Affordable Care Act

Trump administration cuts funding for Affordable Care Act sign-up programs

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

In a call with reporters, Health and Human Services officials say advertising will be cut to $10 million for the 2018 open enrollment season. That's down from $100 million for the 2017 sign-up season.

This bipartisan health care plan could stabilize markets, two governors say

By Associated Press

The recommendation is part of a compromise plan that's designed to be palatable to both parties. It was endorsed by six other governors.

An Obamacare win: No ‘bare counties’ for health insurance next year

By Casey Ross, STAT

An insurer has stepped up to sell individual health insurance policies to the last county in the U.S. without Obamacare coverage in 2018.

Column: A tax reform President Trump should like, and you should too

By Yevgeniy Feyman, Charles Blahous

If both sides of the aisle are serious about improving our health care system, fixing this subsidy must become a priority.

Trump taunts McConnell over failed attempt at health care reform

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

In President Donald Trump's shot at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday, he wrote on Twitter, "Senator Mitch McConnell said I had 'excessive expectations,' but I don't think so. After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace, why not…

Trump administration’s actions raise health insurance premiums, study says

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Researchers from the Kaiser foundation looked at proposed premiums for a benchmark silver plan across major metropolitan areas in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Overall, they found that 15 of those cities will see increases of 10 percent or more…

New court ruling complicates Trump’s threat to push ‘Obamacare’ into collapse

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

If Trump makes good on his threat, experts estimate that premiums for a standard "silver" plan would increase by about 19 percent.

The fight over Obamacare is over — for now. What does that mean for seniors?

By Philip Moeller

Republicans are far from finished when it comes to trying to honor their seven-year-old pledge to do away with the Affordable Care Act.

President Trump on tricky legal ground with ‘Obamacare’ threat

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of "Obamacare" could put the government in a tricky legal situation.

After failed Senate vote, will Congress give these new health care ideas a chance?

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

They have iffy prospects at best, and there were no signs Monday that GOP leaders have chosen a fresh pathway after last week's collapse of their struggle to repeal and rewrite the statute.