Jan 06 GOP plan to repeal ACA now, replace later is ‘reckless,’ says Obama By Josh Lederman and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press In an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, Obama sought to dispel the notion that Republicans could fulfill their campaign promises to gut the Affordable Care Act immediately without risking devastating consequences for consumers. Calling that approach… Continue reading
Jan 05 ‘Grow up, Donald… Time to be an adult,’ Biden says in PBS NewsHour interview By Daniel Bush Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized President-elect Donald Trump's attacks on the U.S. intelligence community and his grasp of health care policy, which is now up for debate on Capitol Hill as Republicans move to undo the Affordable Care… Continue reading
Jan 05 Ryan: GOP to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans would slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 3:35 Obama, Pence huddle with their parties on the fate of health care By PBS News Hour At the Capitol, President Obama met privately with Democrats, urging them to defend his signature health care law. At the same time, a few floors up, Vice President-elect Pence rallied Republicans to dismantle Obamacare. Lisa Desjardins reports on what we… Continue watching
Jan 04 Pence, Obama in dueling meetings at Capitol on Affordable Care Act By Alan Fram, Associated Press Sixteen days before leaving the White House, Obama championed his landmark overhaul before Democratic lawmakers and urged them to remind voters of how the statute has helped them. Continue reading
Jan 04 Vowing to jettison Obamacare, Republicans face immediate resistance and risks By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Nearly seven years after its passage, Republicans still have no consensus on how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 9:56 How the GOP plans to begin dismantling Obama’s legacy By PBS News Hour The new Congress starts work this week, with the Republicans in control of both houses. Soon, they’ll also have the White House. What’s on the GOP agenda? William Brangham talks to Lisa Desjardins, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report… Continue watching
Dec 30 Here’s what President Obama is doing to protect the Affordable Care Act By Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Barack Obama will strategize next week with Democratic lawmakers about how to prevent Republicans from destroying his Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Dec 27 Analysis: GOP united on repealing Obamacare, but disagree on how to replace it By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Some Republicans would revise and rebrand Obamacare. Others would rip up the Affordable Care Act and not replace it. Continue reading
Dec 25 Fearing Medicaid cuts, states wield health data as a political weapon By Casey Ross, STAT Lawmakers who support expanding health coverage are using data to fight Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading