Tag: Affordable Care Act

OBM Director Mick Mulvaney said he's not concerned about the rich getting a tax cut under the GOP plan to replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mulvaney downplays tax cuts for the rich in GOP healthcare plan

Kyle Feldscher · March 14, 2017 12:31 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer rejected reports that the Trump administration was anticipating a high number of insurance losses under the Republican healthcare bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sean Spicer: ‘Misleading’ to say White House expects massive insurance losses

Pete Kasperowicz · March 14, 2017 12:20 pm

The White House has so far declined to use "Trumpcare" for the new legislation the president has championed. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Media settle on ‘Trumpcare’ for GOP health plan

Eddie Scarry · March 14, 2017 4:01 am

Instead of rebuking Trump, conservative groups are dissing the AHCA as "Ryancare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In talks with Trump, conservatives make Ryan the scapegoat

David M. Drucker · March 14, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans want to use budget reconciliation for measures not currently permitted under the process. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Conservatives ratchet up pressure to ditch Senate rules

Susan Crabtree · March 14, 2017 4:01 am

U.S. air strikes in Syria have suddenly revived a debate in Congress about whether to take up a new measure to authorize the president to use military force. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Report: White House predicts even more coverage carnage on Obamacare repeal

Jeremy Lott · March 14, 2017 3:01 am

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Friday evening said two other House Freedom Caucus members now plan to support the American Health Care Act following recent improvements to the bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Scalise: 14M people will get off Obamacare ‘given the choice’

Anna Giaritelli · March 14, 2017 2:40 am

The Medicaid expansion is already facing massive budget overruns and crowding out resources for the needy. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Beltway Confidential

Four common-sense Medicaid solutions House Republicans should put in their Obamacare replacement

Josh Archambault · March 14, 2017 12:00 am

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speak to reporters about the Congressional Budget Office projection that 14 million people would lose health coverage under the House Republican bill dismantling former President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: CBO score ‘speaks to cruelty’ of the GOP health insurance plan

Susan Ferrechio · March 13, 2017 11:13 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is making an aggressive effort to convince conservatives that his current plan to overhaul the healthcare system is "what good conservative healthcare reform looks like." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

5 takeaways from CBO report on House Republicans’ Obamacare repeal and replacement

Philip Klein · March 13, 2017 10:08 pm

Millions to Forgo Insurance Once the Government Stops Penalizing Them for It, Report Says

Chris Deaton · March 13, 2017 10:03 pm

Agency will have a major role in implementing any health reform that repeals and replaces Obamacare. (Wikipedia Commons)

Senate confirms Seema Verma to lead CMS

Robert King · March 13, 2017 10:03 pm