Tag: Health

Trump could drop a White House appeal over Obamacare's "cost-sharing reduction" subsidies. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Beltway Confidential

How Trump can keep the drive to repeal Obamacare alive through executive action

Sally Pipes · March 30, 2017 7:06 pm

After the repeal bill was pulled Friday because of a lack of votes from conservative House Freedom Caucus members and moderates, House leadership and the White House signaled they will move on to tax reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare uncertainty could force insurers out of the marketplaces

Robert King · March 30, 2017 4:30 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's concerned that President Trump might strike a deal with Democrats should Republican lawmakers fail to come up with a follow-up to the failed American Health Care Act.

Paul Ryan doesn’t want Trump working with Democrats to fix Obamacare

Daniel Chaitin · March 30, 2017 1:54 am

Judge says indictment didn't sufficiently address exemptions to a prohibition against selling fetal tissue. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

15 felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood

The Associated Press · March 29, 2017 3:20 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a reception for Senators and their spouses in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: A deal on healthcare is ‘going to happen very quickly’

Daniel Chaitin · March 29, 2017 12:42 am

Conservatives believe in maximum freedom and limited-government in healthcare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Do conservatives really want universal health coverage?

Hadley Heath Manning · March 28, 2017 9:53 pm

Democrat Sen. Jon Tester ‘absolutely’ open to supporting Obamacare repeal

Daniel Chaitin · March 28, 2017 6:02 pm

This bill achieves long-standing free market goals: lower taxes, lower spending, expanded HSA's and entitlement reform. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans should learn from Charlie Brown in their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare

Quin Hillyer · March 28, 2017 4:50 pm

Obamacare itself was roughly a $1 trillion tax hike over a decade. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Grover Norquist: By killing the healthcare bill, did the ‘Freedom Caucus’ kill permanent tax reform?

Grover Norquist · March 28, 2017 3:12 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan praised the Restoring Americans' Health Care Freedom Act, but that didn't end up reaching President Trump's desk. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The House healthcare debacle didn’t have to be this way — here’s what Paul Ryan could have done instead

Adam Brandon · March 27, 2017 8:16 pm

President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan blame the House Freedom Caucus for their lack of party loyalty. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans should take on the ‘original sin’ of health insurance: Employer-based coverage

Casey Given · March 27, 2017 7:37 pm

"The good news is that there are multiple paths to producing legislation that will actually repeal Obamacare, just like we promised our voters."

Freedom Caucus member: Despite the healthcare bill’s failure, there are still many options for repealing and replacing Obamacare

Rep. Andy Biggs · March 27, 2017 4:13 pm