Conservatives Skeptical of White House's Proposed Changes to Obamacare Replacement Bill

April 5, 2017
Good morning from the nation's capital, where Republican lawmakers and White House aides are trying to make a new deal on replacing Obamacare that will win over conservatives. Melissa Quinn is watching developments. We've also got kibitzing from Newt Gingrich and commentary from Sen. Mike Lee. How did the two illegal immigrants accused of raping a 14-year-old at school get there anyway? Josh Siegel reports. Plus: John Cooper on what Congress can do to beef up the military, and Walter Williams on the wisdom of profiling. Stay in stride: It's National Walking Day.
News Conservatives Skeptical of White House's Proposed Changes to Obamacare Replacement Bill A new pitch from the White House designed to get conservative lawmakers on board, though in its early stages, already has left some skeptical. Read More
News How Illegal Immigrant Suspects in Rockville High Rape Case Were Able to Settle in America The two teenagers accused of raping a ninth-grader at Maryland's Rockville High School last month were among more than 150,000 unaccompanied minors who entered the U.S. illegally over the past three years, mostly from Central America. Read More
News What Newt Gingrich Sees as Missteps by Trump, House Leaders in Failed Obamacare Repeal Instead of setting unrealistic timelines that don't account for the complexity of health care policy, Republican leaders should have allowed for a vigorous debate that could stretch out for months, the former House speaker advised. Read More
Commentary Here's How Congress Can Use Its Opportunity to Restore the Military More than 1,700 of the Navy's aircraft are currently unflyable, simply because there is no budget for repairs or flight hours. Read More
Commentary To Fix Health Care, Congress Must Reverse Costly Regulations Americans are paying between 44.5 and 68 percent more in premiums due to Obamacare's federal insurance regulations. Read More
Commentary Profiling Is Perfectly Reasonable. In Fact, We All Do It. The lifetime risk of men getting breast cancer is about 0.1 percent. Should doctors and medical insurance companies be prosecuted for the discriminatory practice of prescribing routine breast cancer screening for women but not for men? Read More
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