Health Jun 08 If the individual health insurance market withers, who would revive it? In his high-stakes strategy to overhaul the federal health law, President Donald Trump is threatening to upend the individual health insurance market with several key policies. But if the market actually breaks, could anyone put it back together again?… By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News
Politics May 24 CBO verdict: 51 million uninsured by 2026 under House health care bill As many as 51 million people would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 if the latest Republican effort to overhaul Obamacare becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest analysis released Wednesday. By Laura Santhanam
Health May 17 How Maine got high-risk pools to work One option touted by House Republicans borrows an idea that Maine used just before the Affordable Care Act went into effect. It’s called an “invisible high-risk pool” — invisible because people in it didn’t even know they were. By Patty Wight, Maine Public
Politics May 04 Watch Live: Congress votes on health care bill House approval would edge Republicans closer to repealing much of President Barack Obama's health care law, which would represent at least partial redemption of campaign pledges by GOP candidates — including Trump — since its enactment in 2010. By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press
Mar 16 House panel approves troubled GOP health care bill By Alan Fram, Associated Press The vote was 19-17, with Democrats unanimously voting no. Had one more Republican joined them, the measure would have failed in what would have been a damaging, embarrassing — but not fatal — blow to the measure, despite its backing… Continue reading
Mar 16 High stakes for Trump on GOP health care bill By Catherine Lucey and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Dealing with skepticism from conservatives and moderates alike, the White House is considering changes to the bill that might reassure conservatives, all in an effort to muscle through the GOP-backed health care plan in the House next week. Continue reading