Tag: Affordable Care Act

The changes come less than a day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met with key centrist holdouts on the bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate adds opioid money, HSA changes to health bill to woo holdouts

Robert King · June 29, 2017 2:47 pm

The centrist Republican from Maine raised the possibility that legislation she introduced with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., might be considered. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Susan Collins urges ‘overhaul’ of Senate healthcare bill

Kimberly Leonard · June 29, 2017 1:43 pm

The bill is the same legislation that the Senate passed under former President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul: Healthcare bill could pass if you split it in two

Pete Kasperowicz · June 29, 2017 1:00 pm

Heritage Action CEO pushes for changes to Senate health bill

Robert King · June 29, 2017 10:18 am

Trump Strikes Friendly Note with South Korea

Andrew Egger · June 29, 2017 9:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz based the defund effort on his contention that once Obamacare was fully in place and subsidies began to flow — that was scheduled to begin on January 1, 2014 — there would be no stopping it. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: When Ted Cruz, GOP saw troubled future of Obamacare repeal

Byron York · June 29, 2017 4:24 am

It is not clear if McConnell can reach a deal by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate leadership scrambles to lock down healthcare votes

Robert King · June 29, 2017 4:01 am

The votes in play right now seem to belong to centrists and soft conservatives from Medicaid expansion states. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Healthcare bill really could become ‘Trumpcare’ with centrists in play

W. James Antle III · June 29, 2017 4:01 am

"After officers arrived on the scene, they warned the demonstrators to cease and desist with their unlawful demonstration activities," authorities said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Capitol Police arrest 40 people during healthcare protests

Mandy Mayfield · June 28, 2017 10:47 pm

"It's sort of a whole different kind of effort that is underway, and I think people will leave there pretty upbeat about what's happening," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., of the Trump administration's strategy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican lawmakers pressure GOP leaders to drop tax cuts in healthcare bill

Susan Ferrechio, Robert King · June 28, 2017 10:44 pm

South Dakota lawmaker says tax credits should be given to dependents of parents who were on employer plans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP Sen. Rounds proposes keeping Obamacare tax on investments

Robert King · June 28, 2017 7:52 pm

By asking a different question, Takeru Kobayashi redefined the problem of winning a hot dog eating contest and found a solution far superior to any of his competitors. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

We’re not asking the right questions about healthcare reform and Obamacare repeal

Gerard Gianoli · June 28, 2017 7:20 pm