Oklahoma primary voters Tuesday narrowly approved an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, rejecting arguments by Republican state leaders that the measure will result in deep budget cuts for state agencies.
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Contrasting the effort with the Trump administration’s push to have the Supreme Court invalidate the Affordable Care Act, the House of Representatives on Monday approved an expansion of the law better known as Obamacare.
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The morning after the Trump administration told the Supreme Court that Obamacare “must fall” without the tax on people who do not purchase health insurance, Democrats offered swift reproof Friday.
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Speaking to families Thursday who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act, former Vice President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump cruel and heartless for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the landmark health care legislation known as Obamacare.
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Calling President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate the Affordable Care Act during a pandemic “beyond stupid,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday her chamber will vote next week on a bill to expand the health care law known as Obamacare.
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A group of LGBTQ clinics sued the Trump administration on Monday claiming it rolled back Obamacare protection for their clients while the country is struggling to control a pandemic.
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Cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not, new research reveals.
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Dialing in from the hospital, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made no secret of her disapproval of the government Wednesday for standing in the way of women’s access to free birth control.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate during its next term. WASHINGTON (CN) —
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President Donald Trump’s proclamation barring would-be immigrants from obtaining visas unless they have health insurance will remain blocked pending litigation, a divided Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
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Covid-19 could have stamped a person “uninsurable” if not for the Affordable Care Act. The ban on insurers using preexisting conditions to deny coverage is a key part of the Obama-era law that the Trump administration still seeks to overturn.
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The Supreme Court was nearly unanimous in ruling against the government Monday, reviving a $12 billion suit by insurers that lost money under the Affordable Care Act health care law overhaul.
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Focused on the individual mandate tax penalty that Congress zeroed out two years ago, the Supreme Court took up a new challenge Monday to the federal health care law.
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Senator Bernie Sanders released a plan Friday morning for Americans with disabilities, vowing to ensure they have access to jobs, education and public services.
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The Maccoux family receive visitors to their beautiful home in a Minneapolis suburb with an infectious warmth that belies the fact their youngest daughter Olivia has had more than 140 brain surgeries, all by the age of 24.
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An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to exceed $1 trillion this year despite a healthy economy.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the House of Representatives and a coalition of mostly Democrat-led states to fast-track review of Texas’ lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreThe repeal of an unpopular fine for people without health insurance has had little impact on Obamacare sign-ups or premiums, a gap between the real world and legal arguments from conservatives still challenging the Affordable Care Act.
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The House of Representatives plus a group of 20 mostly Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia asked the Supreme Court on Friday to hear a case over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, following a Fifth Circuit ruling that struck down the law’s individual mandate.
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As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.”
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