Tag: Affordable Care Act

An influential Obamacare opponent who was the architect of a Supreme Court challenge that threatened to unravel the law is raising questions over whether the District of Columbia's health exchange looked the other way so that employees of Congress and others could illegally enroll in a program meant to cover small businesses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New documents trigger questions about special treatment for Congress under Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · September 7, 2017 7:24 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., threw cold water on proposals to repeal or suspend the health insurance tax, and governors were divided on how much flexibility states should have to craft healthcare plans. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate Obamacare fix begins to take shape

Kimberly Leonard · September 7, 2017 5:44 pm

The bill is unlikely to go anywhere in the GOP-controlled Congress this session. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Elizabeth Warren backs Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare bill

Robert King · September 7, 2017 3:13 pm

"We are in the ballpark for a deal, which is news in and of itself," said Sen. Chris Murphy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats see opening for Obamacare fix

Robert King · September 7, 2017 12:40 am

President Trump promised Wednesday that Republicans will take another stab at overhauling the U.S. healthcare system, an effort that collapsed when Senate GOP leaders failed to attract the support they needed to repeal and replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump promises another try on healthcare: ‘We haven’t given up’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 6, 2017 9:40 pm

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has not scored how the bill would impact insurance coverage or the federal deficit. Any bill that seeks to use reconciliation needs to reduce the federal deficit. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

John McCain supports block granting healthcare money to the states

Robert King · September 6, 2017 7:36 pm

Chief among the uncertainty is the fate of subsidies to insurers to reimburse them for lowering co-pays and deductibles for low-income Obamacare customers. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Anthem scales back by half in Kentucky’s Obamacare market

Robert King · September 6, 2017 7:24 pm

Gov. Scott Walker says Obamacare is broken, and the best place to fix it is in the states. (Darren Hauck/AP Images for MilliporeSigma)

Scott Walker: States can fix Obamacare’s mess

Scott Walker · September 6, 2017 7:13 pm

The regulators testified at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday on how to stabilize the individual market. A majority of the five state insurance commissioners at the hearing wanted Congress to provide a reinsurance fund for Obamacare insurers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Insurance regulators want Obamacare reinsurance funds

Robert King · September 6, 2017 4:41 pm

"Timing is a challenge," Alexander said in a copy of his opening remarks for the first hearing on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Lamar Alexander wants bipartisan Obamacare fix by end of next week

Robert King · September 6, 2017 2:46 pm

At least to Trump, DACA's value is its use as a bargaining chip, a value that's gone if he eliminates DACA by executive order on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Shades of Obamacare fight in Trump’s DACA gambit

W. James Antle III · September 6, 2017 1:00 pm

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate starts bipartisan effort to overhaul Obamacare

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · September 6, 2017 4:01 am