Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the 185-page draft of the healthcare bill that will repeal Obamacare on Thursday. The House approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and passed it on to the Senate for final approval. The healthcare bill fulfills President Trump's campaign promise to get rid of Obamacare.
President Donald Trump badmouthed former President Obama's hobbled healthcare bill after the GOP pulled Paul Ryan's healthcare bill on Friday.
The vote on Ryan's bill was delayed on Thursday and cancelled on Friday without going to a vote.
The new American Healthcare Act will replace former President Obama's disastrous Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare.
House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the specifics of the new bill in a press conference today.
First lady Michelle Obama says she and President Barack Obama have lost hope since the election of Donald Trump.
Obama campaigned on a platform of hope and change in 2008. But eight years later, many Americans are still waiting for the change Obama promised to deliver.
NBC's Saturday Night Live parodied the Obama administration's desperate attempts to sign up healthy young people for ObamaCare in advance of Monday's deadline. SNL's Obama was urged to wear Pharrell's goofy hat; pose for a social media photo op with Kim Kardashian and Batkid; dance with the Pope; and kiss Justin Bieber (played by a female actress) on the lips.
Watch the hilarious video after the break.
President Barack Obama took his ObamaCare agenda to the Ellen Degeneres Show yesterday. Appearing via satellite from his man cave in the White House, Obama promoted his signature healthcare reform law to Ellen's 5 million viewers.
Ellen did her part to urge her female viewers to sign up, saying "we're all grateful for Obamacare."