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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Repeal & Replace Watch
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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Repeal & Replace Watch
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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Repeal & Replace Watch
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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Repeal & Replace Watch
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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Repeal & Replace Watch
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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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
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.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
States Have Tried Versions Of 鈥楽kinny Repeal.鈥 It Didn鈥檛 Go Well.
Republican senators are warming to the idea of a scaled-back plan that would delete the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 individual and employer mandates but leave the rest of law generally intact. But this approach has caused difficulties in the past.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Postcard From Capitol Hill: What YouTube Didn鈥檛 Show You In Senate Health Care Vote
The Senate鈥檚 vote to proceed with debate on an Obamacare repeal bill had drama and plenty of color, but you couldn鈥檛 get the complete picture on TV.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Who Knew Senate Health Bill Debate Could Be So Complicated?
The deliberations will be strictly governed by a time limit on debate and strict rules about what is germane.
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Over-The-Counter Devices Hold Their Own Against Costly Hearing Aids
In a head-to-head comparison, several of the cheaper devices performed nearly as well as the expensive hearing aids. The study lends credence to lawmakers鈥 efforts to get the FDA to set standards for over-the-counter versions.
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Follow The Money: Drugmakers Deploy Political Cash As Prices And Anger Mount
Embattled opioid seller Mallinckrodt is one of many pharmaceutical companies boosting political contributions and lobbying on Capitol Hill.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Senate Parliamentarian Upends GOP Hopes For Health Bill
The parliamentarian finds that provisions of the bill cannot go forward with a simple majority vote.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Podcast: What The Health? Senate Health Bill, Mostly Dead?
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the ever-changing status of the Senate鈥檚 effort to 鈥渞epeal and replace鈥 the Affordable Care Act, and the Trump administration鈥檚 efforts to undermine the working of the law.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Cruz Plan Gets Thumbs Up From HHS But Thumbs Down From Most Everyone Else
During another day of fast-moving developments, Senate Republicans signaled their intent to attempt to bring an updated repeal-and-delay bill to the floor for a vote next week.
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Postcard From Capitol Hill:聽Lawmakers Put Women鈥檚 Health Care In Its Place
Where women prefer to go for health care becomes a proxy for the abortion debate.
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Fraud And Billing Mistakes Cost Medicare 鈥 And Taxpayers 鈥 Tens Of Billions Last Year
At a hearing Wednesday, federal health officials pointed to billing errors, fraud and overcharges that led Medicare to overpay by staggering sums.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Obamacare Exchanges In Limbo
The failure this week of the U.S. Senate鈥檚 ACA repeal effort was one more twist in the ongoing political drama that has complicated routine rate setting for insurers and state officials.
By Chad Terhune and Julie Appleby