Politics Jun 28 Why McConnell plans to hide health care bill’s pain until after midterms Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is well aware of the political peril of taking health benefits away from millions of voters. He also knows the danger of reneging on the pledge that helped make him the majority leader: to repeal… By Michael McAuliff, Kaiser Health News
Health Jun 26 CBO: 22 million people would lose insurance under Senate health care bill The bill was released last Thursday, and GOP leaders are pushing for a final vote this week. By Laura Santhanam
Health Jun 23 The nation’s biggest drug lobby remains silent on GOP health care bill PBS NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff interviewed PhRMA's Stephen Ubl on Friday at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. By Laura Santhanam
Health Jun 22 What’s in the Senate Republican health care bill It's part Obamacare-replace, part sweeping-Medicaid-overhaul. At roughly 10:45 am Thursday, Senate Republican leaders posted their 142-page health care proposal. This is the key starting point. Here is our initial look at what the Senate bill proposes. By Lisa Desjardins
Jun 19 Democrats say Republicans reshaping health care in secret in Congress By Alan Fram, Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will need to win the votes of 50 of the 52 GOP senators to push the bill through the Senate. It remains unclear if he'll be able to write legislation that will attract enough votes. Continue reading
Jun 15 How lack of transparency became ‘regular order’ on Capitol Hill By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Congressional history has repeated itself as Senate GOP leaders write their health care bill. How did secrecy and transparency become "regular order" on Capitol Hill?… Continue reading
Jun 13 What’s at stake for children’s health care? By Laura Santhanam Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and the Children’s Health Insurance Program combined have helped usher in near-universal health care coverage for kids, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. But now children's advocates fear those programs… Continue reading
Jun 08 If the individual health insurance market withers, who would revive it? By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News 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?… Continue reading
May 24 CBO verdict: 51 million uninsured by 2026 under House health care bill By Laura Santhanam 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. Continue reading