Funding for the Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which covers 8.9 million children, expires Saturday because lawmakers were too busy trying to repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
CHIP provides low-cost health insurance to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. Enacted in 1997, CHIP is a companion program to Medicaid, where states had the option to set up an independent CHIP program or extend Medicaid eligibility to children up t...
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Here are all the ways Trump could still sabotage Obamacare
Following the failure of the latest Republican health care bill, which couldn’t muster enough votes to pass, President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to promise, yet again, to kill Obamacare.
With one Yes vote in hospital & very positive signs from Alaska and two others (McCain is out), we have the HCare Vote, but not for Friday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2017
That’s a good reminder that the pu...
National Association of Evangelicals blasts GOP effort to repeal Obamacare
A long list of faith groups from across the religious spectrum have condemned the various Republican-led efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year, with many vocally protesting the proposals on Capitol Hill.
But now religious advocates can claim a new, unusual ally in their effort to stop the GOP’s latest effort to do away with Obamacare: the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE).
According to a list of statements distributed on Monday afterno...
Despite evidence to contrary, Cory Gardner says Obamacare repeal is not about his donors
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) went on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday and tried to defend his position on the Graham-Cassidy bill, the latest GOP health bill before the Senate, saying he’s voting yes for patients who see high-cost coverage rather than the Republican donors who have a stake in repealing current health law.
Asked by host John Dickerson about admissions by Republican senators that the revived effort to repeal and replace Obamacare was spurred by politic...
The Senate is about to vote on a bill that will devastate women and gender minorities’ health care
The new GOP health bill before the Senate — written and largely advocated by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) — threatens to devastate the health of millions of women and gender minorities.
Technically, the Graham Cassidy Bill, which will be voted on next week, does not repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that insurance companies cover people with pre-existing conditions. Nor does it allow states to waive that provision. But the bill do...
Why turning public health care into ‘block grants’ can’t work
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Wednesday — the last GOP plan left standing.
The chances for the bill to pass are slim to none. It needs to be scored by the Congressional Budget Office and cleared by the Senate parliamentarian — the designated health care referee — to see if it adheres to budget rules. Additionally, many critical lawmakers have said that the Senate needs ...
The Senate is rehashing an old GOP idea during the Affordable Care Act stabilization talks
While some Democrats pivot to single payer legislation this week, the immediate health policy agenda item is shoring up the 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual marketplace in time for September 27, the final deadline for insurers to decide if they’ll participate or not. The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee is resuming hearings Tuesday on how best to stabilize the marketplace this week, and one theme continues to dominate bipartisan negotiations: s...
