Largely overlooked last week in the wake of President Donald Trump’s court battle was another controversial judicial ruling. On Thursday the US Court of Claims rewarding Moda Health, an Oregon-based health insurer, $214 million for losses it took participating in the high risk insurance pools established under the Affordable Care Act. The dispute came after […]
Sanders To Cruz: Health Care Access ‘Doesn’t Mean A Damn Thing’ If You Can’t Afford It…
On the issue of health care, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) agree on very little. At a town hall debate Tuesday night hosted by CNN, the two former presidential candidates clashed on the future of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, which President Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress […]
Poll: A Third of Americans Don’t Know Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act Are the Same Thing…
Behind Closed Doors, Republican Lawmakers Candidly Discuss Concerns About Repeal of Obamacare…
Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party’s quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday…The recording reveals a GOP that appears to be filled with doubts about how to make good on a long-standing promise to get rid of Obamacare without explicit guidance from President Trump or his administration…
Jonathan Gruber, Architect of Obamacare, Defends Policy…
Tucker Carlson talks with Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber to discuss repeal of the health care act…
Tom Price’s Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services…
Part 1/2 of Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., very long confirmation hearing. Price has been nominated by Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Much of the discussion that took place centered around replacing the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare…
Rep. Dave Brat: ‘We Have Five or Six Plans’ to Replace Obamacare; GOP Leadership Needs to ‘Pick One’…
Congress Moves to Repeal ObamaCare…
Congress will be focused on the effort to undo President Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment in the last full week of his term. Senate Republicans will lay the groundwork this week for repealing ObamaCare, despite deep uncertainty about what comes next…
GOP Targets Medicaid…
While Democrats have been pounding the drum against proposed changes to Medicare, Republicans appear far more likely to pursue an overhaul of Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor. Medicaid has grown in size in recent years, with ObamaCare extending coverage to millions of low-income people who hadn’t qualified before…
The Rise and Fall of Obamacare: Will the Inside Story Ever be Told?…
My friend and former colleague Wendell Potter, the CIGNA insurance public relations chief who saw the evil of his ways and left his job, is starting a new non-profit journalism enterprise called Tarbell. The investigative story I want to see from Wendell is one I am sure he will never tell: an insider exposé of […]