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After Republicans pulled a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare last week, conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are shrugging off criticism leveled at them by Republican colleagues—including from President Donald Trump himself.
In a Thursday morning tweet, Trump said the Freedom Caucus "will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team," and vowed to "fight" conservative members in 2018 midterm elections.
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the Center for Medical Progress released a new undercover video exposing horrific discussions with Dr. DeShawn Taylor, Medical Director Emerita for Planned Parenthood Arizona. In the video, Dr. Taylor –
Arizona's members of the House Freedom Caucus, which helped scuttle the GOP plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, said this week that the battle over health care in Congress isn't finished.
A planned vote on the Trump-supported bill to repeal and replace Obamacare in the House of Representatives was canceled Friday because it did not have enough votes to pass. Congressman Andy Biggs joined us from Washington, DC with an update.
Over the past few days, I've been thinking about the recently-defeated House proposal to amend Obamacare. On the morning of the scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act, I sat next to a fellow first-year congressman on the floor of the House of Representatives. He supported the bill and knew that I was opposed. He asked me, "If we don't do this, what's the path forward?"
I responded, "The good news is that there are multiple paths to producing legislation that will actually repeal Obamacare, just like we promised our voters."
Rep. Andy Biggs joined the Mike Broomhead Show to talk about why the healthcare bill didn't see a vote. Rep. Biggs said the plan didn't work because the bill "would not repeal anything to do with Title XI or essential health benefits, those are what's driving the premiums sky high" He added he has directed his staff to continue to work on a healthcare bill that he co-sponsored and introduced the first day of this session.
March 26, 2017 - "Where's Jordan?" asked Vice President Pence as he walked into the White House meeting of terminally ill patients and their families. All eyes shifted, and Pence made a beeline for a 7-year-old boy from Indianapolis with a broad grin.
From the moment I decided to run for Congress, I have repeatedly promised the residents of the east Valley that I would fight for a clean repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or "Obamacare."
Since this law took effect in 2010, Americans have faced rising premiums, fewer choices and decreasing quality of care. My home state of Arizona has been hit hardest of all with premiums more than doubling. In fact, nearly all Arizonans have only one insurance option on the ACA marketplace, and even that option may soon disappear.
From the moment I decided to run for Congress, I have repeatedly promised the residents of the East Valley that I would fight for a clean repeal of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
Since this law took effect in 2010, Americans have faced rising premiums, fewer choices, and decreasing quality of care.
My home state of Arizona has been hit hardest of all with premiums more than doubling. In fact, nearly all Arizonans have only one insurance option on the Obamacare marketplace, and even that option may soon disappear.