Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Politics: Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan

With Obamacare repeal looming, Spanish-language TV ad aims to help vulnerable House Republicans; Donald Trump waits in his tower — accessible yet isolated; Hill Republicans move full speed ahead with push to slash Obama-era rules; Betsy DeVos wants ‘school choice.’ Chile tried that already.; GOP, Democrats offer dueling talking points about people losing their ‘health care’; More than 40 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump’s inauguration; The Trump Transition: Dozens of Democratic lawmakers to boycott inauguration; Trump-style contender for Va. governor blasts rival for skipping gun rally; Everything you want to know about the Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings; Surprisingly, Trump inauguration shapes up to be a relatively low-key affair; 'Never Trump' national-security Republicans fear they have been blacklisted; Everything you need to know about the race to run the Democratic National Committee; Trump meets with Martin Luther King III on Monday to discuss voting rights; Trump spokesman says Obamacare replacement will harness marketplace competition;
 
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Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in Obamacare replacement plan
The president-elect also said he would force drug firms to negotiate prices in Medicare and Medicaid.
With Obamacare repeal looming, Spanish-language TV ad aims to help vulnerable House Republicans
The group is running ads in Spanish because they don't expect Univision and Telemundo to promote the changes otherwise.
 
Donald Trump waits in his tower — accessible yet isolated
As president-elect, he stays largely ensconced in familiar places with people he knows.
 
Hill Republicans move full speed ahead with push to slash Obama-era rules
Congress is poised to undo key environmental and labor rules soon after Trump's inauguration.
 
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Betsy DeVos wants ‘school choice.’ Chile tried that already.
It hasn't worked.
 
GOP, Democrats offer dueling talking points about people losing their ‘health care’
Republicans and Democrats both claim that people are losing "health care" because of the other party's plans. How's that possible?
 
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump’s inauguration
And the number keeps rising.
 
The Trump Transition: Dozens of Democratic lawmakers to boycott inauguration
The latest on the transition.
 
 
Trump-style contender for Va. governor blasts rival for skipping gun rally
Republican strategist Ed Gillespie was at an MLK Day service event but sent a surrogate
 
Everything you want to know about the Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings
Prepare for a busy couple of weeks.
 
Surprisingly, Trump inauguration shapes up to be a relatively low-key affair
A "workmanlike" start for the brassy new president? That's what inaugural committee says.
 
'Never Trump' national-security Republicans fear they have been blacklisted
Their sin was signing one or both of two public letters denouncing the candidate before the election.
 
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Everything you need to know about the race to run the Democratic National Committee
Plenty was learned this past weekend in Phoenix about the state of the race.
 
Trump meets with Martin Luther King III on Monday to discuss voting rights
The meeting provides Trump with an opening to the African American community.
 
Trump spokesman says Obamacare replacement will harness marketplace competition
Sean Spicer's comments followed a Washington Post interview with the president-elect this weekend.
 
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