All posts tagged "Healthcare"

The internet slammed Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) on Tuesday, calling him out for cutting Medicaid and healthcare services — the same ones he needed — after he revealed that he had been battling depression and was hospitalized, disappearing from Congress for nearly four months.

Kean's office had given cryptic explanations while he was gone, citing a "personal medical issue." He missed more than 100 votes and had not cast a vote since March 5.

Critics online were quick to point out Kean's voting record — and how he continued trading stocks while he was away....

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) questioned Project 2025 architect Russell Vought over stunning claims he made during a House Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's budget chief was testifying before Congress when he was questioned about the potential loss of healthcare anticipated for 15 million Americans under the Big Beautiful Bill and Trump's fiscal 2027 White House budget request. Boyle described how the legislation has added to the country's deficit and debt — an estimated $4 trillion — more than any other piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history.

"In addition to the over $4 trillion it adds to our national debt, it eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans, according to the CBO. The Kaiser Family Foundation says it's actually more than 17 million Americans will lose their healthcare," Boyle said. "Are they really all, according to you, really, you're going to sit here with a straight face and say they're all illegals, they're all defrauding the system. That's really your position?"...

The GOP is stuck in a "perfect storm" the Democratic Party could capitalize on ahead of the midterms next year, according to an analysis.

Political commentators Greg Sargent and Grace Segers believe the ongoing health care strain on the House is nothing but good news for the Democratic Party. Though the midterms may be a year out, Sargent and Segers believe the longer-term damage will be a benefit to candidates running next year as voters are inherently more likely to trust Democrats over Republicans on health care.

Sargent, speaking with The New Republic, explained, "So how bad do you think the health care system is going to get? Are we going to see a spike in the uninsured rate? Are we going to see a lot of suffering? Are we going to see a lot of rural hospitals really struggling?"...

Residents and business owners in Mount Pocano, Pennsylvania, tell reporters that President Donald Trump’s boasts of an “A+++ economy” are going to fall hard in the face of reality as his economic tour of Pennsylvania kicks off this week.

“You pretty much just walk into a business, and you ask folks out loud, ‘What do you think of the economy?’ And they'll tell you. And it's not reflective of the economy that Donald Trump is speaking about,” said MS NOW Senior White House reporter Vaughn Hillyard.

Hillyard reported he visited a local establishment and spoke with three women who were independent of each other. ...

Health insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans are just weeks away from significantly increasing in cost, and Republicans have yet to agree on a fix that doesn't include extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits. One longtime Republican strategist recently offered a reason why the issue continues to confound his party.

During a Tuesday segment on MS NOW, Stuart Stevens – who was a senior advisor to 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney – acknowledged that healthcare was a significant hurdle for Republicans, who have so far failed to repeal the ACA or present an alternative to make health insurance more affordable for their constituents. And he argued that this is dangerous for the GOP given that red states are disproportionately reliant on the ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of this year.

MS NOW host Katy Tur asked Stevens why healthcare is the "one stubborn issue where Republicans don't want to change," and displayed a map that showed how predominantly Republican states across the Deep South have the highest rates of residents who use the ACA exchanges to buy health insurance plans. ...

Republicans are bracing for a "huge political headache" after Donald Trump "delivered nothing" during the government shutdown, a columnist wrote Tuesday.

A 60-40 vote to re-open the government was reached by the Senate after a 41-day closure in which Democrats ultimately failed to secure an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies. But, though the Democrats may have fallen short of their goal, political commentators believe the GOP faces a bigger headache when it comes to showing what they achieved during the shutdown, CNN columnist Stephen Collinson warned.

The analyst claimed Trump is repeating the same healthcare mistakes as he did in his first term, and a lack of a clear plan for Americans without healthcare could cause problems for the Republican Party. Collinson wrote, "And just as in his first term, Trump lacks a comprehensive, detailed plan to bring relief to citizens who lack health care, who can’t afford the plans they have or who know that the loss of a job could leave them without any coverage at all."...