Obamacare

President Trump struck a blow against his predecessor's healthcare law by signing government funding legislation Friday that repealed major Obamacare taxes. Trump signed the bill only two days after a major court decision on Obamacare that left the law in li…

Between Congress and the Courts, Obamacare took more hits this week:The most despised part of the ACAthe moribund individual mandatewas declared unconstitutional in a 2-1 decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, but the judges left it to a lowe…

For Republicans, that split-screen Democratic treatment represents both danger and opportunity heading into the 2020 elections. The 98 pages of dusty legal prose redefines battle lines the parties have been drawing on health care an issue on voters minds more…

Judge Carolyn Dineen King was a voice of reason on Wednesday as her fellow members of a three-judge appeals panel Read Full Article »

LOS ANGELES The latest Democratic debate was held on a college campus steps from the beach, but the candidates couldnt get their minds out of a wine cave. At the last debate before the start of the election year, the odd location became shorthand for high-d…

Yves here. We featured a Kaiser Health News article earlier this week on continuing legal challenges to Obamacare and what they might mean for patients. This post describes a new ruling that nixed the individual mandate and has put the rest of the law in play…

Memphis, Tennessee -- Amidst impeachments looming shadow, former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg is staking out the stance as the doer-in-chief ahead of the 2020 election. Rolling out part one of his health care plan Thursday at a cam…

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate, rushing to meet a looming deadline, approved and sent to President Donald Trump a $1.4 trillion package of fiscal 2020 spending bills that would end prospects of government shutdowns at week's end when…

Adding the time it will take for Judge OConnor to draft a fresh decision, his ruling might not emerge for nearly a year, several legal observers say. Then the appeal process would begin anew. Mr. Adler considers the ruling a punt, saying it has no practica…

The case turns on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. There, after Congress decided it could not repeal the A.C.A., it did get rid of the penalty that had been associated with the failure to comply with the laws insurance-purchase requirement. A group of Republic…