This article originally appeared on Axios.com Will Obamacare repeal get back on track? This week gives Republicans a chance to try to recover from last week’s stumbles, which included a GOP retreat that didn’t produce any clear consensus on an Obamacare replacement plan — but did produce a leaked recording[…]
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What we know and don’t know about Trump’s healthcare plans
This article originally appeared in The Hill. President Trump told Fox News last week that when it comes to ObamaCare, “we’re going to have a plan that’s going to be great for people.” What that plan will actually be, though, remains unclear. Trump has said that he will put forward an[…]
House votes to begin Obamacare repeal process
This article originally appeared in the Washington Post. Congress took its first step toward rolling back President Obama’s health care reform law Friday, with the House voting along party lines to pass key preliminary legislation. The measure, which was passed Thursday by the Senate, will allow Republicans to use special[…]
The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
This study was prepared by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” includes a number of provisions to expand health care coverage, as well as several offsets that raise taxes and slow the growth of Medicare spending. According to our latest estimates,[…]
The U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. Here’s what we’re buying.
This article originally appeared in the Washington Post. American health-care spending, measured in trillions of dollars, boggles the mind. Last year, we spent $3.2 trillion on health care — a number so large that it can be difficult to grasp its scale. A new study published in the Journal of the[…]