LAST NIGHT President Trump had dinner with Ivanka and Jared just blocks from The White House at his Washington DC Hotel.
Posted on 03/26/2017 3:46:51 AM PDT by DollyCali
Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare!
A bunch of Dim losers on the various Sunday Morning Talk Shows today - I suspect they’ll all be gloating about what they are terming a “failure” of Trump and/or Ryan.
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Listening to tv this morning, it occurred to me that we should remember all the times Obama failed at legislation, like climate change, and even ocare didn’t pass right away. Obama would not have used so many EO’s if he had been successful legislatively.
Lovely breakfast, even though you’re not feeling well.
Vernor’s ginger ale. Ginger is good for the upset tummy and Vernor’s is the best.
Hope you both feel better quickly!
.@LindseyGrahamSC on @IvankaTrump working at WH "I'm glad she's there" adds "she's a smart lady"
Who really knows what goes on behind the hallowed doors of DC?? High level chess game going on at the moment.....
LAST NIGHT President Trump had dinner with Ivanka and Jared just blocks from The White House at his Washington DC Hotel.
. @Reince45 on healthcare: I do think there are members of the Republican Party that are scrambling
Having an awesome moring fishing with my little men Donnie and Spencer and my buddies @blacktiph…
Last night President Trump, Ivanka and Jared arrive at Trump International Hotel for dinner just blocks from The White House.
Funny Headline.........
Huma Abedin Wants More Weiner!
Almost two hours into his dinner and an enormous line of Trump Supporters waiting to see Trump when he exits the hotel.
This WeekVerified account @ThisWeekABC 33m33 minutes ago More
.@RepMarkMeadows: "There are no conversations going on right now with regards to replacing" Speaker Ryan. #ThisWeek
http://abcn.ws/2mDI2Yi
Priebus: @JudgeJeanine tweet was probably"coincidence," Trump doesn't want @SpeakerRyan to step down, but he hasn't talked to Trump abt it
That’s an excellent point, but, of course, none of the MSM mentions that. F&F were showing clips this morning about a bunch of the MSM and others calling Trump’s Presidency a “failure”. I really hate those jerks!
That’s great! How fun for the kids. Don Jr. and his wife are sure great parents - very family oriented!
Bringing this over from rodguy and the Sunday morning talk show thread. GOOD INFO.. thanks rg911
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I guess you mean these rules?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/seven-ways-tom-price-could-quickly-change-obamacare/article/2608760
Here are seven changes Price could make to Obamacare, even without Congress voting to repeal or replace it:
1. Go with the court ruling knocking down Obamacare’s cost-sharing subsidies.
Price could decide to let stand a court ruling upholding part of House Republicans’ lawsuit against Obamacare. A federal judge said this year that the Obama administration illegally appropriated subsidies that help low-income people pay for co-pays and other out-of-pocket costs associated with their health plan.
The Obama administration has appealed the ruling, but Price could withdraw it. If he did that, and the subsidies were blocked, it could have a hugely damaging effect on the ability of poor Americans to pay for their healthcare, even if they have insurance.
2. Change the direction of Obamacare’s innovation center.
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Republicans have long been wary of a new innovation center the healthcare law created to test new payment models. They say the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, or CMMI, has overstepped its authority and they have pressured the center to scale back some of its efforts.
Price couldn’t disband the center, since it is mandated in the text of the Affordable Care Act, but he could redirect its experiments toward more conservative approaches to healthcare payments. One model he could test are “premium support” payments long championed by House Speaker Paul Ryan. Under premium support, Medicare pays a set payment per senior to a private plan to cover them.
3. Eliminate birth control from the list of preventive services insurers must cover.
Price could lift the requirement for employers to include all birth control approved by the Food and Drug Administration in their employee health plans, a requirement that dozens of religious groups have challenged in court.
While the healthcare law requires employer health plans to cover preventive health benefits without charging a co-pay, the Obama administration had specified that the list would include contraception.
4. Halt outreach efforts to publicize healthcare.gov.
The administration is in the midst of an advertising blitz to convince people to sign up for marketplace coverage before enrollment ends at the end of January. It has been running ads on gaming and social media websites and partnering with companies such as Lyft, since reaching younger people is crucial to the health of the marketplaces.
As HHS secretary, Price has discretion over how that marketing money is used, or whether it’s spent at all. He could ramp down advertising efforts in the final days of open enrollment, when many people typically sign up.
5. Stop trying to convince new insurers to enter the marketplaces.
Obama appointees worked behind the scenes to ensure no counties this year are without an Obamacare insurer. The administration’s relationship with insurers has played a huge role in the healthcare law rollout, as insurers need to sell plans on the marketplaces for them to work.
If Price halted those conversations, it could have a big impact on the 2018 marketplace if even fewer insurers participate.
6. Grant states more flexibility to move health reform in a conservative direction.
The healthcare law makes waivers available to states that want to flexibility to implement it in alternative ways, and Price will have the authority to decide which waiver requests to grant.
The waivers can’t be used to completely duck the law, as any changes have to provide coverage “at least as comprehensive,” limit out-of-pocket payments to currently approved levels, cover at least as many people and can’t increase the federal deficit.
But with help from Price and a Republican administration, the waivers could give states a way of implementing reforms that are friendlier to conservative ideals.
7. Change a transgender nondiscrimination rule.
The Obama administration has interpreted the healthcare law’s nondiscrimination provision to mean that if a doctor provides a sex-specific service—like treatment for ovarian cancer—they must provide that service to every patient who needs it regardless of their gender identity.
While advocates for the rule say it equalizes treatment for transgender individuals, conservatives argue it could force health providers to perform sex transition surgeries or treatments. Price could modify or eliminate the rule.
11 posted on 3/26/2017, 8:30:01 AM by rodguy911 (Home of the Free because of the brave.MAGA!!)
Pruitt: New executive order will "address the past administration's effort to kill jobs" through Clean Power Plan.
http://abcn.ws/2n71s3W
Heard that Newt will be on the FNS panel.
Did someone screw up?
He should be very interesting and set the record straight.
Might be worth tuning into see him smack around Wall@ss.
Indeed they are, they find the time even though their work keeps them quite busy.........
There were a couple of threads that I was reading on FR this a.m. related to Weiner:
Breaking – Insider Says NYPD Has Had Enough With James Comey New Weiner Leaks Have Begun
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3538174/posts
Huma Abedin Is Giving Marriage With Anthony Weiner Another Try
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3538114/posts
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