Obamacare

A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the individual mandate in Obamacare is unconstitutional. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans handed down the ruling but did not decide on whether that would invalidate the rest of the legislation,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) The individual mandate of former President Barack Obamas health care law is invalid, but other parts of the law need further review, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2-1 ruling handed down by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court…

In selling Obamacare before Congress a decade ago, President Barack Obama promised that he would not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future. From her perch behind the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaped out of…

WASHINGTONCongressional leaders struck a tax-policy deal late Monday, capping a long weekend of negotiations with an agreement that will extend lapsed and expiring tax breaks but wont be as expansive as many lawmakers had hoped. The extended breaks included i…

Getty Negotiations are ongoing, but it looks like the fiscal year 2020 spending bill will include permanent repeal of up to three Obamacare taxes: the so-called Cadillac tax on health insurance benefits, an excise tax on medical devices, and the Health Insur…

Auto enrollment, premium surcharges, and single-payer could be alternatives to open enrollment. Sunday night, on the final day of open enrollment for 2020 coverage, healthcare.gov appears to have had a meltdown. There were widespread reports of the insurance …

Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill that's also carrying lots of overdue Washi…

Freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) is upset that she has 66 different insurance plans to choose from. Meanwhile, government over-regulation of the health care industry has left many Americans with only one. Sunday night, Ocasio-Cortez t…

Congress to Repeal Three Health Industry Taxes Intended to Fund Obamacare

WASHINGTON (AP) Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill that's also carrying lots …