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KHN On Call: When Is ACA Repeal For Real?
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News answers NPR listener questions like: Has Obamacare been repealed? No. Not yet.
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GOP Fix To Insurance Markets Could Spike Premiums For Older Customers
As Republicans consider how to bring down costs for younger people, lawmakers may relax or eliminate the restrictions on how much more insurers can charge older consumers.
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Health Law鈥檚 10 Essential Benefits: A Look At What鈥檚 At Risk In GOP Overhaul
The woman set to run the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told senators last week that maternity coverage should be optional in individual and small group plans. But other services could also be left on the cutting room floor.
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For California鈥檚 Smallest Businesses, Obamacare Opened The Door
The state has one of the highest rates of small business owners who get health coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
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New Rules Try To Shore Up Individual Health Insurance Market In 2018
The Trump administration鈥檚 first health regulation would shorten the enrollment periods and make it harder for patients to get coverage outside of that annual signup period.
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Individual Insurance Primer: Long-Troubled Market At Center Of Drive For Repeal
People who do not get insurance through their job or the government have long battled a difficult market.
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Influence Of GOP Doctors Caucus Grows As Congress Looks To Replace Health Law
As conservative physicians rise to more powerful positions in government, some question whether they speak for the nation鈥檚 doctors.
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A Deep Dive Into 4 GOP Talking Points On Health Care
The president says Obamacare has been 鈥渁 complete and total disaster,鈥 and other Republicans see nothing but trouble. But a careful look at the arguments suggest the situation is more complicated.
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Obamacare Came To Montana Indian Country And Brought Jobs
In remote parts of Montana, the Affordable Care Act has meant better health care for Native Americans and more job opportunities.
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What Made Obamacare Succeed In Some States? Hint: It鈥檚 Not Politics
A study of five states looks at the market conditions that make or break the health insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act.
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Five Quick Ways HHS Secretary Tom Price Could Change The Course Of Health Policy
After a tough fight by Democrats, Senate Republicans confirmed Rep. Tom Price鈥檚 nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services. He will have the authority to upend some current practices.
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鈥楳assive Confusion鈥 Abounds For Insurers As GOP Wavers On Obamacare Redo
Republicans鈥 delay in finding common ground to repeal and replace the health law raises risks that coverage could shrink and rates rise even more, the industry says.
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Threat Of Losing Obamacare Turns Some Apolitical Californians Into Protesters
New advocacy groups like Indivisible California weigh strategies for long-haul political activism, including protests.
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Obama’s Drug Czar: The Opioid Crisis Must Continue To Be A Federal Priority
In an interview with Kaiser Health News, Michael Botticelli outlines his concerns about how GOP efforts to dismantle the health law鈥檚 coverage expansions could jeopardize treatment for people in need.
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Conservatives Urge Speedup Of Health Law Repeal, Dismiss Calls For Caution
Remarks by Sen. Mike Lee and Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows reflect growing uncertainty about Republicans鈥 path to overhaul Obamacare.
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Could Minnesota Health Reforms Foreshadow Repeal And Replace?
The state passed a bailout to make ACA plans more affordable, defeated a plan to offer bare bones insurance and is floating a state-sponsored public option.
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If Obamacare Is Being Repealed, Do The Uninsured Still Face Penalties?
People who think the change in administrations may save them from having to pay a fine for not having insurance in 2016 could be in for a rude surprise.
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A Guide To Budget Reconciliation: The Byzantine Rules For Disassembling The Health Law
Republicans, who don鈥檛 have the votes to repeal the ACA directly, are hoping to use this strict budget strategy that requires only a majority vote to strip the health law of provisions they oppose.
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Employers Fret Job-Based Coverage Vulnerable To Fallout From GOP Health Overhaul
Employer medical insurance still covers more people than any other kind. A Republican replacement for Obamacare could spread instability beyond the health law鈥檚 shaky marketplace plans.
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HSAs: 鈥楾ax-Break Trifecta鈥 Or Insurance Gimmick Benefiting The Wealthy?
Republicans hope to expand the use of health savings accounts to encourage consumers to be more judicious in using their coverage. Here鈥檚 an explainer of how they work.