Tag: Affordable Care Act

Thirty-six U.S. counties are still facing the prospect of having no health insurer to buy tax-subsidized plans from next year. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Health insurer Centene fills empty patches in Missouri exchange

Kimberly Leonard · June 30, 2017 2:09 pm

President Trump on Monday claimed his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, "colluded or obstructed" to rig the election in favor of Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: GOP Senate should repeal, then replace Obamacare at later date

Anna Giaritelli · June 30, 2017 11:09 am

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is calling for bipartisanship to work on fixing Obamacare instead of scrapping it completely. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators flirt with bipartisanship on healthcare bill

Kimberly Leonard · June 30, 2017 4:01 am

Amendment would let insurers sell plans that don't comply with Obamacare's insurance mandates as long as they sell some plans that do. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate leaders consider Cruz option to avoid Obamacare insurer requirements

Robert King · June 29, 2017 10:54 pm

Though he expected his counterparts in the Senate to face the same hurdles that initially derailed the House bill, Scalise was not at all pessimistic about passing reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

How Steve Scalise predicted the Senate’s healthcare dilemma just last month

Emily Jashinsky · June 29, 2017 9:30 pm

No matter the issue, conservatives can all do a better job of making arguments from principle rather than potential consequences. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Have conservatives completely forgotten how to make a moral argument?

Jason Russell · June 29, 2017 8:50 pm

"If it takes something like that to get members on board to move this process forward we have to consider that," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the third-ranking GOP senator. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senators target healthcare bill’s tax cut for wealthy

Robert King · June 29, 2017 8:37 pm

Under the Senate bill, Medicaid spending would increase 1.9 percent per year through 2026 and about 3.5 percent per year in the decade after that, the CBO said. (iStock photo)

CBO: Senate bill cuts Medicaid spending by 35 percent in coming decades

Robert King · June 29, 2017 8:36 pm

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the incoming top Republican of the Environment and Public Works Committee, hopes to find areas of cooperation with the Biden administration, despite her disappointment with the new president's early climate moves.

Shelley Moore Capito still a ‘no’ on healthcare bill, despite opioid funding boost

Kimberly Leonard · June 29, 2017 7:29 pm

More than 8,000 Nevadans will lose coverage come Jan 1. (Twitter)

Rural Nevada left without Obamacare insurers after two carriers exit

Melissa Quinn · June 29, 2017 3:43 pm

Connecticut senator thinks GOP "moral" response is hypocritical. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chris Murphy: Republicans will criticize Trump for Mika ‘face-lift’ slam then take away healthcare

Jack O'brien · June 29, 2017 3:29 pm

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said that his state doesn't have an income or sales tax, which would make it harder for his state to take on a greater burden of Medicaid. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sununu is the latest GOP governor to oppose the Senate health bill

Robert King · June 29, 2017 3:16 pm