“Senator [Tom] Cotton and his fellow lawmakers are back in D.C. and Republicans are split, they are divided about what to do with the repeal to feel Affordable Care Act. That`s topic that Senator Cotton was really berated for at that town hall event that almost did not happen.” FeelsHappensCareEventsRepublicanTownsFellowsHallsDividedSplitsTomsSenatorsTopicsAffordableCottonLawmakersAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“Two committees in the house were up all night long trying to get a version of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act passed. House Republicans are just fighting tooth and nail to pass it in the House, to try to get it into the Senate, to try to make it then so that the Senate will get on board. But you know who one of the Republican senators is who`s not on board with this anymore? Senator Tom Cotton.” KnowsTryingLongTwoCareNightFightingHouseRepublicanTeethVersionsBoardsSenateTomsNailsSenatorsCommitteesAll NightAffordableCottonUp All NightAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now says, despite these marathon all-night sessions going on in the House, Republicans need to do better, they need to start over, they need to come up with something that the Senate says will actually reduce prices for insurance and keep it affordable.” NeedsCareNightHouseRepublicanCome UpDespiteSenateTomsSenatorsMarathonSessionAll NightStarting OverObamacareAffordableJanuaryCottonAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“Who knows what exactly changed Tom Cotton`s mind. I mean, maybe it was that woman who said her husband was dying and only alive thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Maybe it was the young woman on your right side of your screen who said that without the treatment she could only receive through the Affordable Care Act she herself would be dead.” KnowsMindMeanSaidWould BeCareYoungSidesAliveDyingChangedHusbandScreensThanksTreatmentTomsYoung WomenAffordableCottonAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“The rise in health care costs since Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act was passed, have been at their lowest rate in 50 years. Those savings have extended the Medicare trust fund by 11 years. So we've got a baseline of facts.So it is true theoretically that all that progress can be undone, and suddenly 20 million people or more don't have health insurance.” PeopleYearsHas BeensFactsCareMillionsProgressCostRateSavingHealth CareFundLowestSavingsObamacareAffordableUndoneMedicareAffordable Care ActHealth Care CostsTrust Funds Author:Barack Obama
“In Indiana, the Affordable Care Act will raise the average cost of health insurance in the individual market by an unaffordable 72 percent.” CareIndividualCostPercentRaisesAverageAffordableIndianaAffordable Care Act Author:Mike Pence
“Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States.” StatesCareLawPresidentUnitedUnited StatesReformHealth CareTitlesAccurateObamacareAffordableHealth Care ReformAffordable Care ActDisparaging Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I hear Democrats say, 'The Affordable Care Act is the law,' as though we're supposed to genuflect at that sunburst of insight and move on. Well, the Fugitive Slave Act was the law, separate but equal was the law, lots of things are the law and then we change them.” WellsCareMovingLawEqualSlaveDemocratInsightAffordableFugitiveAffordable Care ActSeparate But Equal Author:George Will
“I never said that. The fact is we are going to open over hundreds of stores this year and next and increase employment by over 5,000 jobs worldwide. And, we have no plans to cut team hours as a result of the Affordable Care Act.” YearsSaidFactsCareJobsNextHoursResultsCuttingPlansTeamIncreaseStoresEmploymentAffordableAffordable Care Act Author:John Schnatter
“Some Democrats and their advocates in the press believe Obamacare, a year into implementation, is no longer much of a factor in the midterm elections. But no one has told Republican candidates, who are still pounding away at the Affordable Care Act on the stump. And no one has told voters, especially those in states with closely contested Senate races, who regularly place it among the top issues of the campaign.” YearsBelieveStillsStatesCareRaceIssuesRepublicanElectionPressesDemocratCampaignsFactorsCandidatesVotersSenateNotableObamacareAffordableImplementationStumpsAffordable Care ActMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Byron York