Tag: Affordable Care Act

The AHCA is still quite unpopular, with 44 percent saying they oppose it, compared to 31 percent in support and 25 percent unsure. That's a far cry from what it was before, though. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Poll: AHCA’s numbers improve as Trump voters rally to the bill

David Freddoso · May 8, 2017 10:37 pm

This scaremongering has no basis in fact. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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CNN downplays rape scare it helped spread

Becket Adams · May 8, 2017 9:48 pm

You can't blame CareFirst's four-year, $600 million loss in Obamacare's exchanges on the current presidential administration. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Obamacare is dying in Maryland too, and it isn’t Trump’s or Republicans’ fault

David Freddoso · May 8, 2017 9:31 pm

The Republican senator from Louisiana touted his bill, the Patient Freedom Act, as a solution. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Cassidy: Obamacare repeal must pass Kimmel test and lower premiums

Kimberly Leonard · May 8, 2017 8:05 pm

Democrats also asked the administration to turn over records relating to the cost-sharing program dating back to Trump's first day in office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats demand Trump turn over Obamacare records

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2017 7:59 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., called on Senate Republicans to work on a bipartisan basis on healthcare reform rather than pushing for repeal of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Schumer: Senate GOP should toss House healthcare bill ‘out the window’

Al Weaver · May 8, 2017 7:35 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pledged on Monday that the Senate would act on a healthcare reform measure, but said it would not happen quickly. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: Senate action on healthcare won’t be ‘quick, or simple, or easy’

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2017 6:56 pm

Connecticut announced major rate increases for plans sold on Obamacare's exchanges next year, with one insurer seeking a hike of up to 33 percent. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut’s Obamacare insurers seek double-digit price increases

Robert King · May 8, 2017 5:41 pm

The GOP's road to healthcare reform is long and will almost certainly pass through these two women. (AP)

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Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski may control the future of healthcare. Here’s what they want.

Emily Jashinsky · May 8, 2017 5:27 pm

ABC announced that Cassidy will be Kimmel's guest Monday, when the comedian returns from paternity leave. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy to appear on Jimmy Kimmel’s show after calling for ‘Kimmel test’ on healthcare

Alex Pappas, Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2017 5:15 pm

Moneyball describes a business strategy based on baseball principles, where teams use data to analyze the market for players and then buy what is undervalued and sell what is overvalued. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Time for Trump and Republicans to play ‘Moneyball’ on healthcare?

Bryan Rotella · May 8, 2017 4:41 pm

These miners became the victims of the Left's agenda to shut down the business that provided their paychecks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Energy and Environment

Mitch McConnell: Health benefits secured for retired miners who suffered under Obama’s War on Coal

Mitch McConnell · May 8, 2017 3:13 pm