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The Biden administration on Monday proposed a new rule that critics say could force Christian doctors and religious hospitals to perform abortions or gender transition procedures under Obamacare. The Biden Department of Health and Human Services said the new rule was an implementation of the much-debated Section 1557 of the…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that prescription drug cost controls and an Obamacare fix are the components Democrats will seek for now in a fast-track domestic policy bill. "The two things we want to do in reconciliation, that we're going to do in…

Just days after President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law on June 25—the first major gun reform bill in three decades—a 21-year-old man with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois. He killed seven…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe ManchinDrew Angerer/Getty Images Centrist House Dems are raising pressure on party leaders to defuse an Obamacare timebomb soon. The New Democrat Coalition is urging Schumer and Pelosi to revive a reconciliation bill with a key health program. Democrats are at risk of…

Tina Passione needed health insurance in a hurry in December. The newly retired 63-year-old was relocating to suburban Atlanta with her husband to be closer to grandchildren. Their house in Pittsburgh flew off the market, and they had six weeks to move out 40 years of memories. Passione said she…

Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that a spike in ObamaCare premiums could hit this fall right before the midterm elections.   The party is already facing major headwinds from inflation and President Biden’s lagging approval ratings, and a health care premium spike would add a major blow.  The American Rescue Plan signed by…

Commentary Last month, President Biden proposed fixing the so-called “family glitch,” a quirk in Obamacare’s text that has prevented millions of people from purchasing subsidized coverage through the exchanges. It’s only the latest attempt to gift more people taxpayer-sponsored health coverage. The result will be rising premiums, fewer coverage options,…

President Biden blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for high gasoline prices Friday and urged Congress to lower everyday costs for Americans by empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices and extending supersized Obamacare subsidies and a popular tax credit for families. Mr. Biden faces pressure to rein in runaway costs for…

Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House Tuesday for the first time since he left office. He joined his former second-in-command, President Joe Biden, to announce expansions to the Affordable Care Act. CBS News' Natalie Brand joins "Red & Blue" to discuss the former president's visit and the…

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