Tag: Affordable Care Act

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., has filed an amendment that would reimburse Americans who paid the penalty for going uninsured in 2014 and 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tax bill would nix Obamacare individual mandate in time for coming tax season

Kimberly Leonard · November 30, 2017 11:56 pm

Whatever world Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., finds himself in, either this one or the next, his career will always be fair game. His family, however, never will. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Go ahead and attack John McCain, but don’t insult the dying man’s family

Philip Wegmann · November 30, 2017 6:49 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Thursday that she is seeking assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a waiver of an automatic $26 billion cut to Medicare if the tax reform bill becomes law. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Susan Collins not a ‘yes’ yet on tax reform

Robert King · November 30, 2017 4:37 pm

Avalere Health found that 73 percent of plans that will become active in 2018 have more restrictive networks, up from 68 percent in 2017 and 54 percent in 2015. (iStock photo)

Obamacare plans will become even more restrictive in 2018: Study

Kimberly Leonard · November 30, 2017 4:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the Senate is on track to finish the tax reform bill this week. "We are on the cusp of a great victory for the country and particularly small business." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell is confident the Senate will pass tax reform ‘either late tonight or early tomorrow’

Susan Ferrechio · November 30, 2017 3:43 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., says his concerns about the Republican tax reform effort in the Senate are genuine, but Johnson also has a reputation. "Johnson actively seeks to have differences of opinion just to be a jerk," one Republican operative said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leaders don’t take Ron Johnson’s tax reform threats seriously

David M. Drucker · November 30, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. Susan Collins said that she is still concerned about the tax reform bill's provision to repeal Obamacare's individual mandate penalty, but will vote in favor of advancing the bill. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Susan Collins will support GOP tax bill in first procedural vote

Kimberly Leonard · November 29, 2017 7:52 pm

Alex Azar, President Donald Trump's nominee to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alex Azar pushes back against accusations of Obamacare ‘sabotage’

Kimberly Leonard · November 29, 2017 5:55 pm

The CBO estimate gives Democrats ammunition to bolster their claims that Alexander-Murray won't help offset the mandate repeal. (Bloomberg)

CBO: Extending Obamacare subsidies won’t change coverage loss caused by individual mandate repeal

Robert King · November 29, 2017 5:21 pm

President Trump's pick to head HHS, Alex Azar, told senators Wednesday the conscience of employers needs to be taken into account when it comes to providing birth control. He said you "have to balance the woman's choice with the conscience of employers and others." (Screenshot)

Trump HHS pick Alex Azar defends scaling back birth control mandate

Robert King · November 29, 2017 4:01 pm

Americans who don't get coverage through a job or through a government program like Medicaid have until Dec. 15 to sign up through the federal government. Nearly 2.8 million people signed up through the healthcare.gov website during the first 25 days of Obamacare's open enrollment. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Nearly 2.8 million sign up for Obamacare during first 25 days of open enrollment

Kimberly Leonard · November 29, 2017 3:39 pm

Democrats for Prohibition, and other absurdities

Washington Examiner · November 29, 2017 5:01 am