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Whether recent price changes in individual insurance plans are a good or a bad thing depends on your perspective. » Read More
By: Dan Mangan
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell gave reporters her views on what's coming when Obamacare enrollment resumes in earnest next month. » Read More |
By: Dan Mangan
A new lawsuit accuses federal health regulators of violating the Affordable Care Act by keeping proposed 2015 Obamacare rates hidden. » Read More |
By: Dan Mangan
What a difference a year makes. After a disastrous launch, Obamacare has 7.3 million individual plan enrollees. But advocates warn challenges loom. » Read More |
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About 115,000 people will lose Obamacare coverage by Sept. 30, and another 336,000 risk losing subsidies, officials said.
Obamacare's cost for small businesses are anything but small, with $22.6 billion in reduced pay and 350,000 fewer jobs, a new analysis finds.
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, stymied in his efforts to expand Medicaid in the state, Monday said he would extend health coverage to 25,000 people.
A appeals court gave the Obama administration a victory Thursday when it vacated a ruling that found subsidies issued via HealthCare.gov are illegal.
Nearly 20 percent of all U.S. states are eyeing the possibility of adopting technology from Connecticut's lauded health insurance marketplace.
The government issued a new rule and suggested another one Friday to address objections to the Obamacare contraception mandate.
Obamacare's Cadillac tax doesn't kick in until 2018, but companies are worrying about it and preparing for it now.
Obamacare has jacked up employee health coverage costs, firms surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said.
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A top Obamacare official asked her spokeswoman last fall to delete an email from a White House advisor about HealthCare.gov customer service issues.
The fait accompli attitude of Michael Leavitt, the former GOP governor of Utah, toward Obamacare is drawing criticism from conservatives.
Don't believe the hype that insurance companies are getting squeezed on Obamacare. That's the message from Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the law's architects.
HealthCare.gov won't disclose some key details of Obamacare, including how many people have paid, insurer market share and proposed 2015 prices.
Obamacare customers in California will see average insurance premium rates rise by 4.2 percent next year, officials announced Thursday.
A top federal health official told Congress on Thursday that upcoming open enrollment in Obamacare will have some "bumps," and "won't be perfect."
States might need to spend only hundreds of dollars or less to protect Obamacare subsidies for residents currently enrolled in HealthCare.gov plans.
Several court challenges to a key part of Obamacare could lead to average premium increases of 76 percent for subsidized HealthCare.gov enrollees.
Health Care
Amazon is in position to work with employers and health systems to bring better food to workers
People in at least another four states have been sickened by tainted McDonald’s salads, USA Today reported.
Offering discounts on prescriptions would seem like a natural option, but a number of health-care professionals think Amazon could also make a big impact when it comes to health-care services.
Politics
The indictment revealed several new details about the breadth of the Russian influence campaign, including alleged discussions the Russian hackers allegedly had with a U.S. congressional candidate and a friendly journalist.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who announced the indictments, asserted that the timing was based on "the facts, the law, and Department of Justice policies."
The Senate minority leader, the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and more than a dozen members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee all called on the president to cancel the meeting.
White House
Akbar Al Baker considers Donald Trump a friend, and he does not fault the U.S. president for trying to get the best deals for America.
The first summit between the two leaders arrives just three days after the Trump administration's Justice Department charged 12 Russian government officials with interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
"We can’t continue to bear the brunt of the retaliation" in the U.S.-China trade dispute, says Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.
