The Obamacare Loophole Health Telemarketers Love
Hi, it’s Zach in New York. On Monday, I wrote about a new kind of skimpy health plan that some customers are calling a rip-off. More on that in a moment, but first …
There’s a new kind of health plan being sold by telemarketers these days. More than 100,000 US households have been enrolled already. Here’s what’s new about these plans: When you sign up for coverage, you’re also being signed up as an “employee” of the company behind the plan.
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Harris Says Trump Will Repeal Obamacare. Trump Now Claims He’ll Make It ‘Better.’
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, have quickly made the Affordable Care Act central to their campaign, raising the specter of another Republican repeal effort next year if former President Donald J. Trump wins the White House.
Trump says he's "seriously looking" at Obamacare alternatives
Former President Trump revealed that he's "seriously looking at alternatives" to the Affordable Care Act, calling the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare during his administration "a low point for the Republican Party."
Why it matters: Ahead of last year's midterms, Republicans effectively gave up on campaigning to kill the ACA — acknowledging that the program was popular and fully embedded in the U.S. health care system.
Flashback: Despite having full control of the White House and Congress,...
Republicans consider unraveling a key part of Obamacare in Trump agenda bill
Top Republicans are considering rolling back a major piece of the Affordable Care Act in their massive bill for President Donald Trump's agenda, exploring savings by slashing how much money the federal government spends to cover the 2010 law's expansion of Medicaid.
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the case for it Monday as Congress returned from a two-week recess, saying Medicaid spending is growing at an unsustainable rate.
Supreme Court appears to reject conservative argument over Obamacare provision
A majority of the Supreme Court appeared inclined Monday to reject a conservative challenge to Obamacare, leaving in place the federal government’s authority to require insurers to cover everything from depression screenings to HIV prevention drugs at no cost to patients.
And, in an odd twist, it was the Trump administration defending the health law that the president has spent more than a decade excoriating.
Obamacare mandates at stake in Supreme Court arguments
Preventive healthcare measures, including certain free screenings, tests, and medications, could be put on the chopping block this week as the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in the fourth case related to Obamacare preventive coverage mandates.
Obamacare insurers collect billions in taxpayer subsidies — just to deny claims
Democrats spent the last four years trying to expand Obamacare enrollment, largely by ramping up federal premium subsidies. However, the health coverage available through the exchanges often doesn’t do much good, as too many Obamacare enrollees discover when a medical bill comes due. According to new research from KFF, health insurers operating through the federal exchanges denied one in five claims in 2023. In other words, the United States is funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies so they can deny claims. It’s long past time for officials to...
Vulnerable House Republicans warn leaders against cutting Obamacare
House Republicans in competitive districts warned GOP leaders Thursday: We could lose our seats if you gut Obamacare to pay for a massive border, energy and tax bill. A group of about a dozen centrist Republicans delivered the message in a meeting with GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and other senior lawmakers, according to four Republicans familiar with the meeting who were granted anonymity to speak frankly. GOP members are already concerned that they’re poised to lose their trifecta and a swath of seats in the 2026 midterms — they...
Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare
As President Donald Trump’s health care agenda for a second term takes shape, it’s becoming clear that many Joe Biden-era policies won’t make the cut. On Monday, Trump signed a sweeping order aimed in part at reversing several Biden administration executive orders on health care, including efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare and Medicaid, enhancing the Affordable Care Act and increasing protections for Medicaid enrollees. The so-called initial rescissions order, according to the Trump White House, is aimed at Biden policies that it says...