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Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate鈥檚 parliamentarian, will be in the hot seat as she is called upon to decide which provisions of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell鈥檚 bill draft fit the tight rules that allow for it to be passed without a filibuster.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the state of the Senate鈥檚 effort to replace Obamacare.
Despite promises to craft their own way to revamp the federal health law, the Senate Republican bill follows the House鈥檚 lead in many ways.
No one knows what the final Senate bill will look like 鈥 not even those writing it. But here are some safe, educated guesses.
The Senate鈥檚 secret deliberation on the health bill overhaul is part of a long, slow slide away from transparency. And I鈥檓 a witness.
Actions by the Trump administration are putting pressure on the fragile market for individuals who buy their own coverage, but analysts say it should be able to rebound.
While nearly half of Americans support Obamacare, fewer than a third are in favor of the Republican replacement legislation.
The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office evaluates last-minute changes made to the bill to help propel it to passage.
The delays in pushing through a bill to replace Obamacare are beginning to back up other key items on the congressional calendar.
In two interviews, the president reveals some surprising views of health policy.
A provision in the House bill to strip funding from organizations that provide abortions may not meet the strict rules needed to bypass the filibuster in the Senate.
A KHN video looks at a Republican plan to establish a federal high-risk insurance pool.
With a slim margin, Senate Republicans must tread a fine line to pass their health replacement bill.
Despite pressure from the White House and GOP leaders, Republicans have not yet secured enough votes to pass their health law replacement bill. Here鈥檚 a look at their choices going forward.
Democrats want a bill to fund the government for the rest of the year to include funding for the health law鈥檚 cost-sharing reductions for low-income marketplace customers, but Republicans want to keep the issues separate.
The federal health law requires most insurance plans to offer 10 specific categories of essential benefits. Conservatives would like to get rid of that rule in the hopes of bringing down premium costs.
People who don鈥檛 have insurance coverage or get federal assistance to pay their insurance premiums need to take a little extra care when completing their tax forms.
The White House continues to look for a policy 鈥渨in鈥 while members of the House are concerned about heading home for the spring recess where they could 鈥済et hammered鈥 for not fulfilling their promise to repeal Obamacare.
More than six in 10 people think that moving forward the responsibility for dealing with the health law falls to President Donald Trump and Republicans controlling Congress, Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds.
After the collapse of the Republican replacement plan, there may be a way to find consensus and repair the law.
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