Apr 26 Leading GOP moderate opposes plan to move House health bill By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Republican lawmakers were meeting Wednesday to consider how to rescue the GOP drive to repeal much of President Barack Obama's health care law. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 5:59 How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare By PBS News Hour In the debate over health care reform, President Trump must now decide whether he will continue to make payments to insurance companies in order to cover out-of-pocket costs and deductibles for low-income consumers. Judy Woodruff speaks with Robert Laszewski, president… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 10:16 How healthy are the Affordable Care Act marketplaces? By Jason Kane, Matt Ehrichs The Affordable Care Act withstood a Republican effort to "repeal and replace," but there are problems with the current law that lawmakers acknowledge need to be addressed. We meet a few Americans who have concerns about Obamacare. Then Mary Agnes… Continue watching
Mar 25 Now what? Options for consumers as health law drama fades By Tom Murphy, Associated Press As the political drama over health care legislation in Washington fades, the rest of the country faces a more immediate concern: Getting insurance for next year. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 3:45 Medicaid cuts are ‘going to affect everyone,’ insurance CEO says By PBS News Hour Dr. Mario Molina of Molina Healthcare, an insurance executive whose business is focused on Medicaid patients, is concerned about the way the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will not only affect patients on Medicaid, but cause major… Continue watching
Feb 07 If Obamacare is being repealed, do the uninsured need to pay tax penalties?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people bother paying the penalty for not having health insurance when they file their taxes this year if Obamacare is repealed?… Continue reading
Jan 08 GOP lawmakers vow quick action to enact new health care law By Associated Press Top Republicans said Sunday they'll move quickly to enact a new health care law, but they won't say what might replace President Barack Obama's version. Continue reading
Dec 07 If Republicans repeal Obamacare but stall to replace it, this study predicts millions would be uninsured By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The plan is for Congress to first use a special budget-related procedure to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, next year. The effective date of that repeal would be delayed by months or years to give… Continue reading
Dec 06 Signed out of prison but not signed up for insurance, inmates fall prey to ills By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project INDIANAPOLIS — Before he went to prison, Ernest killed his 2-year-old daughter in the grip of a psychotic delusion. When the Indiana Department of Correction released him in 2015, he was terrified something awful might happen again. Continue reading
Dec 03 Investments by Trump’s HHS pick raise questions over conflict of interest By Sheila Kaplan, STAT Trump's nominee to be secretary of health and human services, Rep. Tom Price, could have conflicts of his own. Continue reading