Tag: Affordable Care Act

"I believe all the pork and insurance bailout superfund ... is not a conservative notion," Sen. Rand Paul said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul a ‘no’ on healthcare bill, blasts GOP ‘superfund’ on insurance

Kimberly Leonard · July 12, 2017 5:06 pm

Cruz wants Reynolds to negotiate a deal that allows corn farmers "to sell much more corn," but without costing thousands of refinery workers their jobs. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Hey Senate Republicans, give patients the Consumer Freedom Option

Jason Pye · July 12, 2017 4:51 pm

Senate Republicans would be wrong to think that pushing back the start of their summer vacation by two short weeks is all that's needed to overcome the challenges they face. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mitch McConnell delays the Senate’s August recess, but showing up is only half the battle

James Wallner · July 12, 2017 4:00 pm

It's unclear if the proposals would ever be acceptable to Republicans. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

House Democrats unveil Obamacare fixes

Robert King · July 12, 2017 3:21 pm

Rand Paul wrote in an op-ed in Brietbart News that Republicans campaigned on repealing the entirety of the law, but aren't living up to those promises. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul: Senate Republicans are deciding to keep Obamacare

Robert King · July 12, 2017 2:50 pm

Insurers oppose Ted Cruz’s measure to allow plans that don’t comply with Obamacare

Robert King · July 12, 2017 11:58 am

Most Republican governors declined to implement Medicaid expansion, but several, along with all Democratic governors, did. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How Republican Medicaid flip-flops made Obamacare repeal so much harder

David M. Drucker · July 12, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blamed Democratic obstructionism for why it was necessary to extend the Senate work session into mid-August. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Here’s what the Senate hopes to get done in August

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has struggled to gain consensus on a plan revealed late last month that repeals and replaces part of Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative leaders outline provisions they want in Senate healthcare bill

Melissa Quinn · July 11, 2017 10:00 pm

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma with President Trump. Verma said the waiver isn't a long-term solution, "but it does stabilize Alaska's insurance market." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration OKs Alaska waiver to stabilize health insurance market

Robert King · July 11, 2017 9:14 pm

While conservatives are on board with the amendment, there remain lingering concerns from senators about protections for people with pre-existing conditions. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Fate of Cruz’s healthcare proposal hinges on CBO

Robert King · July 11, 2017 8:07 pm

Republican leaders are discussing keeping the Affordable Care Act's 3.8 percent investment tax on upper-income earners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate healthcare bill likely to keep Obamacare taxes

Susan Ferrechio · July 11, 2017 7:11 pm