May 12 Watch 4:19 News Wrap: Judge rules $175 billion Obamacare subsidy for the poor is unconstitutional By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s $175 billion spending plan to subsidize health care for low-income Americans, agreeing with Congressional Republicans that the government was spending the money without Congress’ approval. Also, Islamic… Continue watching
May 11 California may raise health insurance rates amid Obamacare concerns By Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News California’s health insurance exchange estimates that its Obamacare premiums may rise 8 percent on average next year, which would end two consecutive years of more modest 4 percent increases. Continue reading
Apr 28 Significant premium hikes expected under Obama health law By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Tom Murphy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama's health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country. Continue reading
Apr 19 UnitedHealthcare to exit all but 'handful' of Obamacare markets By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News UnitedHealthcare will operate only in a “handful” of health insurance exchanges in 2017, down from 34 states this year, company officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 6:15 Supreme Court hears birth control battle brought by religious nonprofits By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard its fourth challenge to the Affordable Care Act, this one from religious nonprofits demanding exemption from the requirement to provide insurance coverage for birth control, claiming the mandate violates federal laws protecting religious freedoms. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Mar 08 For many uninsured, Obamacare fines double at tax time By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Many people who went without health insurance last year are now seeing fines more than double under President Barack Obama's health care law, tax preparation company H&R Block said Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 04 Fact checking the 11th Republican debate By Calvin Woodward and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press On taxes, trade and drug prices, viewers of the latest Republican debate didn't get a straight story. And Donald Trump spun fiction about 9/11. A look at some of the claims made Thursday night at the 11th Republican debate. Continue reading
Feb 24 HealthCare.gov 'passive' on heading off fraud By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president's health care law, nonpartisan congressional investigators say in a report due out Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 09 Obama sends Congress record $4.1 trillion 2017 spending plan By Andrew Taylor and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is unveiling his eighth and final budget, a $4 trillion-plus proposal that's freighted with liberal policy initiatives and new and familiar tax hikes — all sent to a dismissive Republican-controlled Congress that simply wants to… Continue reading
Feb 04 12.7 million signed up for Obama health care law, beating expectations By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Still facing political jeopardy, President Barack Obama's health care law beat expectations by earning solid sign-ups this year, according to figures released Thursday by the administration. Continue reading