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Salt Lake City, UT – After failing to secure sufficient votes to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA), President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the bill moments before it was scheduled for a vote. Chase Thomas, Better Utah’s policy and advocacy counsel, issued the following statement: “The defeat of the AHCA is a
Salt Lake City, UT – Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives postponed a vote scheduled for later today on the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The AHCA is House Republicans’ effort to fulfill their longtime campaign promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.” Negotiations in securing sufficient Republican
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Jason Chaffetz faced a torrential backlash Tuesday about the way he framed the difficult decisions poorer Americans may have to make when it comes to their insurance under a new Republican plan to slim down Obamacare. “Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice. So rather than
Source: Yahoo! News Chaffetz also appeared on Fox News Tuesday, where he sought to clarify his iPhone remark. “What we’re trying to say and maybe I didn’t say it as smoothly as I possibly could, but people need to make a conscious choice and I believe in self-reliance,” he said. “And they’re going to have
Salt Lake City, UT – The Alliance for a Better Utah responded to comments Representative Jason Chaffetz made during a CNN interview this morning while talking about Republicans’ current plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. When asked whether the new plan will leave low-income Americans uninsured, Rep. Chaffetz said these people would have to
Source: KRCL An update on Standing Rock and the growing Native Nations movement in Utah. Guests: Braidan Weeks of Living the Circle of Life, plus PANDOS and the Utah League of Native American Voters. Hosts: Lara Jones and Nick Burns. Utah legislation mentioned on tonight’s show: HB259: Duty to Retreat HB156: State Job Application Process
SALT LAKE CITY — Without the Affordable Care Act, Kammie Garr may be forced to sign her son over to the state so he can get the medical care he desperately needs. “We struggle,” the Clinton mother of three said Wednesday. “He’s better with health care, but many of the therapies that would work for
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Kammie Garr is among large numbers of Utah residents opposed to President Donald Trump’s plans for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, as highlighted in a report released Wednesday. Garr spent countless nights in the emergency room with her son, Dominick, diagnosed at age 3 with the birth defect
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