WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Monday demanded that lawmakers wait to find out the budgetary and healthcare impacts of a new, last-ditch legislative effort by Republicans to repeal Obamacare before voting on it. In their long-running war on former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, Senate Republicans are now proposing to replace…
Insurers to Fill Obamacare Gaps in Ohio’s Individual Market
(Reuters)—Five health insurance companies in Ohio, including Molina Healthcare Inc., have stepped up to sell health plans in 19 counties that would have been without Obamacare individual coverage in 2018, the state’s insurance regulator said on Monday.1 Ohio’s Department of Insurance said it had worked to draw in insurers for the 20 counties that were…
Trump Aims at Insurers in Battle Over Healthcare Subsidies
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters)—U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday took aim at the nation’s health insurers in an escalating threat to cut the healthcare subsidy payments that make Obamacare plans affordable, one day after urging Republican senators to continue working to undo his Democratic predecessor’s healthcare law. “If ObamaCare is hurting people, and it is, why…
Republican Bid to Gut Obamacare Fails in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—A U.S. Senate led by Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans dealt the president a harsh blow on Friday, failing to move ahead with a major campaign promise to dismantle Obamacare as they fell one vote short of passing healthcare legislation. Three senators—John McCain (R-Az.), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.)—joined Senate Democrats in the…
McCain to Return for Pivotal U.S. Senate vote on Healthcare
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) will return to the U.S. capitol on Tuesday to play what could be a crucial role in salvaging Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare and keep their years-long pledge to unwind the 2010 healthcare overhaul. McCain, who is battling brain cancer, is set to help decide whether the repeal push will…
Republicans’ Push to Roll Back Obamacare Faces Crucial test
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—President Donald Trump pleaded with U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday to “do the right thing” on healthcare and allow debate to begin on a measure to repeal and replace Obamacare. The Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to begin debating a healthcare overhaul, although Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has…
U.S. Republicans Left Scrambling After Healthcare Bill Sinks Again
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The collapse of Republicans’ push to repeal and replace Obamacare in the U.S. Senate set up a possible repeal-only vote and clouded the path forward for President Donald Trump’s other domestic policy goals, rattling financial markets on Tuesday. After two Republicans said they would not back the latest Obamacare rollback bill, Senate Majority Leader…
Senate May Vote on Revised Healthcare Bill Next Week
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. Senate Republicans said Tuesday they will seek to bring their healthcare overhaul to the Senate floor next week after a lengthy intraparty struggle, but it remained unclear whether they had the votes to pass the measure or even what form it would finally take. With his reputation as a master strategist on the…
Congress Must Shore Up Insurance Markets If Obamacare Repeal Fails
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that Congress must act to shore up private health insurance markets if it fails to repeal Obamacare, comments seen as providing a pathway to a bipartisan deal to fix the health system. Speaking at a luncheon in his home state of Kentucky, McConnell said,…
U.S. Senate Health Bill Would Decimate Long-Term Care Coverage
CHICAGO (Reuters)—When Americans think about retirement planning, long-term care usually is a major blind spot – few of us want to contemplate the possibility of infirmity and dependency in old age. But we would do well to think about it now, as the Senate Republicans take a holiday weekend pause in their push to dismantle…
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