Feb 13 GOP must decide what to do with health law taxes By Alan Fram, Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office says the government would lose $1.1 trillion in revenue over 10 years if the law's taxes are eliminated. Continue reading
Feb 12 What made the ACA succeed in some states? Hint: it's not politics By Stephanie O'Neill, Kaiser Health News A study out Thursday tries to set aside the politics to examine how the insurance markets function and what makes or breaks them in five specific states. Continue reading
Feb 07 If Obamacare is being repealed, do the uninsured need to pay tax penalties? By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Should people bother paying the penalty for not having health insurance when they file their taxes this year if Obamacare is repealed?… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Does this Obamacare experiment offer significant savings? By PBS News Hour One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act was to develop organizations that offer doctors and hospitals a deal: In exchange for more efficient care for Medicare recipients, providers receive a share of the savings as a bonus. Now… Continue watching
Feb 05 Indiana, Pence's home state, seeks federal OK to keep Medicaid expansion By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News As Congress weighs repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence seeks to keep its Medicaid expansion under the federal health law. Continue reading
Feb 04 Trump's Supreme Court pick is deeply opposed to assisted suicide By Lev Facher, STAT Neil Gorsuch opposes all forms of assisted suicide and ruled twice against the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate but has never ruled on abortion. Continue reading
Feb 03 GOP mulls 'repairing' Obamacare law it vowed to repeal By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press GOP lawmakers insist they haven't abandoned their goal of repeal, though they face lingering disputes about whether that should come before, after or simultaneously with a replacement effort. Continue reading
Feb 03 Employers fret job-based coverage is vulnerable to fallout from GOP health overhaul By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News Business dislikes many parts of the ACA. But large companies in particular say a poorly thought-out replacement might turn out to be worse for their workers. Continue reading
Jan 28 Arizona children could lose big under ACA repeal By Will Stone, KJZZ In recent years, Arizona has had one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country. But the Affordable Care Act has begun to change that. Continue reading
Jan 27 At GOP retreat, still searching for 'repeal and replace' consensus By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Republicans from the House, Senate and White House gathered in Philadelphia this week searching, among other things, for some agreement on how exactly to “repeal and replace” the federal health law. By the end of the second day of the… Continue reading