3 things insurance commissioners say Congress could do to quickly stabilize Obamacare

September 6, 2017 News

Insurance commissioners ask senators to fund a key set of Obamacare subsidies, make it easier to get waivers from the law's regulations and help insurers cover high-cost patients.

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Will Congress Continue Health Care For 9 Million Children?

September 6, 2017 News

McCain considers a new Obamacare repeal bill, and activists scramble to stop it

September 6, 2017 News

Sen. John McCain said he could support a compromise that had been shelved months earlier — one that the president has hinted he would sign.

‘I cannot believe the Republicans are extending the debt ceiling’: Trump’s awkward tweets

September 6, 2017 Donald Trump, News, politics

During a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump struck a deal to provide aid to victims of Hurricane Harvey, raise the debt ceiling, and keep the government funded — with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

Not only did Trump strike a deal with the leaders of a party he’s repeatedly decried as mere “obstructionists,” but in talking about the deal with reporters on Air Force One, the president didn...

3 things we learned from the Senate’s first Obamacare hearing since the GOP health bill failed

September 6, 2017 health care, News, obamacare

Early in the summer, hearings on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seemed unlikely to ever happen. But with fall swiftly approaching, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has decided it will hold four, the first of which took place on Wednesday.

During this week’s hearing, senators were joined by state insurance commissioners. Wonk-ish health experts guided senators on how best to strengthen the law’s marketplace. Commissioners from blue and red state...

Conway: Trump would sign Graham-Cassidy ObamaCare repeal bill

September 6, 2017 News

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday that President Trump would sign an ObamaCare repeal plan from GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) if Congress passed it."The president's ready,...

Medical award to Planned Parenthood honors its services for low-income women

September 6, 2017 health care, News, planned-parenthood

While Americans’ access to reproductive health care and education is under assault from the Trump administration and Congress, Planned Parenthood received a prestigious medical award for its range of health care services and its scope in reaching low-income women. The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced on Wednesday that the Lasker Awards would go to Planned Parenthood, as well as three scientists.

Planned Parenthood received the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award f...

Republicans flirt with ‘B’ word on health care: Bipartisanship

September 6, 2017 News

After failing to repeal Obamacare earlier this year, Republicans are now getting close to an unexpected "B" word when it comes to health care: bipartisanship.
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With Obamacare in limbo, senators look for fix to stabilize health insurance market

September 6, 2017September 6, 2017 News

With a deadline fast approaching, senators are scrambling to come up with a bipartisan plan to stabilize the individual health insurance market.

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Public Health: Dream of Obamacare Replacement Fades to Bipartisan Patch Job

September 6, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Senate

Congress is having its first bipartisan Obamacare hearings in years. It may agree only on thwarting the president.