As a result more than 20 million more Americans now have health insurance. Republicans have been campaigning for years on the promise that they would repeal and replace Obamacare as soon as they had the chance.

There are dozens of other considerations and scenarios, but if you're a Republican in the House, why in the world would you go down this road? "At the same time, I believe every provider is entitled to proper compensation for providing that care".

The Affordable Care Act also extended health care coverage to the children of parents with coverage up to age 26, as well as those with pre-existing illnesses. More hospitals will close in rural areas. "What happened was people who opted for the lowest premium were also some people who couldn't pay the copays and deductibles". Nevertheless, this ME family spent the first part of Sam's life in emergency care at the hospital because of previously undetected congenital birth defects. "Twenty-seven percent of the patient population at UPMC Chautauqua WCA is covered under Medicaid and Medicaid Managed Plans".

For six years we've heard complaints about the Affordable Care Act, a major health reform measure that Democrats forced into law without a single Republican vote. He pressed that even with Medicaid's increasing cost to taxpayers, it's important to look as the money saved when the insurance pool is bigger.

[I] n practice millions of blue-collar whites have gained coverage under the law, particularly in states critical to the Republican electoral map.

Lawmakers at Saturday's rally say some of the states that have had the most to benefit from Obamacare had a majority vote for Trump.

In the case of Cattaraugus County, that will mean a loss of over $1.2 million, while Allegany County stands to lose almost $800,000, according to information in the governor's statement.

But when it comes to the cost of health care, 27% said repealing the law would make things better, while 28% felt they would have to pay more.

Reports state that this enrollment period 35,633 people signed up for health care coverage through New Mexico's exchange, which was set up through provisions in the ACA.

Orlando's freshman U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy took her first swings on the floor of Congress Thursday night, pushing an amendment she offered to protect one of the more popular provisions of Obamacare from repeal, but the amendment failed. However, Reed said it's disingenuous to suggest the Affordable Care Act is not deeply flawed.

Speaking at a forum Friday, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said the Trump administration represents a chance to re-frame the debate on health care.

But they don't want to do this because they have no plan to replace it with, only fragments of partial solutions and a lot of empty words.

Mississippi's poverty dictates that demand for public health care in this state is not likely to decrease.

"Are there tweaks that need to be made on this on all levels?"

"Let me quote someone who I suspect I will not often be quoting", Sanders said. The law authorized $715 billion in reductions to them over 10 years. "You can't manage it the way you would manage a family business", Obama said.

Open enrollment in New York's Obamacare program began on November 1 and runs through January 31. Too many people are still scrambling to find good insurance they can afford.

As of Christmas Eve, 635,909 people had signed up for the Essential Plan, almost double the 380,000 people who used the plan in 2016.

Of those who enrolled past year, 9,189 county residents signed up for Medicaid, 1,085 for Child Health Plus, 1,432 for the Essential Plan and 1,612 for qualified health care plans.

State health officials announced Friday that almost 3.5 million people have used the NY State of Health exchange in recent weeks to obtain health insurance or enroll in Medicaid - a 22% increase from last year's enrollment with almost a month remaining in the current sign up period.