With the legal battle over the Affordable Care Act now before a federal appeals court, a new study says repealing the law would deepen the divide between the have and have-nots: Wealthy Americans would receive billions in tax cuts, while poor people would lose their health insurance subsidies.
Read moreMore Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health care law aren’t likely to reverse that.
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Senate Democrats on Wednesday forced a vote on health care as the presidential election cycle heats up, but failed to pass a resolution to roll back a Trump administration rule making it easier for states to waive certain requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreConsumers will have more health insurance choices next year under former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, and premiums will dip slightly for many, the Trump administration said Tuesday.
Read moreTwo Nebraskans sued the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for delaying until October 2020 a voter-mandated expansion of Medicaid that they say will deprive them of healthcare for a year and cost the state more than $150 million in federal funding.
Read moreHealth care costs for Coloradans buying health insurance through the state’s marketplace are about to drop, thanks to a reinsurance program which received federal approval Wednesday.
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Forcing a vote on health care as the 2020 election season heats up, Democrats introduced a resolution Wednesday to roll back a Trump administration rule making it easier for states to waive certain requirements of the Affordable Care Act, such as coverage for pre-existing conditions.
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Days before she takes the stage in a nationally televised debate, Senator Kamala Harris drew criticism from all sides Monday for a health care proposal that calls for a slow and gradual approach to Medicare for all.
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Standing apart from fellow Democratic contenders backing the “Medicare for All,” former Vice President Joe Biden pledged Monday to defend the health care law known as Obamacare at all costs if elected.
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Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending Obamacare, challenging not just President Trump but some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination who want to replace the insurance system with a fully government-run model.
Read moreRebuking an initiative from President Donald Trump and his administration, the Third Circuit on Friday blocked 2017 rules that allow more entities to deny insurance coverage for contraception due to religious or moral objections.
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By the time Paul Gibbs was 5 years old, he had already gone through nine surgeries for a condition he was born with that damages his kidneys through an inability to expel waste. His kidneys reached the end stage of failure by 2008 and Gibbs was forced to seek help for his $79,000 transplant surgery, asking members of his church and family friends for donations.
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Weighing the fate of millions of Americans’ health insurance, the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in a federal lawsuit aimed at killing the Affordable Care Act based on a technicality related to Congress’ removal of the individual mandate tax penalty two years ago.
Read moreThe fate of former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law and its coverage and insurance protections for millions of Americans will be argued again Tuesday before the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
Read moreFollowing an order allowing Oregon to join the fight against the Trump administration’s effort to ditch the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptives mandate, a federal judge on Tuesday extended a preliminary block of the new rule to also cover the Beaver State.
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Taking up what could be a key case for the next term, the Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether the government owes $12 billion to insurance companies that lost money as the health care law overhaul known as the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreThe Court of Federal Claims found that the government’s failure to make reimbursement payments to insurers, even after Congress failed to appropriate funds for cost-sharing reduction payments, violated the Affordable Care Act, so Maine Community Health Options is entitled to summary judgment and immediate payment.
Read moreCivil rights groups responded with outrage Friday after the Trump administration announced it would rescind policies barring discrimination against transgender people seeking medical care.
Read moreA federal judge denied class certification to six women who accuse UnitedHealth Group of refusing to cover breastfeeding services for new mothers, in violation of the Affordable Care Act.
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