Tag: Affordable Care Act

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid: House Republicans stand in way of ‘grand bargain’ on budget

Sean Lengell · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

"The Equal Healthcare Access Act offers Americans access to the same health insurance plans long enjoyed by members of Congress and their families," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said. (AP File)

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Bipartisan trio wants to let all Americans join congressional health plan

Joel Gehrke · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., took the creators of the flailing Healthcare.gov website to task Thursday, saying it was a "lame excuse" for them to blame the website's glitches on "unexpected volumes" of traffic.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Anna Eshoo says don’t blame Obamacare site ills on high traffic volume

Ashe Schow · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield says it is being forced to cancel plans that currently cover 76,000 individuals in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., due to changes made by President Obama's health care law. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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CareFirst says 76,000 customers will lose current coverage due to Obamacare

Philip Klein · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

A healthcare.gov website error message is displayed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is overseeing the exchanges in 36 states, does not expect to release enrollment data until the middle of November. (AP/HealthCare.gov)

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The first step in recovery is admitting the cover-up always fails

Mark Tapscott · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Politico: Medical device industry readies for next big fight

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

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Dummy data file on Healthcare.gov offers Star Wars, Transformers characters

Charlie Spiering · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

From left, Cheryl Campbell, senior vice president of CGI Federal; Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI; Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions; and John Lau, program director for Serco, listen to questioning on Capitol Hill on, Thursday during aÃÂ HouseÃÂ EnergyÃÂ andÃÂ CommerceÃÂ CommitteeÃÂ hearing. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Lawmakers open first probe into botched health care roll out

Susan Ferrechio · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday that 106,185 Americans had enrolled in Obamacare exchanges (AP/Jon Elswick)

Issues dog ‘other contractor’ as House panel convenes first hearing on healthcare.gov’s many troubles

Richard Pollock · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Even if administration officials can fix Obamacare's technical problems, they may have a hard time convincing young and healthy Americans to purchase insurance due to prohibitive costs. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Florida Blue dropping 300,000 policyholders due to Obamacare rules

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Cheryl Campbell, senior vice president of CGI listens at left as Andy Slavitt, representing QSSI's parent company, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with contractors that built the federal government's health care websites. The contractors responsible for building the troubled Healthcare.gov website say it was the government's responsibility _ not theirs _ to test it and make sure it worked. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Builders of Obamacare website say more testing was needed

Sean Lengell · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said he's pleased with the progress so far of Minnesota's health insurance exchange, which is being run by the state. (AP File)

Al Franken: Obamacare website getting better

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am