Tag: Affordable Care Act

Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech in Wisconsin on Saturday that it's clear to him and most other policymakers in the GOP that Obamacare is failing; he even described it as "dead." (Pat A. Robinson/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Mike Pence rips Democrats for not working with GOP on healthcare

Kyle Feldscher · June 10, 2017 8:59 pm

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)

James Comey cloud hindering Trump’s agenda

Sarah Bedford · June 10, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Senate staff is working on a Russian sanctions amendment to the election-meddling legislation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Next week: Senate responds to Russia election hacks

Susan Ferrechio · June 10, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., claims congressional Republican are blocking Democrats out of talks about how to proceed with the House-passed healthcare reform bill through reconciliation. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)

Democrats slam GOP senators’ efforts to fast-track healthcare bill

Anna Giaritelli · June 9, 2017 10:41 pm

Liars’ Remorse

William Voegeli · June 9, 2017 6:15 am

Republicans are discussing whether to allow states to opt out of community rating, which forbids insurers from charging sick people more for coverage. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Senate debates keeping key Obamacare insurer requirement

Robert King · June 9, 2017 4:01 am

n a letter to Price, 14 senators asked for the plans to go back to being allowed to cover people for 364 days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators urge change to short-term insurance

Kimberly Leonard · June 8, 2017 9:03 pm

Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada is the latest centrist Republican to say he supports a seven-year phaseout.

Momentum grows in Senate for longer Medicaid phaseout

Robert King · June 8, 2017 8:45 pm

The state blamed uncertainty created by the Trump administration over whether it would enforce Obamacare and whether it would make insurance payments. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington state blames Trump administration for insurer exits

Kimberly Leonard · June 8, 2017 8:28 pm

Trump began his speech Thursday afternoon to the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Conference in Washington as Comey was still testifying on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Trump silent on Comey in first appearance since former FBI director’s testimony

Alex Pappas · June 8, 2017 5:16 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., criticized Republicans for not planning to hold any hearings on the Senate version of the American Health Care Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McCaskill fired up over lack of hearings on healthcare bill

Robert King · June 8, 2017 3:20 pm

Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., began a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Health and Human Services' 2018 budget by debating its impact on Medicaid. (AP Photos)

Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden trade barbs over possible Medicaid cuts

Robert King · June 8, 2017 2:40 pm