Tea Party Patriots: Trump Administration Budget a Good Start

Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to the Trump Administration’s first budget blueprint. “The budget released by the Trump Administration today is a good start. It makes substantial cuts to ineffective programs and eliminates entire agencies that are unnecessary or wasteful uses of…

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American Health Care Act Frequently Asked Questions

KEY ISSUES American Health Care Act | Insurance Company Mandates | Medicaid Expansion | Tax Credits | Senate Parliamentarian | F.A.Q. Several of our supporters have sent questions about our stance on the American Health Care Act, or simply asking for more information about the draft legislation in general. Below you'll find some of the most common questions we are seeing and our responses to…Read More

Understanding the Role of the Senate Parliamentarian in the Reconciliation Process

KEY ISSUES American Health Care Act | Insurance Company Mandates | Medicaid Expansion | Tax Credits | Senate Parliamentarian | F.A.Q. Congressional Republicans have chosen to use the Reconciliation Process as the means to pass their “American Health Care Act.” The Reconciliation Process allows a bill to pass the Senate on a simple 51-vote majority, because it cannot be filibustered in the Senate. But there’s…Read More

Understanding the Tax Credits in the American Health Care Act

KEY ISSUES American Health Care Act | Insurance Company Mandates | Medicaid Expansion | Tax Credits | Senate Parliamentarian | F.A.Q. The American Health Care Act creates a new entitlement program in the form of advanceable, refundable tax credits. Just as with Obamacare, the American Health Care Act relies on government use of its coercive power to transfer wealth from one group of people to…Read More

Understanding the Mandates on the Insurance Industry in the American Health Care Act

KEY ISSUES American Health Care Act | Insurance Company Mandates | Medicaid Expansion | Tax Credits | Senate Parliamentarian | F.A.Q. The American Health Care Act requires that insurance companies abide by several regulations, which have had the effect of either driving up insurance costs for everyone or forcing companies out of the market. Obamacare contains two related mandates: 1) the mandate on insurance companies…Read More

The American Health Care Act: Overview

KEY ISSUES American Health Care Act | Insurance Company Mandates | Medicaid Expansion | Tax Credits | Senate Parliamentarian | F.A.Q. Below you’ll find a summary of information on the American Health Care Act, the GOP’s failed attempt to fully repeal and replace ObamaCare. In the following information you’ll learn why the GOP’s plan fails, how it leaves in place some of the worst parts…Read More