Tag: Paul Ryan

Trump said no Americans would lose coverage under Obamacare repeal. Paul Ryan won’t make that promise.

The following article by Kelsey Snell was posted on the Washington Post website March 12, 2017:

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Sunday that he doesn’t know how many Americans would lose coverage under his proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act, which is under fire from fellow Republicans, AARP and virtually every sector of the U.S. health-care industry.

“I can’t answer that question,” Ryan said in an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Continue reading “Trump said no Americans would lose coverage under Obamacare repeal. Paul Ryan won’t make that promise.”

Tax Benefits for the Wealthy

The following article was posted on the TrumpAccountable.org website March 10, 2017:

The wealthiest Americans stand to gain the most with the repeal of Obamacare and a number of taxes that were implemented by Democrats to fund the health care subsidies for elderly and less affluent Americans.

Two of the most important taxes that the Obamacare replacement, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), targets are the medicare surtax and the net investment income tax. Continue reading “Tax Benefits for the Wealthy”

Paul Ryan’s claim that ‘more and more doctors just won’t take Medicaid’

The following article was written by Michelle Ye H Lee was posted on the Washington Post website February 1, 2017:

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“The problem that we’re seeing in Medicaid is more and more doctors just won’t take Medicaid, because they lose money on Medicaid.”
— House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), town hall on CNN, Jan. 12, 2017

During a town hall on Republican plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Ryan described the need for changes to the Medicaid program at the state level. Some states made changes so that low-income enrollees could get coverage and access to care, but not all states did, he said. Continue reading “Paul Ryan’s claim that ‘more and more doctors just won’t take Medicaid’”

A day of chaos at the Capitol as House Republicans back down on ethics changes

 

The following article by Robert Costa, Mike DeBonis and Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post website January 3, 2017:

A day of pageantry to open the 115th Congress and usher in a new period of Republican governance was overtaken Tuesday by an embarrassing reversal on ethics oversight, with the GOP gripped by internal division and many lawmakers seeking to shield themselves from extensive scrutiny.

The 19 hours of tumult was set in motion the night before behind closed doors at the Longworth House Office Building, where Republican lawmakers decided over the objections of Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) to amend House rules to effectively gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. Continue reading “A day of chaos at the Capitol as House Republicans back down on ethics changes”