GOP conservatives oppose leaked Obamacare plan

GOP conservatives oppose leaked Obamacare plan-politico: House and Senate conservatives are rebelling against a leaked draft of an Obamacare replacement bill, potentially stopping the proposal in its tracks before it's even been officially introduced.

Top Conservatives Oppose GOP Health Care Plan, Muddying Path to Needed Votes

Top Conservatives Oppose GOP Health Care Plan, Muddying Path to Needed Votes-rollcall: The top two House conservatives on Monday said they cannot vote for their conference’s health care repeal and partial replacement plan in its current form, meaning House GOP leaders have some work to do before they can offer a bill that will get the 218 votes needed to pass the House.

Speaker Ryan faces crucial stretch

Speaker Ryan faces crucial stretch-thehill: Paul Ryan is about to enter what could be the most critical month yet of his Speakership. But by the end of March, what will define success for the wonky Wisconsin Republican?

Conservatives Want Obamacare Repeal, and They Want It Now

Conservatives Want Obamacare Repeal, and They Want It Now-rollcall: Conservatives rallying here are calling for their congressional brethren to keep the faith and quickly gut the 2010 health care law, dismissing concerns about lost health coverage and motivated voters at town halls.

GOP governors split on Obamacare replacement

GOP governors split on Obamacare replacement-politico: Republican governors are split over an Obamacare replacement plan -- just like their counterparts in Congress.

A divided White House still offers little guidance on replacing Obamacare

A divided White House still offers little guidance on replacing Obamacare-washingtonpost: A meeting Friday afternoon between President Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, his former rival in the GOP primaries, had no set agenda. But Kasich came armed with one anyway: his hope to blunt drastic changes to the nation’s health-care system envisioned by some conservatives in Washington.

Repeal of Health Law Faces Obstacles in House, Not Just in Senate

Repeal of Health Law Faces Obstacles in House, Not Just in Senate-nytimes: Ever since Republicans got down to the business of repealing the Affordable Care Act, the Senate has been singled out as the likely problem. Any plan that could zoom through the House would hit roadblocks among Senate Republicans, many of whom have resisted a wholesale repeal of the health law without a robust replacement plan.

Congressional Republicans don't expect Trump to offer his own health or tax plans

Congressional Republicans don't expect Trump to offer his own health or tax plans-cnbc: Last year, candidate Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and give Americans a better, cheaper replacement. Last month, President-elect Trump vowed, "we'll be filing a plan" as soon as the Senate confirmed his Health secretary.

Executive Lobbying War Breaks Out Over Border Tax Proposal

Executive Lobbying War Breaks Out Over Border Tax Proposal-morningconsult: The chief executive officers of some of America’s most iconic corporations have lined up on opposite sides of what’s quickly become an intense lobbying war over a House Republican plan to reform the tax code by taxing firms that import while exempting exporters.

House, DOJ Seek to Continue Hold in Case Over Obamacare Payments

House, DOJ Seek to Continue Hold in Case Over Obamacare Payments-morningconsult: The Trump administration and the House of Representatives are asking for a hold on a case over Affordable Care Act payments that has the potential to test the boundaries between the branches of government.

ObamaCare fix hinges on Medicaid clash in Senate

ObamaCare fix hinges on Medicaid clash in Senate-thehill: The most divisive issue for Senate Republicans when it comes to repealing and replacing ­ObamaCare is what to do with Medicaid.

Not invited to administration Obamacare meeting: Treasury

Not invited to administration Obamacare meeting: Treasury-axios:Members of the Trump administration got together on Sunday to talk about President Trump's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare — but a photo tweeted by White House chief of staff Reince Priebus doesn't show any Treasury Department officials at the table, despite the likelihood that the plan will involve big tax changes.

Price Could Try to Stabilize Market for Law He Derailed

Price Could Try to Stabilize Market for Law He Derailed-morningconsult: Tom Price spent much of his six terms in Congress fighting against the Affordable Care Act, but as the newly-minted secretary of Health and Human Services, his first acts may focus on shoring up the very same law he railed against.

HURRY UP AND WAIT AT FDA

HURRY UP AND WAIT AT FDA-biocentury: President Donald Trump has shown more interest in FDA than most recent presidents, prompting speculation in Washington that he plans to rapidly appoint an activist commissioner. Trump fueled the rumors when he told pharma CEOs on Jan. 31 that he had selected a “fantastic person” to lead the agency who would be named “fairly soon.”

Trump: ObamaCare replacement coming in 'a couple of weeks'

Trump: ObamaCare replacement coming in 'a couple of weeks'-thehill: President Trump said on Saturday that a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will come "in a couple of weeks."

Conservatives Object to Obamacare Replacement's Tax Credits

Conservatives Object to Obamacare Replacement's Tax Credits-bloomberg: Some conservative House Republicans are objecting to a major part of the Obamacare replacement outline presented to them by party leaders, underscoring the party’s continuing inability to agree on an alternative health plan.

Conservatives Rally Around Their Own Health Care Plan

Conservatives Rally Around Their Own Health Care Plan-rollcall: Conservative Republicans on Wednesday staked out their position on a proposed replacement to the 2010 health care law. But their views are likely to muddle the path toward GOP consensus.

House GOP leaders will elaborate on their Obamacare plans

House GOP leaders will elaborate on their Obamacare plans-washingtonpost: House Republican leaders plan to unveil on Thursday elements of their plan to repeal and largely replace portions of the Affordable Care Act.

Ambitious House Agenda on Medicaid Could Stall in Senate

Ambitious House Agenda on Medicaid Could Stall in Senate-rollcall: Senators are warning that major changes to the Medicaid program may not survive the upper chamber, despite an aggressive push from House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to include a substantial overhaul of the program in the Republican measure to repeal the health care law.

Doubts grow that GOP can repeal Obamacare

Doubts grow that GOP can repeal Obamacare-politico: Republicans have reached a gut check moment: After spending more than six years vowing to fix the flagging patient that is Obamacare, it’s the GOP’s own repeal effort that’s on life support.

GOP Considers Medicaid Reforms for Reconciliation Bill

GOP Considers Medicaid Reforms for Reconciliation Bill-House Republicans are weighing specific reforms to Medicaid that could be included in a reconciliation measure to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.

GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?

GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?-ap: Republicans love cutting taxes, especially if they were authored by a president named Barack Obama. But as they push their wobbly effort to erase his health care overhaul, they're divided over whether to repeal the levies the law imposed to finance its expanded coverage for millions of Americans.

The stealth Republican force behind Obamacare repeal

The stealth Republican force behind Obamacare repeal-politico: Republican town halls are erupting with protests as Americans fret over the future of their health insurance. But listen to Lamar Alexander for a few minutes, and you might think not a single bad thing will come of the GOP’s plan to rip apart Obamacare and stitch together a replacement.

Republicans, Aiming to Kill Health Law, Also Work to Shore It Up

Republicans, Aiming to Kill Health Law, Also Work to Shore It Up-newyorktimes: After denouncing the Affordable Care Act as an abomination for seven years, Republicans in Congress, working with the Trump administration, are urgently seeking ways to shore up health insurance marketplaces created by the law.

Sen. Mike Lee: House Proposal to Replace Obamacare a ‘Horrible Idea’

Sen. Mike Lee: House Proposal to Replace Obamacare a ‘Horrible Idea’-rollcall: Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee on Wednesday criticized a House proposal to include provisions that would “replace” the 2010 health care law in a repeal measure, calling it “a horrible idea.”

Hatch: CMS Nominee to Get Confirmation Hearing Next Week

Hatch: CMS Nominee to Get Confirmation Hearing Next Week-mordernhealtchare: The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Seema Verma, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Chairman Orrin Hatch told Morning Consult on Thursday.

Republican senators wrestle with changes to Medicaid

Republican senators wrestle with changes to Medicaid-thehill: Republican senators who hail from states that expanded Medicaid are meeting about the future of the program as their party moves ahead with the repeal of ObamaCare.

The GOP's growing problem of how to pay for Obamacare replacement

The GOP's growing problem of how to pay for Obamacare replacement-axios: Republicans may quickly learn there's no such thing as an easy way to pay for health reform. After years of attacking Obamacare's industry taxes and other funding sources, the GOP is running out of ways to pay for their replacement plan without using the options they've criticized so heavily in the past.

Issues Facing Republicans in Replacing Affordable Care Act

Issues Facing Republicans in Replacing Affordable Care Act-newyorktimes: Ever since Democrats began pushing the Affordable Care Act through Congress more than seven years ago, Republicans have been trying to come up with an alternative. Candid conversations leaked from a conclave of Republican lawmakers in Philadelphia last month, and public comments since, show they are nowhere near agreement.

White House Pumps Brakes on Obamacare Replacement

White House Pumps Brakes on Obamacare Replacement-rollcall: The White House appears to be changing its diagnosis for President Donald Trump signing into law a measure that would replace the 2010 health care law with a Republican-crafted plan.

Obamacare repeal-replace effort begins to jell

Obamacare repeal-replace effort begins to jell-politico: Republicans on Capitol Hill and within the Trump administration are scrambling to get Obamacare repeal efforts back on track by stuffing as much of a replacement policy as possible into a repeal bill.

California Democratic Party endorses Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez in race to replace Becerra in Congress

California Democratic Party endorses Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez in race to replace Becerra in Congress-latimes: Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez just got a big boost in the race for the 34th Congressional District.

The Quieter Assault Against Obamacare

The Quieter Assault Against Obamacare-rollcall: The Republican drive to deliver a death blow to President Barack Obama’s health care law has overshadowed a quieter assault using annual government funding bills that’s gone on for years.

House Committee Weighs First Obamacare Replacement Bills

House Committee Weighs First Obamacare Replacement Bills-morningconsult: A key House panel on Thursday debated the first draft legislation to replace Obamacare since Donald Trump became president, pledging to repeal his predecessor’s signature health care law.

House considers elements of ObamaCare replacement

House considers elements of ObamaCare replacement-thehill: Republicans have begun considering a handful of bills that could make up part of their plan to replace ObamaCare.

Trump agenda off to slow start in Congress

Trump agenda off to slow start in Congress-thehill: President Trump’s agenda is getting off to a slow start in Congress, as GOP lawmakers search for a path forward on ObamaCare replacement bill and push other big-ticket items to the back burner.

Freedom Caucus meets with senators on ObamaCare replacement

Freedom Caucus meets with senators on ObamaCare replacement-thehill: Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus met separately with Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) this week to discuss the senators’ ObamaCare replacement plans.

GOP talk shifts from replacing ObamaCare to repairing it

GOP talk shifts from replacing ObamaCare to repairing it-thehill: Key Republican lawmakers are shifting their goal on ObamaCare from repealing and replacing the law to the more modest goal of repairing it.

Republicans Rebrand Obamacare Strategy From ‘Repeal’ to ‘Repair’

Republicans Rebrand Obamacare Strategy From ‘Repeal’ to ‘Repair’-bloomberg: Some Republicans in Congress are starting to talk more about trying to “repair” Obamacare, rather than simply calling for “repeal and replace.”

Trump Vows to Ease Rules for Drug Makers, but Again Zeros In on Prices

Trump Vows to Ease Rules for Drug Makers, but Again Zeros In on Prices-nytimes: President Trump promised some of the nation’s top drug company executives in a meeting at the White House on Tuesday that he would slash regulations at the Food and Drug Administration and make it easier for them to manufacture products in the United States.

Slow Pace of Obamacare Repeal Leaves House Conservatives Fuming

Slow Pace of Obamacare Repeal Leaves House Conservatives Fuming-bloomberg: House Republicans voiced frustrations Tuesday about slow-moving efforts to unwind Obamacare, urging their leaders to pick up the pace on a top campaign promise.

GOP chairman ​says "bulk" of Obamacare replacement must happen this year

GOP chairman ​says "bulk" of Obamacare replacement must happen this year-axios: House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady says that while a lot of big decisions about Obamacare repeal and replace have yet to be made, the vast majority of legislative and regulatory changes need to be made this year to make sure the transition to a new health care system goes smoothly.

GOP chairman: Drug prices 'high on our agenda'

GOP chairman: Drug prices 'high on our agenda'-thehill: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) said Tuesday that dealing with high drug prices will be "high on our agenda."