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Trump administrationās rule unveiled last week to allow some employers with āsincerely held moral convictionsā to bypass a health law requirement to provide no-cost contraceptives to women would exempt at least two anti-abortion groups: the March for Life and Real Alternatives.
A quick guide to revisions to the cost-sharing subsidies for lower-income marketplace customers and the proposal to add different plans to the market.
For several million consumers who buy their own insurance but earn too much to qualify for subsidies, the ever-growing price of premiums takes a big toll.
Tom Price resigned from running the Department of Health and Human Services after a series of news stories detailing how he tallied more than $400,000 in private plane travel paid for by taxpayers.Ā
Even though the Affordable Care Act has dodged another legislative bullet, it still faces challenges.
The statement from the Maine senator came after the Congressional Budget Office said the bill would cause millions of people to become uninsured.
The measure proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would disrupt the existing health system more than any of the measures considered so far this year, according to supporters and critics.
Republicans are making a concerted push to unite around a bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy that would gut major provisions of the federal health law.
State leaders tell senators that federal dollars are needed this fall to keep insurers participating in Obamacare next year and prevent big hikes in premiums.
The federal health law includes a provision that allows states to alter some of its rules if they can think of a better way to provide health care to their residents, but itās not clear how far outside the box states can go.
Making needed fixes to Obamacare before next year may be more difficult ā and expensive ā than Senate leaders think, state insurance commissioners suggested at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
As lawmakers look for ways to stabilize the health law marketplaces, a number of ideas ā such as expanding who can ābuy inā to Medicare and Medicaid or pushing young adults off their parentsā plans into the marketplaces ā might come into play.
By taking aim at the subsidies received by some congressional staff members who, under the Affordable Care Act, are mandated to get their health coverage from the Obamacare exchanges, the president reignited an old fight.
As postmortems mount regarding the collapse of the Senate Republican health plan, itās clear how complex political and policy issues worked against the replacement effort.
The Affordable Care Act has repeatedly faced opposition in Congress and the courts, but it has continued to survive.
The Affordable Care Act has repeatedly faced opposition in Congress and the courts, but it has continued to survive.
The deliberations will be strictly governed by a time limit on debate and strict rules about what is germane.
The parliamentarian finds that provisions of the bill cannot go forward with a simple majority vote.
During another day of fast-moving developments, Senate Republicans signaled their intent to attempt to bring an updated repeal-and-delay bill to the floor for a vote next week.
The return to high rates of uninsurance expected under GOP plans to repeal and replace Obamacare would mean less access to health care for people with insurance too, researchers say.
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