End to Health Care Subsidies Puts Congress in a Tight Spot End to Health Care Subsidies Puts Congress in a Tight Spot:- President Trump’s decision to cut off critical payments to health insurance companies ratcheted up the pressure on Congress on Friday to take action to protect consumers from soaring […]
Health Insurance and Managed Care
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate:- The Trump administration is poised to roll back the federal requirement for employers to include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans, vastly expanding exemptions for those that cite moral or […]
A Top Republican Vows a Vote on Health Care, but Uncertainty Reigns A Top Republican Vows a Vote on Health Care, but Uncertainty Reigns:- A Top Republican Vows a Vote on Health Care, but Uncertainty ReignsA top Senate Republican vowed on Sunday to bring the party’s health care bill to […]
G.O.P. Support of Senate Health Repeal Erodes During Break G.O.P. Support of Senate Health Repeal Erodes During Break:- A week that Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, as usually reliable Republican […]
Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure In normal times, the Fourth of July parade is a fat pitch down the middle for the grinning politician. For instance, here was Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat facing re-election next year in a state that President Trump […]
On Senate Health Bill, Trump Falters in the Closer Role President Trump began his all-hands meeting with Republican senators at the White House on Tuesday by saying they were “very close” to passing a health care bill, just as efforts to fast-track a vote this week collapsed. If Republicans do […]
Abortion Adds Obstacle as Republicans Plan to Unveil Health Bill Abortion flared up Wednesday as the latest hot-button issue to complicate passage of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which Senate Republican leaders hope to unveil on Thursday and pass next week. The repeal bill approved […]
Senate Democrats Try to Gum Up Works Over Affordable Care Act Repeal Democrats vowed on Monday to slow work in the Senate to a crawl to protest the secrecy surrounding the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, as Republican leaders raced to prepare a bill for […]
Divided Senate Republicans Turn to Health Care With a Rough Road Ahead Divided Senate Republicans Turn to Health Care With a Rough Road Ahead:- The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has a reputation as a shrewd tactician and a wily strategist — far more than his […]
Leaders Struggle to Unite House Republicans Behind Health Bill Leaders Struggle to Unite House Republicans Behind Health Bill:- The House bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act faced an uncertain fate on Wednesday as conservative Republicans pushed to eliminate federal requirements that health insurance plans provide certain benefits to consumers. […]
