Mar 07 WATCH: 'We made a promise' to repeal and replace Obamacare, Paul Ryan says By News Desk House Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to address the new GOP health care legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Mar 07 What it will take to transform the GOP health care plan into law By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Republicans must navigate a complicated path to turn their 123-page proposal from legislation to law. Here's a look at the process. Continue reading
Mar 07 As Trump praises health care legislation, GOP tries to sell it By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The new bill aims to replace the Affordable Care Act with a system designed along conservative lines. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 6:28 How the Obamacare replacement will test Republicans By PBS News Hour Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join John Yang to discuss the origin of and fallout from President Trump’s recent wiretap accusations, as well as how Republican lawmakers and President Trump will have to… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Republicans plan key changes on subsidies, Medicaid for ACA replacement By PBS News Hour Republican lawmakers released their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Monday evening. Proposed changes include ending direct government subsidies in favor of tax credits, ending penalties of the individual mandate and phasing out the expansion of… Continue watching
Mar 06 No affordable health insurance options? This could happen. By Tom Murphy and Meghan Hoyer, Associated Press According to an analysis by the Associated Press and the health care firm Avalere Health, more than 1,000 counties are down to their last insurance carrier. Continue reading
Mar 05 Spike in syphilis among newborns driven by broader epidemic By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News The Central Valley — a vast agricultural and mostly low-income swath of California — has seen an unprecedented spike in congenital syphilis over the last few years. Continue reading
Mar 02 How this Vermont experiment improves patient health at lower cost By Michael Ollove, Stateline This tiny state, with a population more rural and less diverse than the country as a whole, is embarking on an experiment that could transform the delivery of health care nationwide. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 9:59 Hospitals worry an ACA repeal could harm their financial health By PBS News Hour Efforts by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to dismantle the Affordable Care Act are underway, unnerving to some hospital executives who see uncertainty for their bottom line. If large numbers of people lose their insurance under a replacement, hospital… Continue watching
Feb 27 WATCH: Donald Trump's address to Congress By Associated Press President Donald Trump will make his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress around 9 p.m. EST on Feb. 28. Watch live here. Continue reading