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Colorado Reinsurance Will Lower Rates of Private Health Care Plans
Health 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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Democrats Pressure GOP With Obamacare Waiver Vote
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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Harris Health Care Plan Draws Attacks From Rivals
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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Biden All in on Obamacare for 2020 Campaign
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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Biden Walks the Point in Defending Obamacare
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 moreThird Circuit Blocks Trump Administration’s Birth Control Exemptions
Rebuking 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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Congress Hears Stories of Life Without Obamacare
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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States Battle Over Affordable Care Act in Fifth Circuit
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 moreObamacare Faces Crucial Test at Fifth Circuit
The 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 moreBroadening the Scope
Following 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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Insurers to Get High Court Audience on $12B Obamacare Fight
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 moreAffordable Care Act
The 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 moreHealth Department to Eliminate Transgender Protections
Civil rights groups responded with outrage Friday after the Trump administration announced it would rescind policies barring discrimination against transgender people seeking medical care.
Read moreBreastfeeding
A 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.
Read moreJudge Looks Unlikely to Nix Rule for Short-Term Health Plans
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments from a collection of advocacy groups and health insurance providers trying to strike down a Trump administration rule easing restrictions on short-term insurance plans that do not need to meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreScrap Obamacare? Maybe Not All, Say Republicans
The Trump administration is arguing in court that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. But Justice Department lawyers recently suggested that federal judges could salvage its anti-fraud provisions, raising questions about keeping other parts as well.
Read moreHouse OKs Bill Targeting Trump Guidance on Obamacare
House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to nullify Trump administration guidance on the Affordable Care Act that could make it easier for insurers to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
Read moreHouse Chairs Press Feds on Obamacare Abandonment
Before grilling the attorney general about it in person Tuesday, the chairmen of five House committees fired off multiple demand letters on the government’s refusal to defend the federal health care law.
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