Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act, and the health coverage of millions of Americans, could face a major threat to its future.  A federal appeals court in New Orleans appears ready to rule that a core provision of Obamacare is unconstitutional. It's unclear exactly whe…

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Appeals court likely to rule Obamacare unconstitutional

Under Obamacare, a new office can test strategies for how to pay for health services, a provision meant to improve health care quality and efficiency. Many such experiments have been started by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, including progra…

Donald Trumps dream of eliminating the Affordable Care Act appears closer to becoming reality after the two GOP-appointed judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in New Orleans indicated on Tuesday that they were ready to strike down the entire l…

NEW ORLEANS Federal appeals court judges expressed skepticism Tuesday that the nearly decade-old law that refashioned the nations health-care system should remain intact after Congress eliminated a tax penalty for Americans who fail to carry health insurance.…

NEW ORLEANS, July 9 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court panel grilled Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday about whether Obamacare violates the U.S. Constitution, as it weighs whether to uphold a Texas judges ruling striking down the landmark healthcare re…

Obamacare is facing a new legal challenge today, this time before federal judges in New Orleans. What's the story? This challenge is all about the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, or the tax penalty for those who decide not to have health insurance…

Premiums for Obamacare plans in California are expected to rise less than 1% in 2020, a mild increase that officials credit with changes the state made to its healthcare provisions. State officials announced the rate increases Tuesday ahead of a court chall…

New Orleans (CNN)One side is trying to kill Obamacare. The other is trying to save it. Lawyers from the Trump administration and a group of Republican states will square off against attorneys from a coalition of Democratic states and the House of Representat…