Tag: Affordable Care Act

When we make our arguments about the costs and benefits of our preferred policies, we should at least be willing to explain how and why our policies would work. (Twitter)

Would it really kill the CBO to show its work?

Ross Marchand · August 9, 2017 4:01 am

Congress needs to reach a deal to fund payments to Obamacare insurers by the end of September if lawmakers want to avoid even heftier price increases for customers, experts say. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Congress faces tight deadline to reduce Obamacare premiums

Robert King · August 9, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is proposing a solution to the GOP's healthcare woes that pleases West Virginians -- one that would keep parts of Obamacare, but let people and companies escape the law's mandates, and also boost funding to fight opioid addiction. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Shelley Moore Capito: Kill Obamacare mandates, but keep the subsidies

Susan Ferrechio · August 9, 2017 4:01 am

Speaking about GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, the health and human services secretary said, "Nobody is interested in cutting Medicaid." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Tom Price: ‘Healthcare challenge is not dead’

Kimberly Leonard · August 8, 2017 10:00 pm

"The president and others have set these early timelines about things need to be done by a certain point." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell laments Trump’s ‘excessive expectations’ for perception Congress is unproductive

Sean Langille · August 8, 2017 6:07 pm

Dr. Patrick Conway, a Department of Health and Human Services holdover from the Obama administration, has been appointed CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the company announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

HHS official heads to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Kimberly Leonard · August 8, 2017 5:43 pm

Demonstrators rally outside of the Capitol as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare" because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pro-Obamacare group targets repeal voters

Robert King · August 8, 2017 2:32 pm

The pushback could play a key role in landing enough political support for a short-term bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare's exchanges. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats, some Republicans fight ‘bailout’ label for Obamacare payments

Robert King · August 8, 2017 4:01 am

The rally also comes as Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, which includes several southern Pittsburgh suburbs, is facing a special election next month. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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New poll finds shrinkage among Trump’s base in swing states

Emily Jashinsky · August 7, 2017 8:05 pm

Health insurer Anthem said will not sell insurance plans in Obamacare's exchange in Nevada next year. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Anthem to leave Nevada’s Obamacare exchange in 2018

Robert King · August 7, 2017 5:41 pm

Why Obamacare Premiums Have Gone Up So Much

Fred Barnes · August 7, 2017 9:30 am

The problem facing GOP lawmakers like Sen. Orrin Hatch is that if they want to eliminate those $700 billion in taxes as part of tax reform without adding to the deficit, they would have to do so by eliminating a proportionate amount tax breaks. (AP Photo, File/Cliff Owen)

Obamacare repeal failure gives Republicans a tax headache

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2017 4:01 am