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Trump’s health chief asks Congress to pass drug plan

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s top health official asked Congress on Friday to pass its new prescription drug discount plan and provide it to all patients, not just those covered by...

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

While still rising, health law sign-ups likely to fall short

WASHINGTON – Sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act’s subsidized health insurance are still rising, the government said Wednesday. But with just over a week to go in an enrollment season cut i...

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Obamacare’ mandate repeal would remake market for consumers

WASHINGTON – Millions are expected to forgo coverage if Congress repeals the unpopular requirement that Americans get health insurance, gambling that they won’t get sick and boosting premium...

DATE: Nov 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump turns to drug industry for his new health secretary

WASHINGTON – Turning to an industry he’s rebuked, President Donald Trump on Monday picked a former top pharmaceutical and government executive to be his health secretary. If conf...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Despite Trump’s scorn, early ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups top 600,000

WASHINGTON – Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to take down “Obamacare,” more than 600,000 people signed up for coverage the first week of open enrollment, the government said Thursda...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health law sign-ups start, and some see a ‘hostile takeover’

WASHINGTON – It’s sign-up season for the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration isn’t making it easy – cutting the enrollment period in half, slashing advertising and dialing back...

DATE: Oct 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Premiums rising 34 percent for most popular health plan

WASHINGTON – Premiums for the most popular “Obamacare” plans are going up an average of 34 percent, according to a study Wednesday that confirms dire predictions about the impact of politica...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IRS still enforcing Obama-era insurance mandate

WASHINGTON – Contrary to widespread perceptions, the IRS still appears to be enforcing the unpopular Obama-era requirement that most people carry health insurance or risk a fine. ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump’s health care end run reflects frustrations

WASHINGTON – Frustrated over setbacks in Congress, President Donald Trump wielded his rule-making power Thursday to launch an end run that might get him closer to his goal of repealing and r...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Birth control: Trump expands opt-out for workplace insurance

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules Friday that...

DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Winners and losers in GOP’s last-ditch health overhaul

WASHINGTON – The GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal “Obamacare” would redistribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal financing for insurance coverage, creating winners and losers amo...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Frustration mounts over premiums for individual health plans

WASHINGTON – Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of double-digit premium incre...

DATE: Sep 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World