How safe is your Medicare?

There are several popular misconceptions about the financial condition of Medicare, which virtually all American senior citizens rely on to cover health care expenses in retirement. Many people believe that Medicare is broke, or...

The night John McCain killed the GOP’s health-care fight

It was the most dramatic night in the United States Senate in recent history. Just ask the senators who witnessed it. A seven-year quest to undo the Affordable Care Act collapsed — at least for...

What’s Next In The Health Care Debate?

Senate Republicans have at least narrowed the options on what comes next for the Affordable Care Act — casting two separate votes since Tuesday that knocked out a "repeal-only" proposal and rejected a plan...

Senate Republicans Don’t Know What Health Care Bill…

Senate Republicans Don’t Know What Health Care Bill They’re About To Vote For. That’s Nuts. Behold the “Something Act of 2017”! The long, halting slog toward Obamacare repeal is set to reach a significant milestone Tuesday,...

Republican Strategy On Health Care Bill In Flux Ahead Of Vote

The fate of any legislation to rewrite Obamacare is uncertain. Republican Senate leaders aim to hold a procedural vote as early as Tuesday to take up legislation to repeal or replace Obamacare, but it remained...

Trump Goes ‘Groundhog Day’ on Health Care

Refusing to take a loss, the president returns to his previous position of repealing and replacing Obamacare at the same time. It's "Groundhog Day" in Washington – except few people are laughing. Facing the prospect of...

The Controversy That Finally Killed the Senate Health Care Bill

The Senate health care bill appears to be dead—done in by the Republican Party's inability to agree on a basic philosophical question: Should healthy Americans have to subsidize the sick? This is the quandary that...

Trump White House Throws A Tantrum After Healthcare Bill Collapses

The White House reaction to the collapse of the healthcare bill was to spin a series of lies and tantrum at Senate Republicans for not passing the bill. The White House reaction to the collapse...

Think Obamacare Repeal Won’t Affect Kids? Think Again.

Flint and its water crisis offer a case study in the program’s value to children. Republicans eager to justify the severe Medicaid cuts in their Obamacare repeal proposals have offered up a number of arguments....

Trump Is Already Driving Up the Cost of Health Insurance for Millions of Americans

Even if he fails to repeal Obamacare, it looks like Donald Trump will be responsible for ratcheting up insurance premiums for millions of Americans in 2018. That much is becoming clear now that insurers have...

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