Take it power out of washington, d. C. When it comes to your healthcare. House republicans answering the call unveiled a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. Its been 7 years since obamacare was passed into law. Its collapsing. It has hurt more people than it helped. Tonight we deliver on President Trumps promise to repeal and replace. We are not pulling the rug out from under people. We are not going back to the days of people with preexisting conditions cant get coverage or lifetime caps. The mandates and taxes and penalties in obamacare are gone. We have taken the government out of the equation. The government being between patient and their doctors is gone. Liz Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he wants to take this bill up quickly in the senate. But conservative opposition could stop repeal and replace in its tracks. Its a dramatic fight unfolding in washington. Its the first time a Big Entitlement Program has been yanked. The republican replacement for obamacare would
Hear what drives them from a psychologist. An expensive trip all on the taxpayers dime. What we learned about the principal who resigned and the assistant principal still on leakage. Off the top tonight, the controversial decision from alexandria city Public Schools to cancel classes wednesday. Because hundreds of Staff Members requested the day off. Im tony perkins im shawn yancy. Wednesday is initial womens day. As well as the plan, day without a woman strike. Fox 5 Marina Marraco is live in alexandria with the story. Marina . Reporter theres no question, this was a controversial call by alexandria city Public Schools. They say this decision was not a political stance but they made the decision based on all the requests they had by Staff Members to take wednesday, march 8th off, which happens to be International Womens day. They received 300 requests from Staff Members to take that off. And the district says they made that call in order to not jeopardize the learning and safety of st
It achieves the goal. It is obama care gone. We repeal those taxes, those mandates, those subsidies, there is nothing left. Instead we give the same tax break we give workers at big businesses. Clayton what is in the bill . The employer mandate would be replaced immediately, subsidies would be repealed and replaced by a monthly tax credit. It would preserve protections for those with preexisting conditions, young people could stay on their parents plan to age 26 and there are calls for transition away from the current Medicaid Expansion. You mentioned troubled waters, the last point about Medicaid Expansion already a sample of what republican senators expressed Major Concerns and members of the house worry about new entitlements. We need to look at some amendments to make sure we get rid of the taxes, put something on president obamas desk a few months ago to suggest that what we put on President Trumps desk set a new environment, instant taxes, doesnt reveal all of obamacare, we got t