Tag: Affordable Care Act

McCain's opposition to the GOP's plan to overhaul Obamacare has prompted many in the media to say McCain shouldn't be attacked or criticized at all in the healthcare debate, because he has brain cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John McCain: The media’s ‘hero’ and human shield on healthcare

Eddie Scarry · September 27, 2017 11:01 am

"Officially now, Graham-Cassidy is dead," declared Jimmy Kimmel. (Screen shot)

Jimmy Kimmel on Graham-Cassidy bill: ‘I haven’t been as happy about something being dead since bin Laden’

Diana Stancy Correll · September 27, 2017 5:22 am

Insurers are facing a Sept. 27 deadline to sign contracts with states for how much Obamacare health plans will cost. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Health insurers face key Obamacare deadline Wednesday

Kimberly Leonard · September 27, 2017 4:01 am

GOP lawmakers have no plan for how to bridge the major ideological divisions among them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Republicans disagree on their next move to repeal Obamacare

Robert King · September 26, 2017 11:23 pm

It should be axiomatic among Republicans that Obamacare must be repealed and replaced during the current Congress. The last opportunity to do so appears to be the Graham-Cassidy bill. That being so, it must pass, and it must be improved before it passes. Specifically, the bill's experiments in actual health insurance markets, need to be made more robust. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare overhaul sponsors aim to move forward

Robert King · September 26, 2017 9:36 pm

Though Democrats argued for reviving bipartisan talks that had been taking place between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., several Republican senators were skeptical about pumping more money into Obamacare without broader reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Some Republicans wary of continuing bipartisan Obamacare ‘fix’ talks

Robert King · September 26, 2017 9:29 pm

The Louisiana Republican said he wished he had more time to sell the legislation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bill Cassidy on why Obamacare overhaul failed: ‘Time is the enemy’

Robert King · September 26, 2017 8:08 pm

"Substance matters and the ability to validate data matters," Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lisa Murkowski slams ‘lousy’ process on Graham-Cassidy Obamacare overhaul bill

Kimberly Leonard · September 26, 2017 7:42 pm

"I believe left to themselves, without anyone putting pressure on them not to do it, it can happen and happen quickly," Schumer said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Chuck Schumer: America breathing a ‘sigh of relief’ after GOP’s healthcare failure

Al Weaver · September 26, 2017 7:24 pm

Dozens of demonstrators laid down in from the of the subway entrance as others covered themselves with white sheets to symbolize what they view as the many lives that would be lost under the GOP's healthcare plan. (Photo courtesy: Megaphone Strategies)

9 arrested for blocking Capitol subway during healthcare protest

Sean Langille · September 26, 2017 6:48 pm

If the House simply passed the Senate budget, Republicans could be ready to unveil tax reform in days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers pessimistic on attaching Obamacare overhaul to tax reform

Robert King · September 26, 2017 6:23 pm

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pulled the plug on the effort a day after a third Republican came out against the legislation, authored by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate Republicans pull plug on Graham-Cassidy Obamacare overhaul effort

Susan Ferrechio · September 26, 2017 6:05 pm