Tag: Affordable Care Act

Mick Mulvaney and Peter Orszag sparred Thursday about the American Health Care Act, the Congressional Budget Office and prescription drug prices. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump and Obama budget chiefs spar over Obamacare replacement, CBO

Kimberly Leonard · May 11, 2017 7:46 pm

Twenty-one percent of Americans approve of the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare that passed the House last week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump health bill really unpopular, poll shows

Robert King · May 11, 2017 7:11 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., used a legislative hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the Food and Drug Administration to blast the GOP-controlled Senate's process for repealing Obamacare. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Patty Murray slams GOP for boxing Democrats out of healthcare talks

Robert King · May 11, 2017 2:37 pm

Save My Care, a group working to defend Obamacare, is expanding its attack ads against Republicans who voted in favor of the health bill. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Pro-Obamacare group expanding attack ads against Republicans

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2017 9:45 pm

The health insurance giant will be withdrawing from Delaware and Nebraska, leaving no state participation. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Aetna completely exits Obamacare exchanges, cites massive losses

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2017 9:29 pm

Several senators were worried that the political fallout of the dismissal will distract from their efforts on an Obamacare replacement plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comey firing could derail Senate work on Obamacare repeal

Robert King · May 10, 2017 7:55 pm

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Would Use Obamacare Waivers in GOP Health Bill

Chris Deaton · May 10, 2017 5:38 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Senators tackle Medicaid growth rates

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein · May 10, 2017 4:36 pm

The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation will release a score of the Obamacare repeal and replace bill the week of May 22, according to the agency. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

CBO to score Obamacare repeal week of May 22

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2017 3:45 pm

"If he is [President Trump] going to fulfill his contract, there will have to be still some sort of a Medicaid expansion program I think," Cassidy said. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Cassidy: Medicaid expansion may not end

Robert King · May 10, 2017 3:39 pm

Jimmy Kimmel is right that nobody plans for disasters like this to happen, and there should be laws to help people like his son get quality treatment. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Fixing Obamacare is not akin to wishing death upon those in need

Morgan Deane · May 9, 2017 7:42 pm

"If you are really talking about replicating what Maine did, it would take $15 billion a year, which I do not see in the House bill," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Collins: House’s high-risk pools are woefully short of funding

Robert King · May 9, 2017 7:30 pm