Tag: Affordable Care Act

Though the Obama administration has been touting an accelerated pace of individuals signing up for plans under the national health care law, it still remains an open question how many of these individuals actually completed the enrollment process by paying their first month's premiums. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

How many people who have signed up for Obamacare have actually paid?

Philip Klein · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is an agency that operates under the department of Health and Human Services. (AP File)

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CMS official overseeing Obamacare rollout to retire

Philip Klein · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

In this photo from Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger discusses issues related to the federal overhaul of health care during an interview in her office in Topeka, Kan. Praeger is a Republican but supports expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP opposition hasn’t quieted Kansas Medicaid debate

John Hanna · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

This Jan. 21, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama delivering his Inaugural address at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington. ((AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s presidency beset by fits, starts in year 5

Julie Pace · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

‘But What Is the Reality of It?’

William Kristol · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.:ÃÂ "We'll have to see how these health care exchanges work out.ÃÂ But from the reports I'm getting, there are a lot of hospitals, doctors and providers saying they are not participating. And if it turns out that way, then that is a perfect opportunity for us to say that there is a better way."ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Republican message on how to fix Obamacare remains muddled

Susan Ferrechio · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

VIDEO: White House releases December Obamacare numbers

Washington Examiner · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, claimed that failing to raise the debt ceiling would not automatically lead to the U.S. defaulting on its obligations, but it would require the government to "prioritize" its debt payments.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Best of 2013: Mike Lee, a Tea Party rebel with an establishment pedigree

David M. Drucker · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Ted Cruz surprises reporter for blaming the government shutdown on Obama

Charlie Spiering · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Escape from Obamacare

Spencer Cowan, Jeffrey H. Anderson · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Ted Cruz on his coloring book: The world is a “crazy place”

Kelsey Osterman · December 29, 2013 7:59 pm

Beltway Confidential

Howard Dean admits some Americans ‘get screwed’ by Obamacare

Joel Gehrke · December 29, 2013 5:00 am