Congress鈥 Tight Timetable Complicates Renewal Of Children鈥檚 Health Plan
The Senate Finance Committee begins hearings Thursday on the program, which provides coverage to more than 9 million children and is up for renewal on Sept. 30.
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Insurance Commissioners Say Help Offered By Congress Is Not Enough To Save Market
Making needed fixes to Obamacare before next year may be more difficult 鈥 and expensive 鈥 than Senate leaders think, state insurance commissioners suggested at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
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Move To End DACA Leaves聽Some Young Immigrants Fearing For Their Health
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program made it possible for young adults聽who came into the country illegally as children to get jobs with insurance and, in some states including California, Medicaid.聽Now that coverage is in peril.聽聽聽
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Vital Health Officials You’ve Never Heard Of: Insurance Commissioners In The Hot Seat
The fate of the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 individual insurance marketplaces remains in play as state insurance commissioners take a central role in the debate.
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Rep. Chris Collins鈥 Australian Stock Bet Looks Bleaker
Innate Immunotherapeutics, the Australian biotech firm whose largest shareholder is Buffalo, N.Y.-area congressman Chris Collins, said it expects to close after its multiple sclerosis drug failed in trials.
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5 Outside-The-Box Ideas For Fixing The Individual Insurance Market
As lawmakers look for ways to stabilize the health law marketplaces, a number of ideas 鈥 such as expanding who can 鈥渂uy in鈥 to Medicare and Medicaid or pushing young adults off their parents鈥 plans into the marketplaces 鈥 might come into play.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Back To Health Crunch Come September
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the continuing efforts in Congress to 鈥渞epeal and replace鈥 the Affordable Care Act, upcoming open enrollment for individual insurance and Congress鈥 long health care to-do list for September.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Will GOP Pay A Price For Trying To Take Health Care Benefits From Voters?
Politicians who tried to take health care benefits from their voters may face political consequences as constituents come to understand what鈥檚 at stake 鈥 in a way they didn鈥檛 a few months ago.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Why Is It So Difficult To Control Drug Prices?
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the recent extension of cost-sharing subsidies for millions of low-income beneficiaries on the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 marketplaces and the state of play on Capitol Hill and in the states concerning initiatives to lower prescription drug costs.
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Americans Eager For Leaders To Cooperate To Make Health Law Work
Majorities of Democrats and Republicans 鈥 and people who say they are supporters of President Donald Trump 鈥 say they want the country to make the law successful.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ No Vacation For Insurers
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the state of the individual health insurance markets in the wake of the failure (for now) of Congress鈥檚 efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Senate Democrats Delay HHS Nominee Over Women鈥檚 Health Funding
Sen. Patty Murray questions Dr. Brett Giroir鈥檚 willingness to stand up for women鈥檚 health programs such as family planning services and teenage pregnancy prevention.
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Congress Revamps Housing Program To Benefit Areas Where HIV Is Spreading
The small federal program once based funding on an area鈥檚 cumulative number of cases. It will now be more responsive to places where new outbreaks are occurring.
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In Strong-Arm Tactic, Trump Puts Congressional Health Benefits Into Play
By taking aim at the subsidies received by some congressional staff members who, under the Affordable Care Act, are mandated to get their health coverage from the Obamacare exchanges, the president reignited an old fight.
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Even Without Congress, Trump Can Still Cut Medicaid Enrollment
The Trump administration is poised to grant states waivers that some critics say could change the shape of the program.
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Podcast: What The Health? What A Week!
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News deconstruct the drama leading to the middle-of-the-night collapse of Senate Republicans鈥 last-ditch effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.
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Analysis: GOP Failure To Replace The Health Law Was Years In The Making
As postmortems mount regarding the collapse of the Senate Republican health plan, it鈥檚 clear how complex political and policy issues worked against the replacement effort.
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Obamacare鈥檚 History Littered With Near-Death Experiences
The Affordable Care Act has repeatedly faced opposition in Congress and the courts, but it has continued to survive.
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Timeline: Obamacare鈥檚 History Littered With Near-Death Experiences
The Affordable Care Act has repeatedly faced opposition in Congress and the courts, but it has continued to survive.
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McCain Votes No, Derails ‘Skinny Repeal’ In Marathon Session
After a late-night session and the "skinny" defeat, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulls legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from the floor.