Sep 27 Funding hangs in limbo for the nation’s 1,400 community health centers By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News With four days left in the government’s fiscal year, Congress has not voted on reauthorizing billions of dollars now going to community health centers and other health programs for the 2018 budget year that starts Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 27 Congress at crossroads after another GOP health care failure By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Some lawmakers said it's still possible to bridge the partisan gap on a limited set of priority issues. Continue reading
Sep 24 Opposition from GOP senators grows, jeopardizes health bill By Associated Press Republican opposition to the GOP health care bill swelled to near-fatal numbers Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 23 Trump criticizes McCain over health care bill By Erica Werner and Alan Fram, Associated Press Sen. John McCain's opposition to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Obama health law has dealt a likely fatal blow to the legislation. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 2:52 What’s next for health care after McCain rejects GOP’s Graham-Cassidy plan? By PBS NewsHour Sen. John McCain dealt a major blow to Republicans’ latest effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act by announcing he will not vote for the Graham-Cassidy reform proposal. Judy Woodruff sits down with Lisa Desjardins to discuss what this means… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 12:42 Shields and Brooks on GOP’s health care uncertainty, Trump’s UN nationalism By PBS NewsHour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the fate of the latest Senate Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump’s role in the special… Continue watching
Sep 22 Obamacare signup site to be shut down for 12 hours nearly every Sunday of open enrollment By Laura Santhanam The department has already planned to shorten open enrollment season by 45 days -- running from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, 2017 for 2018 coverage. Continue reading
Sep 21 AP FACT CHECK: President Trump’s tweets on GOP health bill and pre-existing conditions By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Donald Trump says the latest Republican health bill ensures coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. But an AP Fact Check finds that the legislation could leave them vulnerable. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 8:21 What you need to know about the GOP’s Graham-Cassidy health care bill By PBS NewsHour Republican’s long-fraught effort to repeal the ACA has regained momentum in the Senate just as a critical deadline looms for the GOP. The new health care bill, sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Bill Cassidy, would bring sweeping changes… Continue watching
Sep 20 Senate Republicans say they’ll push ahead with plan to repeal Obamacare By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intends to bring up a GOP health care bill on the Senate floor next week. That’s according to McConnell’s spokesman, David Popp. The legislation by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of… Continue reading