The five-point agreement seeks to add a degree of certainty in health care markets.
Congressman Tom O'Halleran, D-Sedona and Representative Martha McSally, R-Tucson, saw an opportunity to bring some reason to the process.
The biggest proposal calls for mandatory funding of cost-sharing reduction payments, which help insurers reduce...National News
After the "Repeal & Replace" attempt failed, Trump tweeted "let ObamaCare implode, then deal" .
There are six things the president can do to hobble the Affordable Care Act. Here is the status of each:
Weaken enforcement of the individual mandate. IN PROGRESS
Impose work requirements for Medicaid recipients. IN PROGRESS
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Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) will begin work in early September on legislation to “stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market” for 2018.
Alexander, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee plans to work with the committee's ranking Democrat, Senator Patty Murphy...
After emotional speech about getting back to a real legislative process, John McCain derails an attempt to deliver something, anything for President Trump to sign.
Years of brutal partisanship, studies, polls, promises and threats came to a climax on the Senate floor at 1:30 am Friday.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), returned to...
The Executive Branch may support or undercut the ACA regardless of congressional action.
There is a difficult political reality: ACA marketplaces require active maintenance and federal support. The White House can take a number of behind-the-scenes steps to sabotage the exchanges and hasten their undoing. It has been deploying some of...
Deep divisions between the visions of moderate and conservative senators remain.
In the last 24 hours there has been a lot of activity in the Senate. Tuesday a vote was called on a motion to proceed with debate. 51 yes votes were required. Senator John McCain flew to Washington, though receiving treatment for a recently diagnosed...National News
George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Commonwealth Fund predict the effects on jobs.
Much of the debate over the “repeal and replace” of the Affordable Care Act has centered on how many Americans would lose insurance.
Repealing the law, would dramatically scale back federal funding...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will make a decision "soon" on which bill to bring up for a vote, depending on ongoing discussions with GOP senators.
GOP leaders are determined to vote this week on their years-long quest to demolish the Affordable Care Act, even though the goal remains mired in political and substantive...
Attitudes evolve.
A self-described fiscal hawk, Jeff Brahin, now says, “Now that you’ve insured an additional 20 million people, you can’t just take the insurance away from these people.” “It’s just not the right thing to do.”
Polls show support for the Affordable Care Act growing since the 2016 election. Republican...National News
If at first you don't succeed, try another goal.
Facing the August recess, Congress must decide how to spend the time remaining this year before the 2018 election year begins.
Read about what conservative political action groups are planning to spend millions of dollars supporting as the prospects of ACA repeal and replace fade....
Unable to agree on a plan to replace the ACA, Trump and others propose to repeal elements and decide later what to do.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated impacts of such a plan. Repeal and delay leaves the fate of the individual market completely in the dark, because it's unknown what kind of subsidies would be available...
Uncertainty raises fears in an industry based on predictability.
Congressional consideration of disparate possible rules for carriers participating in the individual marketplace leave health insurers wondering how to compete. Will there be cost sharing subsidies ? Will the individual mandate to purchase coverage continue ? Will...
Growing criticism from GOP governors may be enough to convince some Republicans to kill the Senate’s ACA repeal legislation.
Worried about state budget impacts from loss of Medicaid funding and the reduction of citizens receiving Medicaid benefits, GOP governors are exerting influence on their home-state senators, making it more...
On April 13 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) tightened regulations to improve the individual market
Mixed reviews from industry experts accompanied the release of the final rule that shortens the open enrollment period, tightens the application process for special enrollment periods, requires consumers to pay up...National News
