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Alan Diaz / AP Obamacare Is on the Ropes—Again
With open-enrollment numbers slipping, the Republican tax plan gaining steam, and CHIP still in limbo, critical elements of health-insurance programs are in danger.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Republican Obstruction of Obamacare Helped Put Trump in the White House
A new study finds that GOP efforts to undermine the health-care law gave the party a boost in 2016, despite—or even because of—how those actions made health care worse for voters.
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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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Jason Reed / Reuters Why Notre Dame Reversed Course on Contraception
The Catholic university is caught between accommodating a diverse community and defending what it sees as religious freedom.
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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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Carlos Giusti / AP Puerto Rico's Dire Health-Care Crisis
Over a month after Hurricane Maria, citizens are still facing limited access to medical help and the increasing threat of illness.
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Evan Vucci / AP What's Still Missing From Trump's Plan to Tackle the Opioid Crisis
The president declared a public-health emergency in an empathetic speech—but left some crucial questions unanswered.
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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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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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Frank May / dpa / AP Trump Reverses Obama Rule on Birth Control
In two rules released Friday, the White House rolls back some of the ACA’s key requirements for employers to cover birth control.
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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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Alex Brandon / AP Graham-Cassidy and the Fog of War
Nobody knows exactly what the latest Obamacare-replacement legislation will do. That may be the point.
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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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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Real Losers of the Graham-Cassidy Health-Care Bill
The bill would take funding from governments facing public-health crises to provide a short-term boon to a smaller number of states that have refused to expand Medicaid.
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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.
