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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, photo, a shopper passes a sale sign in the Shadyside shopping district of Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for February. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Trump and Cabinet members are key to the second phase of the American Health Care Act, but Republicans haven't outlined how the administration will release regulations to carry out the policies. (Associated Press)
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Home health care worker Nancy Ross holds up a sign while out during a late winter snow storm on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Bristol, Conn. (Mike Orazzi/The Bristol Press via AP)
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A traveler sits in front of an unstaffed check-in counter during a strike organized by the German ver.di union at the Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2017. The union, representing airport ground staff, has called on its members to go on strike again at Berlin's two airports Tegel and Schoenefeld. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Cancelled flights appear on a flight information board when German ver.di union went on a strike at the airport Tegel in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2017. The union, representing airport ground staff, has called on its members to go on strike again at Berlin's two airports Tegel and Schoenefeld. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, Parker O'Neall, a homeless man living in a shelter of tarps in the outskirts of Everett, Wash., walks back to his encampment in the woods after talking with police and social workers checking on him. As overdose deaths from opioids and heroin spiked the mayor of Everett took steps to tackle the epidemic devastating this working-class city north of Seattle. Mayor Ray Stephanson has spent thousands to clean up streets, hire social workers to ride along with police officers and build permanent housing for the chronically homeless. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, social workers and police check in on a homeless man living in a rough shelter in the woods in Everett, Wash. Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson has spent thousands to clean up streets, hire social workers to ride along with police officers and build permanent housing for the chronically homeless, many with addiction problems. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, police Sgt. Mike Braley, left, talks with Parker O'Neall, a homeless man living in the woods in the outskirts of Everett, Wash. Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson has spent thousands to clean up streets, hire social workers to ride along with police officers and build permanent housing for the chronically homeless, many with addiction problems. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, Parker O'Neall, a homeless man living in a shelter of tarps in an encampment in the outskirts of Everett, Wash., rubs his face as he talks with police and social workers checking on him. As overdose deaths from opioids and heroin spiked the mayor of Everett took steps to tackle the epidemic devastating this working-class city north of Seattle. Mayor Ray Stephanson has spent thousands to clean up streets, hire social workers to ride along with police officers and build permanent housing for the chronically homeless. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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The federal government has a standing commitment to cover health care and pensions for retired miners. (Associated Press/File)
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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Workers man a call center in the southwestern U.S. (AP file photo)
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Participants of a strike organized by the German ver.di union walk past travelers queuing in front of a booking change counter at the Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2017. The union, representing airport ground staff, has called on its members to go on strike again at Berlin's two airports Tegel and Schoenefeld. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Hospitals are worried that their bottom lines will suffer under revisions to America's health care system, and also that Republicans may also put at risk advances health professionals have made in combatting the ongoing opioid epidemic. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders say drastic action is needed because “Obamacare” is a disaster, with soaring premiums and insurers headed for the exits. But while major parts of the 2010 health care law are clearly troubled, others are working fairly well. The risk is that the GOP’s “rescue mission” will inflict collateral damage on what’s working and create new problems. Or that promised solutions might disappoint. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington, in this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders say drastic action is needed because “Obamacare” is a disaster, with soaring premiums and insurers headed for the exits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Padma Lakshmi speaks during a meeting called "The Resistance Training" hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union, Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Coral Gables, Fla. (Luis M. Alvarez) ** FILE **
