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Republican Senator From Arkansas Says Trump Health Plan Was Too Rushed

Courtesy: CBS/Face The Nation

SAYS BILL WAS RUSHED -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R- Arkansas, believes “the House moved a bit too fast” on efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.   Cotton appeared on Sunday's  FACE THE NATION on CBS and explained: “To release a bill that was written in secret and then expect to pass it in 18 days I just don’t think was feasible,”  Cotton, a vocal opponent of the American Healthcare Act, recollected on the passage of Obamacare, and described the long-term efforts made by Democrats to pursue a national system of health care took much longer than the 18 days the Republicans took in assembling a replacement bill.  Cotton also mentioned that Washington will need to revisit this issue in the future.

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Courtesy: Voice of America
President Trump reacts to the AHCA health care bill being pulled by Congressional Republicans before a vote as he appears with Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price (L) and Vice President Mike Pence (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.