repealing the Obamacare health insurance system is a "pretty high item on our agenda" for the new Congress that was elected on Tuesday, calling it the "single worst piece of legislation" from the first two years of the Obama administration.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 07:38

Obama rallies Obamacare troops at 'critical time' for program

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama on Thursday urged more than 25,000 volunteers and advocates who dialed in to a White House conference call to pull out the stops to boost the number of people signing up for Obamacare health insurance plans.
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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:29

More U.S. counties to see Obamacare marketplace monopoly: analysis

EghtesadOnline: Nearly a third of U.S. counties will likely be served by only one insurer that participates in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace in 2017, according to an analysis published Sunday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Publish Date:29/August/2016 | 06:28

Clinton Win Could Pressure GOP to Heal, Not Repeal, Obamacare

EghtesadOnline: Republicans in Congress have insisted the only way to fix Obamacare is to repeal it. But with Barack Obama about to leave the White House, several Republicans sound willing to tweak it rather than kill it.
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Publish Date:24/August/2016 | 10:07

Trump Makes Tweeted Threat to End Obamacare Insurance ‘Bailouts’

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump threatened to end key Affordable Care Act subsidies to health insurance companies that help make insurance accessible to poorer Americans, a move that may critically destabilize health exchanges if it went ahead.
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Publish Date:30/July/2017 | 05:00

Senate advances on healthcare, with dramatic return by McCain

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Senate Republicans narrowly agreed on Tuesday to open debate on a bill to end Obamacare , but the party's seven-year effort to roll back Democratic President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law still faces significant hurdles.
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Publish Date:26/July/2017 | 05:22

Mitch McConnell: 'The man in the middle' of U.S. healthcare war

EghtesadOnline: For seven years, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell vowed to slay Obamacare if only his Republican Party controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House. Pull it out "root and branch," he pledged.
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Publish Date:19/July/2017 | 05:26

Trump to Senate Republicans: kill Obamacare now, replace later

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators in a tweet on Friday to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new plan to replace it, muddying the waters as congressional leaders struggle for consensus on healthcare legislation.
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Publish Date:01/July/2017 | 05:33

Senate Moves Obamacare Repeal to Slow Lane After House Vote

EghtesadOnline: Passage of the House’s health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling, but key Republican senators are already pushing it aside to write their own bill with no clear timetable to act.
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Publish Date:06/May/2017 | 04:23

House Passes Obamacare Repeal in Razor-Thin GOP Victory

EghtesadOnline: House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace Obamacare under intense pressure from President Donald Trump to produce legislative accomplishments.
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Publish Date:04/May/2017 | 20:16

Trump Lashes Out at Republicans for Defeat of Health Bill

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump lashed out at Republican leaders and groups on Sunday for the defeat of the bill to repeal and replace his predecessor’s health-care law, after blaming Democrats for the loss on Friday.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 11:04

GOP Eyes Tax Overhaul -- And Lessons From Health-Care Failure

EghtesadOnline: Moments after their hopes of undoing Obamacare unraveled, President Donald Trump and top Republicans said in unison that they’re moving on to another ambitious goal -- overhauling the U.S. tax code.
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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 05:10

House Obamacare Repeal Collapse Raises Doubts on GOP Agenda

EghtesadOnline: House Republicans abandoned their efforts to repeal and partially replace Obamacare after President Donald Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan couldn’t wrangle enough votes, raising doubts about their ability to deliver on the rest of their agenda.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 04:45

Healthcare vote delay worries stocks, dollar

EghtesadOnline: All eyes in global financial markets were fixed on stuttering Republican efforts to pass a replacement for Obamacare on Friday, with failure likely to undermine faith in Donald Trump’s promise to deliver a "phenomenal" U.S. tax reform.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:37

Trump demands support in do-or-die Friday vote on healthcare plan

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump warned House Republican lawmakers that he will leave Obamacare in place and move on to tax reform if they do not get behind new healthcare legislation and support it in a vote on Friday.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:16