Democratic candidates for the House say voters will punish Republicans for voting last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act, even though the law survived.
Alex M. Azar II, the health secretary, told Congress he would scrutinize Idaho’s plan to allow sale of insurance that does not comply with the Affordable Care Act.
The Independent Payment Advisory Board was supposed to make it easier for Congress to control Medicare spending. But Congress never loved it. Now it's gone.
Mr. Azar, a former drug company executive, immediately confronts two huge challenges: how to rein in drug prices and how to administer the Affordable Care Act.