Obamacare

Rather than fast-track the latest challenge to Obamacare, the Supreme Court punted past the 2020 election. And while that appears to be a win for the so-called Trump administration, it puts Trump's 2016 lies about "terrific healthcare at a fraction of the cos…

WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, making it highly unlikely that the justices would decide the case before the 2020 election. The court denied a reques…

(Leah Millis/Reuters) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court’s nationwide injunction against its effort to exempt more employers from the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled against the administration’s 2018 rule expanding…

The promised fights fizzled. The Democrats wrapped their pre-voting debate schedule Tuesday night with an unexpected dose of Iowa nice. It reflects the reality of an up-for-grabs caucus race where at least four candidates have a real shot at winning in less …

One of the strange features of the national health care conversation is how it has evolved. What is often referred to as Obamacare began as an attempt to insure the uninsured. In fact, the initial Congressional Budget Office estimates predicted the Affordable Care Act would be largely successful in doing…

Mini Mike Bloomberg is spending a lot of money on False Advertising. I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare, you have it now, while at the same time winning the fight to rid you of the expensive, unfair and very unpopular Indivi…

Tonight is the final Democratic debate before the hugely influential Iowa caucuses on February 3 and there's, uh, a lot of news the candidates could talk about. Most of it is worthwhile (possible war with Iran, the terms of Trump's impeachment trial), some of…

President Trump and almost all Congressional Republicans have consistently opposed Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid. Their opposition is irrational. It is also unpopular with voters. In dark red states like Nebraska, Idaho and Utah voters recently went over the heads of their Republican legislators and governors by approving referendums to expand…

(Reuters) - The number of Democratic presidential candidates tmsnrt.rs/2UhJ7WE seeking their party's nomination to oppose Republican U.S. President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election dropped to 12 on Mondaywhen U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey e…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Trump administration and states challenging Obamacare to respond by Friday, January 10, to an appeal filed by defenders of the health care law. Such a highly abbreviated timeline — the rules normally …