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Thinkstock Images / Getty Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?
The CDC found that reported cases of three STDs hit an all-time high in 2017, suggesting that while sexual activity is decreasing in the U.S., it’s getting riskier.
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Bettmann / Getty / The Atlantic The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To.
Physicians have long dismissed or downplayed women's sexual- and reproductive-health concerns—but in 2018, stories about "health-care gaslighting" are consistently breaking through to the mainstream.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Democratic Push for a 'Public Option on Steroids'
Proposals in the Senate envision a considerably more aggressive role for government in the delivery of health care.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The GOP's High-Risk Move to Whack Obamacare in Its Tax Bill
Republican senators will scrap the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance mandate as part of their proposal, jeopardizing delicate negotiations for the chance at a double legislative win.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Shadow Government Working to Save Obamacare From Collapse
With the Trump administration refusing to promote open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, a cadre of former Obama officials steps in to fill the void—with an assist from the ex-president himself.
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Evan Vucci / AP Donald Trump's Obamacare Whiplash
Does the president want Congress to strike a bipartisan deal on health care? As with so many other issues, it depends on the hour.
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Susan Walsh / AP A Bipartisan Obamacare Breakthrough
A pair of key senators has reached a deal to stabilize the law, but Republican leaders in Congress—not to mention President Trump—could still sink its prospects.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump's Assault on Obamacare Could Revive a Deal in Congress
A pair of lawmakers are nearing a bipartisan agreement on health care, but it’s not the one the president wants.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Democrats' Luck Runs Out
The expiration of the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Trump administration’s moves on immigration and climate policy highlight the limits of the party out of power.
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Andrew Harnik / AP A Reckoning for the GOP's Go-It-Alone Legislative Strategy
A party-line approach failed congressional Republicans on health care. Why are they using the same one for tax reform?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters A Primetime Clash Over Health Care
Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy sparred with Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar on CNN hours after their bill dismantling Obamacare appeared to collapse.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Obamacare Repeal Effort Might Finally Be Dead
With Maine Senator Susan Collins announcing her opposition to the health-care bill, Republicans are three votes short of the support they need.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP John McCain Saves Obamacare Once Again
The Arizona Republican announced his opposition to the latest GOP repeal plan, all but certainly giving its critics the votes to block it.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP How Democrats Gave the GOP One More Chance to Repeal Obamacare
Their debt-ceiling deal with President Trump cleared up a busy congressional calendar and may have removed a big hurdle for Republicans facing a September 30 deadline.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Two Republicans Who Will Likely Determine Obamacare's Fate
A last-minute repeal vote could come down to Senators John McCain and Lisa Murkowski, who opposed the GOP’s most recent proposal in July and are facing competing pressures from their state’s governors.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Groundhog Day for Obamacare Repeal
The GOP is still missing the crucial 50th Senate vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. But a looming deadline is providing new momentum, and the legislation has advanced from no-shot to long-shot.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill Still Covers Fewer People
The new Affordable Care Act replacement currently making rounds in the Senate looks different than previous efforts, but the fundamentals are still the same: fewer funds, fewer rules, and fewer people covered.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Republican Senators Plead for One Last Chance to Repeal Obamacare
Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy introduced a bill to convert the law into a block grant for states. But the GOP has moved on, and their plan might never get a vote.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Senate Tests a New Approach on Obamacare: Bipartisanship
Health-care hearings next month will mark the first effort at collaboration between the two parties, even as the Republican repeal push sees one last gasp.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Images How Mental-Health Training for Police Can Save Lives—and Taxpayer Dollars
But only if officials at all levels of government are willing to invest in it up front.
