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Obamacare Mandate
Dec. 5, 2017
On Tax Bill, Collins Accepted Health-Care Promises Written in Vanishing Ink
Turns out House Republicans don’t feel bound by the promises made to Susan Collins by Trump and McConnell to get her vote for the tax bill.
By
Ed Kilgore
Dec. 1, 2017
McConnell’s Making Promises That He Needs Democrats to Keep
Some of the deals McConnell is cutting involve a bipartisan spending bill that’s designed to prevent a government shutdown. That’s dangerous.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 29, 2017
Trump Deal to Repeal Obamacare Mandate Now for ‘Stabilization’ Later a Bad Idea
GOP is wrongly suggesting that damage caused by repealing the Obamacare mandate would be offset by subsequent enactment of the Alexander-Murray bill.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 27, 2017
Obamacare Mandate-Repeal Would Hammer Pro-Trump Rural Areas
As with the Medicaid cuts they supported earlier this year, Republicans are promoting health-care “reforms” that hurt their own constituents most.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 8, 2017
News of the Weird: Ted Cruz Stands Up for Coastal Elites in Tax Bill Talks
He took aim at a key provision in the GOP’s tax bill which would mostly affect well-to-do blue-staters.
By
Ed Kilgore