Washington, Jun 26 (EFE).- The healthcare reform bill being discussed by the US Senate would leave 22 million people without medical insurance by 2026, of whom 15 million would drop off the roles in the first year after its implementation, the Congressional Budget Office calculates in a report released Monday. The Senate bill shows only …
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Washington, 26 jun (EFEUSA).- La Casa Blanca pidió hoy no confiar a ciegas en el informe de la Oficina Presupuestaria del Congreso (CBO) que calcula que la ley sanitaria que debate el Senado dejaría a 22 millones de personas sin seguro médico hasta 2026, al subrayar el historial de “inexactitud” de esa entidad. “La CBO …
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Nueva York, 25 jun (EFE).- Con banderas arcoiris, carteles reivindicativos, atrevidos atuendos y el mejor de los ánimos, decenas de miles de personas festejaron hoy el Desfile del Orgullo Gay en la ciudad de Nueva York, cuna de la celebración que visibiliza al colectivo LGBT desde hace casi medio siglo. La marcha llenó de júbilo …
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Washington, Jun 25 (EFE).- President Donald Trump on Sunday called Democratic lawmakers “obstructionist” for opposing the healthcare plan being pushed by Senate Republicans and designed to dismantle the health reform of former President Barack Obama, popularly known as ObamaCare. In an interview with the Sunday morning Fox News television show “Fox and Friends,” Trump said …
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Washington, Jun 23 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump signed into law Friday a reform of the Veterans Administration (VA) that will make it easier to dismiss any employees who put former combatants’ lives in danger, and will also protect whistleblowers who report bad practices. Reforming the VA was one of Trump’s campaign promises after the …
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Washington, Jun 22 (EFE).- Republican leaders in the United States Senate unveiled a plan Thursday to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. The overhaul, among other things, would repeal a 3.8 percent investment income tax that only applies to high earners, end a penalty on people who do not buy insurance and …
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México, 22 jun (EFE).- El Gobierno de México señaló hoy que el narcotráfico y la violencia que lo acompaña constituyen un problema compartido que sólo terminará si se aborda la alta demanda de drogas en Estados Unidos y la oferta desde México y otros países, en respuesta a un mensaje del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump. …
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Washington, 22 jun (EFE).- Más del 80 % de los estadounidenses quieren aumentar ligeramente los controles a la compra y la capacidad de portar armas de fuego, pero el país sigue muy dividido sobre el tema, pese a que el 44 % de los ciudadanos aseguran conocer personalmente a alguien que haya recibido un disparo …
Miami, Jun 22 (EFE).- Cindy, the third tropical storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall early Thursday on the border between Louisiana and Texas, bringing intense rain and flooding. In its latest public advisory at 1200 GMT, the United States’ National Hurricane Center said the center of Cindy was located 65 kilometers (40 …
Washington DC, Jun 21 (EFE).- The President of the United States proposed on Wednesday to install solar panels on the wall he wants to build along the border with Mexico, so that the energy produced will help finance it and that Mexico “will have to pay a lot less money”. “We’re thinking about building the …
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