Senate Approves Bill to Weaken Obamacare, Defund Planned Parenthood
The chamber passed a reconciliation measure after some controversial amendment votes, but President Obama is sure to veto it.
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AP Photo/M. Spencer Green The Bid to Delay Obamacare’s Cadillac Tax Is Stalling
A repeal of the health care tax is unlikely to appear in a tax-extenders package currently being negotiated.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster GOP Is Relying on Obama to Veto Reconciliation Bill
If this bill actually became law, the party—and health exchanges—would likely be thrown into chaos.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Painkiller Abuse is a Personal Issue for Most Americans—Including Presidential Candidates
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that more than half of Americans have a personal connection to the issue, which has been reflected on the campaign trail.
AP Photo/John Raoux Some Republicans Are Ready to Work on Prescription-Drug Prices
But the issue still has major opponents within the party.
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Nurses' Union Sides With Sanders Over Clinton in Democrats’ Health Care Battle
The union, which had already endorsed Sanders, took exception when Team Clinton attacked Sanders’s single-payer proposal.
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Even With a Republican President, Obamacare Isn't Getting Repealed
Republicans probably won’t be able to fully repeal Obamacare in 2017 regardless of who’s president. But the difference between effective repeal and full repeal might just come down to semantics.
AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke Even If You Like Your Obamacare Co-Op Insurance, You Probably Can’t Keep It
How one of progressives’ favorite parts of the ACA fell apart, and why Congress did nothing to stop it.
AP Photo/Evan Vucci How Congress Is Using $9 Billion in Medicare Savings to Finance the Budget Deal—and Why Hospitals Hate It
A payment-reform idea that was a long time coming finally passed as a budget offset.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik How Congress Reached a Deal to Stop a Medicare Premium Spike, and How Seniors Will Pay the Cost Eventually
The budget deal reached Monday keeps Part B premiums from jumping more than 52 percent, but in the form of a loan that must be repaid.
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