Tag: Affordable Care Act

A critical mass of Republicans is either unwilling or unable to challenge the core elements of Obamacare. Above, the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans have already given up on repealing and replacing Obamacare

Philip Klein · June 16, 2017 4:01 am

No legislative text has ben released and major divisions remain in the GOP conference over Medicaid and other issues. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Vote on healthcare bill by July 4 looking more in doubt

Robert King · June 15, 2017 7:22 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the HHS fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Tom Price doesn’t know why Trump called GOP healthcare bill ‘mean’

Kimberly Leonard · June 15, 2017 3:42 pm

Through entering the exchange, Oscar is moving in the opposite direction of many other insurers who have chose not to participate next year because of millions of dollars in losses and uncertainty ahead as Republicans vow to repeal and replace portions of the law. (iStock photo)

Oscar Health to enter depleted Obamacare exchange in Ohio

Kimberly Leonard · June 15, 2017 3:10 pm

This year states are poised to start paying for part of their Medicaid expansions. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Medicaid expansion to cost states nearly $9 billion

Kimberly Leonard · June 15, 2017 4:01 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats cry foul over HHS promotion of health law

Robert King · June 14, 2017 9:39 pm

The company assumes that the individual mandate will not be enforced and that cost-sharing reduction subsidies will not be paid. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Insurer Highmark requests double-digit rate increases in Delaware

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2017 7:09 pm

Aetna announced that it would completely withdraw from the Obamacare exchanges in 2018. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Aetna leaves door open to staying in Nevada’s Obamacare exchange

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2017 7:28 am

President Trump wants the Supreme Court to review the petition immediately. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republican healthcare reforms tiptoe timidly toward disaster

Washington Examiner · June 14, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump's reported call to make healthcare reform efforts more generous could alienate some of the conservatives he would need to get a bill through the Senate after narrowly succeeding in the House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump tries to lead on Obamacare

W. James Antle III · June 14, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will join congressional Republicans in seeking lower healthcare premiums. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell defends closed-door healthcare talks: ‘Nobody is hiding the ball’

Susan Ferrechio · June 13, 2017 11:00 pm

Republican governor said he doesn't want Obamacare's Medicaid expansion to end, while Sen. Dean Heller wants to phase it out gradually. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval breaks with Heller on Medicaid expansion

Robert King · June 13, 2017 9:21 pm