March 14, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where congressional Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare dominates the news. Americans ultimately will judge the GOP's alternative based on the size of their insurance premiums, a key House conservative tells Melissa Quinn. Congress' own budget agency projects it would take years to bring down premiums under the plan, Rachel del Guidice reports. President Trump listens to Obamacare horror stories, and Caleb Ecarma has examples. Plus: Josh Siegel on the president's task to reduce the number of illegal immigrants who're here because they overstayed visas.
With Medicaid's fiscal crisis now behind us, Maine has reduced taxes, stimulated job growth, and is experiencing one of the lowest unemployment rates in nearly 10 years at 3.8 percent.
The House GOP's replacement plan leaves in place the very provisions of Obamacare that many believe caused premiums to rise: insurance regulations and mandates, argues Rep. Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.
In each year from 2007 to 2014, more people joined the illegal immigrant population by remaining in the U.S. after their temporary visitor permits expired than by sneaking across the Mexican border.
The report also found that by 2026, premiums would be 10 percent lower than they currently are under Obamacare.
The House is now debating a bill that not only fails to repeal much of Obamacare, but also affirms much of Obamacare's current structure, thus making any future efforts to replace the system that much more difficult, warns Sen. Mike Lee.
Brittany Ivey, who says she left her full-time job in 2009 to focus on her children, says she had a family plan for four that went up by 102 percent.
Since the school board imposed its gender identity politics on unwilling Fairfax families nearly two years ago, it has heard from dozens of angry parents.
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