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2014.01.04Trump tweets "I'm not against vaccinations for your children, I'm against them in 1 massive dose.Spread them out over a period of time & autism will drop!" twitter.com
2015.08.04Trump says the Republicans should shut down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood. cnn.com (See also 2016 Campaign, Planned Parenthood, Women)
2016.03.02Trump again praises Planned Parenthood's work to help millions of women, but says the organization will not get federal funding, if he's elected, as long as abortions are being done. cnn.com (See also Planned Parenthood, Women)
2016.03.13Trump says women who seek abortions should be subject to "some form of punishment" if the procedure is banned in the United States. He later recanted after intense criticism. nytimes.com (See also Planned Parenthood, Women)
2017.01.06Study find that repealing Obamacare could cost 3 million jobs. money.cnn.com
2017.01.09Five moderate Senators break with GOP to try to delay ACA repeal until a replacement is fleshed out. bloomberg.com (See also Affordable Care Act)
2017.01.23Trump reinstates Reagan's "Global Gag Rule," stopping foreign aid to clinics abroad that provide or advocate for abortion services. nbcnews.com (See also Planned Parenthood, Women, Foreign Policy)
2017.01.23Trump revives Reagan-era ban on use of foreign aid for abortion counseling. nytimes.com (See also Abortion)
2017.01.26Longtime anti-abortion leader Pence will be first U.S. Vice President to speak at anti-abortion "March for Life." washingtonpost.com (See also Mike Pence, Abortion, Women)
2017.01.27Pence addresses "March for Life" anti-abortion rally on the National Mall and pledges Trump administration's support in advancing their policies. wsj.com (See also First 100 Days, Abortion, Mike Pence, Women)
2017.01.31.Immigration ban puts American citizens at risk by disrupting travel and status of patients and healthcare workers. wired.com (See also Immigrants, Unprecedented Actions, First 100 days)
2017.03.15Tom Price lies to a cancer survivor about Obamacare repeal plan. crooksandliars.com (See also Tom Price)
2017.03.15Trump is told that repealing Obamacare would hurt his supporters the most. He responds with, 'Oh, I know.' businessinsider.com (See also First 100 Days, Trumpcare, Obamacare)
2017.06.06Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Sheild will pull out of Ohio's Health Insurance Marketplace at the end of this year, blaming the uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump’s-endorsed GOP plan to replace the ACA, as the impetus for the move. daytondailynews.com (See also Affordable Care Act)
2017.06.13Trump told Republican senators that the House GOP health-care bill which he had then celebrated, was now “mean” and he expects the Senate to “improve” the legislation considerably. washingtonpost.com (See also Affordable Care Act, Hypocrisy)
2017.06.14In recent national polls, only about 29 percent of Americans support the American Health Care Act. Even in the most supportive state, deep-red Oklahoma, only about 38 percent of voters support the law. nytimes.com (See also Affordable Care Act)
It is the most unpopular piece of major legislation Congress has considered in decades, even more unloved than TARP (“the bailout”), and much more unpopular than the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
2017.06.17Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS have resigned, furious at the new administration's regressive health policies. buzzfeed.com (See also Unpresidential Behavior)
"The Trump Administration has no strategy to address the on-going HIV/AIDS epidemic, seeks zero input from experts to formulate HIV policy, and —most concerning— pushes legislation that will harm people living with HIV and halt or reverse important gains made in the fight against this disease."
2017.06.22Former members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, who resigned last week in protest, say the Senate's new health care proposals will be devastating to people with the disease. buzzfeed.com (See also Affordable Care Act)
"It will kill people — that's not hyperbole. There will be some people who will die from this."
2017.07.20The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it. thedailybeast.com (See also Affordable Care Act, Department of Health and Human Services, Unprecedented Actions)
2017.07.26In response to Senator Murkowski voting against the ACA repeal, Trump and his administration responded by tweeting at her and a phone call from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke letting them know the vote had put Alaska's future with the administration in jeopardy. adn.com (See also Affordable Care Act, Unpresidential Behavior, Department of the Interior, Ryan Zinke)
2017.07.28A months-long effort by Senate Republicans to pass health-care legislation collapsed early Friday after GOP Senator John McCain joined two of his colleagues to block a stripped-down Obamacare repeal bill. bloomberg.com (See also Affordable Care Act)
2017.08.01Congressional Republicans moved to defuse Trump’s threat to cut off critical payments to health insurance companies, maneuvering around the president toward bipartisan legislation to shore up insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act. nytimes.com (See also Unprecedented Actions, Affordable Care Act)
2017.08.10Actions by the Trump administration are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many people, according to a nonpartisan study. apnews.com (See also Affordable Care Act, Unprecedented Actions)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actions by the Trump administration are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many people, according to
2017.08.15Premiums for the most popular health insurance plans would shoot up 20 percent next year, and federal budget deficits would increase by $194 billion in the coming decade, if Trump carried out his threat to end certain subsidies paid to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act. nytimes.com (See also Affordable Care Act, Unpresidential Behavior)
2017.08.17Hospitals in Trump country are suffering, as Muslim and Pakistani doctors are being denied visas to the US, hurting those who most are in need of help. theintercept.com (See also Muslim Immigration Ban, Immigration)