Justice Dept seeks appeal in health overhaul case
The Justice Department asked a full federal appeals court today to take up a case that has endangered subsidies helping millions of low- and middle-income people to afford their health care premiums...
View ArticlePoll: Obama health law is a tale of 2 Americas
President Barack Obama's health care law has become a tale of two Americas.
View ArticleHealth law enrollment now 7.3M
The Obama administration says 7.3 million people have signed up for subsidized private health insurance under the health care law — down from 8 million reported earlier this year.
View ArticleConsumers to get peek at 2015 health law premiums
The Obama administration says starting this weekend, consumers can get an early peek at 2015 premiums and plans under the president's health law.
View ArticleHealth overhaul signups edge higher
With a month to go in the 2015 open enrollment season, the Obama administration says sign-ups under the president's health care law are edging higher.
View ArticleQ&A: As Obama health law survives, GOP split over next move
Having lost their latest war against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans must decide how to wage battles that could fan the issue for the 2016 elections.
View ArticleBogus enrollees kept getting ‘Obamacare’
Phony applicants that investigators signed up last year under President Barack Obama's health care law got automatically re-enrolled for 2015.
View ArticleStudy: Louisiana has seventh highest medically uninsured rate
Louisiana has the seventh highest medically uninsured rate out of all the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new study that compares insurance rates before and after the...
View ArticleReport: New evidence of rising ‘Obamacare’ premiums
Premiums for popular low-cost medical plans under the federal health care law are expected to go up an average of 11 percent next year, said a study that reinforced reports of sharp increases around...
View ArticleObamacare 2.0: Obama calls for revisiting the public option
President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the...
View ArticleWith millions covered, ‘repeal and replace’ gets riskier
As Republicans gather to anoint their presidential ticket in Cleveland, uncompromising opposition to "Obamacare" is getting politically riskier.
View ArticleRates going up next year under Affordable Care Act
Rate increases have been posted for "Obamacare" plans offered by three health insurers in Louisiana, with Blue Cross and Blue Shield boosting rates as much as 41 percent on average for 2017, although...
View ArticleYear in Review: Medicaid expansion, partnerships continue as Obamacare faces...
The health care industry’s transformation continued in 2016, with more changes sure to come.
View ArticleU.S. Republican senator introduces Obamacare repeal resolution
Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi introduced on Tuesday a resolution allowing for the repeal of President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program, which provides coverage to millions of...
View ArticleRepeal ‘Obamacare,’ but don’t hurt consumers, Pence says
Donald Trump's "first order of business" as president will be to repeal and replace "Obamacare," but Republicans must avoid hurting consumers as they do it, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said at the...
View ArticleRepublican-led Senate takes first step to repeal ‘Obamacare’
The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and...
View ArticleUS business lobby wants smooth Obamacare repeal, warns on trade
The largest U.S. business lobby group on Wednesday said it could be a mistake to quickly repeal Obamacare without developing a replacement health care insurance plan and urged the incoming Trump...
View ArticleHouse Republicans moving forward with Obamacare repeal
U.S. House Republicans were moving ahead on Friday with legislation aimed at dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a replacement for the health care program and the potential...
View ArticleQ&A: Dr. I. Steven Udvarhelyi, president and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Udvarhelyi talks with CityBusiness about the challenges Blue Cross and Blue Shield faces under the Affordable Care Act and how he hopes changes to the health care law unfold.
View ArticleStudy: Health law repeal could cost 18M their insurance
Repealing major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, while leaving other parts in place, would cost 18 million people their insurance in the first year, a report by the nonpartisan Congressional...
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