Tag: obama
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Senate leader expects Obamacare repeal this week, new plan ‘quickly’
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday the Senate would take the first step in repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law by the end of this week and that a replacement health care plan would be in place “very quickly” after that. President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have said dismantling…
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Replacing, repealing Obamacare at same time ‘ideal’: top Trump aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Repealing and replacing the U.S. Affordable Care Act in one action would be “ideal,” but it “may take time” to get all elements of the heath care law's alternative ready, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff said on Sunday. A full repeal and replacing of Obamacare may not happen immediately but…
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Obama says Sanders’ supporters helped undermine Obamacare
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday that criticism from the left wing of his own Democratic Party helped feed into the unpopularity of Obamacare, his signature healthcare reform law. Obama has been spending part of his last two weeks in office urging supporters to speak out against plans by…
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Four ordered held without bail over Chicago torture shown on Facebook
By Timothy Mclaughlin CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four African-Americans accused of attacking an 18-year-old white man with special needs while making anti-white racial taunts in an assault broadcast on Facebook were ordered held without bail by a Chicago judge on Friday. Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper and sisters Brittany and Tanishia Covington were each charged with aggravated…
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Officials: Foreign government may have breached health data
A foreign government may have been behind a cyber breach of health insurance company Anthem Inc. that compromised the records of more than 78 million consumers, investigators said Friday. They declined …
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Trump presses Democrats on Obamacare, calls for bipartisan fix
U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday kept up his attacks on Democrats and Obamacare while calling for a bipartisan effort in Congress to come up with a healthcare alternative that would lower costs and improve care. In a series of tweets, Trump, who takes office later this month, blasted Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer…
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Obama says would support Trump moves to improve U.S. healthcare
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would support any move by President-elect Donald Trump to improve healthcare for Amercicans. “Trump says that he can improve the health system. During the U.S. presidential campaign, Trump called for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, to be repealed and replaced and labeled the 2010 law…
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Expert Views: What will be the impact of Trump presidency on immigration, refugees?
By Ellen Wulfhorst and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The election of Republican Donald Trump to be the next U.S. president raises questions about the impact his administration could have upon immigrants in the United States and the nation's immigration and refugee policies. During his campaign Trump took a hardline position, proposing…
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Expert Views: What will be the impact of Trump presidency on immigration, refugees?
By Ellen Wulfhorst and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The election of Republican Donald Trump to be the next U.S. president raises questions about the impact his administration could have upon immigrants in the United States and the nation's immigration and refugee policies. During his campaign Trump took a hardline position, proposing…
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Audi CEO to face renewed VW emissions inquiry: sources
Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler will again be questioned by U.S. law firm Jones Day on a reported discovery of a new cheat software device at the luxury car brand, two people familiar with the matter said. Germany's Bild am Sonntag reported a week ago that a U.S. regulator had earlier this year found a…