Last-ditch repeal bill appears dead

A last-ditch ObamaCare repeal effort by Republicans was all but dead on Monday after Sen. Susan Collins became the third Republican to oppose the measure. Collins announced her opposition minutes after the Congressional Budget Office...

Trump warns GOP lawmakers against voting down new ObamaCare repeal

President Trump early Friday warned that any Republican lawmaker who votes against the new Senate GOP ObamaCare repeal bill will be known in "future political campaigns" as "the Republican who saved ObamaCare." "Rand Paul, or...

John McCain Can Stop This Health Care Bill

But will he? The fate of health care for millions of Americans may, once again,...

Bipartisan Group Of Governors Speaks Out Against Latest Obamacare Repeal Attempt

“Legislation should receive consideration under regular order, including hearings in health committees and input from the appropriate health-related parties,” reads the letter. A bipartisan group of governors urged Senate leaders Tuesday against considering the latest...

Republicans just can’t quit Obamacare repeal.

Like some Dickensian ghost of health battles past comes the spectral coda of Graham-Cassidy-Heller. If only facts and data had this many lives. Just when Democrats thought it was safe to either stop paying attention...

Complacency Could Kill Health Care

I haven’t yet read Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened,” but it seems pretty clear to me what did, in fact, happen in 2016. These days, America starts from a baseline of extreme tribalism: 47 or 48...

How health-care reform affected America, in 51 graphs

Last year, 8.6 percent of Americans lacked health insurance. Three years earlier, that figure was 14.5 percent, meaning that the rate dropped by 5.9 percentage points over the period that the Affordable Care Act...

Trump’s Threats Driving Up Obamacare Insurance Prices…

Thousands of customers on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange will pay higher premiums next year in part due to President Donald Trump’s continued threats to suspend key payments to insurers who sell Affordable Care Act...

Sanders introduces universal health care, backed by 15 Democrats

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand Medicare into a universal health insurance program with the backing of at least 15 Democratic senators — a record level of support for an...

How to cope with health care costs in retirement

How much do you figure you'll pay for health care expenses after you retire? You're probably underestimating. A married couple, both age 65, will fork over an estimated $275,000 over their lifetime on medical costs,...

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