What to Watch for in the G.O.P.’s Health Care Showdown

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, McConnell, Mitch, Murkowski, Lisa, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party

On Tuesday, Republicans will make another attempt to try to repeal and possibly replace the Affordable Care Act. But will they have the votes this time?

Small Businesses Split Over Republican Health Plans

July 23, 2017 Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Self-Employment and Independent Contracting, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Small Business

Small-business owners, some of the most vocal opponents of the Affordable Care Act, are divided over Republican plans to reverse much of the law.

Senate Parliamentarian Challenges Key Provisions of Health Bill

July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 AARP, Health Insurance and Managed Care, MacDonough, Elizabeth, McConnell, Mitch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Politics and Government, republican-party, Sanders, Bernard, Senate, Trump, Donald J, United States, United States Politics and Government

Elizabeth MacDonough on Friday challenged key provisions in the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, dealing another serious blow to its prospects.

These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.

July 21, 2017 Bucks County (Pa), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Polls and Public Opinion, United States Politics and Government

Sentiment in a Pennsylvania county has tracked with a national shift in opinion about the Affordable Care Act amid fears that millions could lose coverage.

Trumpcare: How Republicans Have Tried to Sell It

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

Since his campaign, President Trump and the Republican Party have pushed hard for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

The 3 Republican Women Who Doomed a Senate Repeal of the Health Law

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 Capito, Shelley Moore, Collins, Susan M, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Murkowski, Lisa, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party

Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins shared objections to Medicaid cuts, but also had concerns specific to their states.

Public Health: Obamacare’s Future Now Depends on an Unhappy White House

July 18, 2017 Health and Human Services Department, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Price, Thomas E (1954- ), United States Politics and Government, Verma, Seema

President Trump has said he’d like Obamacare to fail, and the Department of Health and Human Services has advertised its failures.

Economic Scene: In Health Care, Republicans Could Learn From Rwanda

July 18, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicine and Health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Rwanda, Senate, Third World and Developing Countries, United States Politics and Government

While Obamacare’s foes seek to reverse its expansion of coverage, third-world nations have made strides in extending access and improving results.

Trump, Tweeting About Health Care, Says, ‘We Will Return’

July 18, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Trump, Donald J

The morning after Senate Republicans’ hopes for a health care bill died, President Trump restated his strategy to let the Affordable Care Act “fail.”

In Clash Over Health Bill, a Growing Fear of ‘Junk Insurance’

July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 Consumer Protection, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)

The Republicans’ proposal to overturn Obamacare could allow insurers to sell bare-bones plans that fail to pay for what is now deemed essential medical care.