Tag: Affordable Care Act

McCain said they did not have a plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John McCain on his healthcare no vote: ‘There was repeal, but not replace’

Leah DePiero · August 2, 2017 8:23 pm

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows signaled that the Trump administration and other members of Congress aren't ready to give up the fight. "We're not done with that," the North Carolina Republican said at an event Wednesday on tax reform at the Newseum. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mark Meadows says Obamacare repeal and replace isn’t over

Kimberly Leonard · August 2, 2017 6:13 pm

"News flash: Most Republicans and Trump supporters don't believe that every single tenet of Obamacare is bad." (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Tomi Lahren: The ‘liberal media’ twisted my comments about benefiting from Obamacare

Naomi Lim · August 2, 2017 6:06 pm

Kevin Counihan ran the federal exchange, healthcare.gov, in the Obama administration. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Former Obamacare official Kevin Counihan joins health insurer Centene

Kimberly Leonard · August 2, 2017 5:26 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., wants a consensus on stabilizing the individual market and keeping insurance premiums down. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Lamar Alexander maps out ‘limited’ bipartisan Obamacare deal

Robert King · August 2, 2017 5:09 pm

President Trump's disapproval numbers spiked in late July, following the failure of the Senate to advance any bill to repeal parts of Obamacare. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump’s disapproval rating spikes after Obamacare failure, palace intrigue

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2017 12:37 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney warned Wednesday that Republicans will be hurt politically if they fail to get anywhere on their promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, and said the Senate needs to try again as soon as it can. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Mick Mulvaney: Healthcare failure will ‘haunt’ GOP

Pete Kasperowicz · August 2, 2017 12:20 pm

President Donald Trump speaks outside at a podium.

States to take up Obamacare lawsuit fight

Robert King · August 2, 2017 1:33 am

President Trump lauded his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner as a "good boy" and boasted that the leader of the Boy Scouts told him his controversial jamboree speech was the "greatest speech that was ever made to them." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump lauds Kushner as ‘good boy’, boasts Boy Scout speech ‘greatest ever made’

Josh Siegel · August 1, 2017 9:51 pm

"I would think if you could do something bipartisan where there is give and take, then there ought to be something given in return in terms of market reforms to lower premiums," said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Some Republicans want something in return for Obamacare insurer payments

Robert King · August 1, 2017 9:02 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander warned that if lawmakers did not come to a decision, then "millions of Americans with government subsidies in up to half our states may find themselves with zero options for buying health insurance on the exchanges in 2018." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate prepares to rescue Obamacare exchanges

Kimberly Leonard · August 1, 2017 8:00 pm

Insurers who sell coverage on California's exchange will be increasing premiums by an average of 12.5 percent for 2018, state officials announced Tuesday. That number, however, could almost double if the Trump administration chooses to cut off insurer payments known as cost-sharing reduction payments, said Peter Lee, the executive director of Covered California, the name of the state's exchange. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

California exchange announces rate hikes amid uncertainty about insurer payments

Kimberly Leonard · August 1, 2017 6:47 pm