Oct 12 Trump plans to 'immediately' stop ACA payments to insurers By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press In a move likely to roil America's insurance markets, President Donald Trump will "immediately" halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to persuade Congress to unravel for months. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 9:13 How Trump's executive order affects health care plans By Travis Daub Congress may have failed to repeal and replace Obamacare, but an executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday could trigger big changes in the health care law. William Brangham talks to Avik Roy of the Foundation for Research on… Continue watching
Oct 12 WATCH: Trump signs executive order to boost lower-premium health plans By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Frustrated by health care failures in Congress, President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to undermine "Obamacare," the program he's promised to kill. Continue reading
Oct 07 Trump reaches out to Democrats in bid for 'great' health law By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The president has suggested that he'd be open to negotiating with Democrats on health care. Continue reading
Oct 06 Trump weakens Obamacare's birth control mandate By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Trump administration is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons. Continue reading
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 News Hour 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