Melissa Quinn
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As Senate Mulls Obamacare Repeal, Insurers in 2 States Ask Double-Digit Premium Hikes
In Maryland and Connecticut, insurers ask to raise premiums 50 percent and 34 percent, respectively, for Obamacare plans. → Read More
Oregon Man Fined $500 for Challenging Red-Light Cameras
“The government can’t punish people for expressing their concerns,” Sam Gedge of the Institute for Justice says. → Read More
Challenges Await Senate After House Passes Obamacare Replacement Bill
Senate Republicans are working on their own bill repealing and replacing Obamacare. The House passed its own legislation Thursday. → Read More
House Passes Obamacare Replacement in Close Vote
Republicans' revamped American Health Care Act clears the House by a squeaker of a margin, 217-213. → Read More
What Trump Has Done on Health Care in First 100 Days
President Donald Trump has yet to sign a bill repealing Obamacare since taking office. But he has started chipping away at the law. → Read More
House Republicans Move Closer to Obamacare Repeal Deal
“The MacArthur amendment will grant states the ability to repeal cost-driving aspects of Obamacare,” the Freedom Caucus says. → Read More
Demonstrators Descend on Heritage to Protest Budget
The protesters, from the organization People's Action, opposed The Heritage Foundation's recommendations for the federal budget. → Read More
This Company Wants to Show You the Cost of Health Care
“Transparency can really change markets,” says David Vivero, CEO of Amino. → Read More
What’s in the GOP’s New Obamacare Deal
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows says he’s “optimistic” Republicans will have an Obamacare repeal bill that keeps their campaign promises. → Read More
Trump’s Ex-Im Bank Nominations Could Bring Reforms
President Donald Trump nominated two former Republican congressmen to key positions with the Export-Import Bank. → Read More
Back Home, Voters Put Faith in Obamacare Foe
“The Freedom Caucus is … just trying to do what they told voters they were going to do,” James Alter of Sidney, Ohio, says, supporting Rep. Jim Jordan. → Read More
Talks Continue as Republicans Face Questions on Obamacare
Rep. Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, says a deal on a bill repealing and replacing Obamacare is "very close." → Read More
Private Exchanges See Opening With Trump Administration
“From our point of view, this was government overreach," eHealthInsurance's CEO says of HealthCare.gov. → Read More
House GOP Renews Plans to Repeal Obamacare
“We’re not going to retrench into our corners or put up dividing lines,” House Speaker Paul Ryan says about the path forward on Obamacare repeal. → Read More
Trump Calls House Freedom Caucus ‘Friends'
“This is a hard time for them,” Trump says of the Freedom Caucus. “This is a hard vote.” → Read More
Lacking Votes, Paul Ryan Pulls Obamacare Replacement
The speaker withdraws the Obamacare replacement after conservatives and centrist Republicans rebel against it despite President Trump’s efforts. → Read More
Conservatives Look to Continue Negotiating Obamacare Plan
“We need to read the bill and understand the bill fully before we take a vote on it,” Rep. Mark Meadows said of the Obamacare replacement plan. → Read More
Freedom Caucus Members Hold Ground After Trump Meeting
Conservatives say they want Obamacare’s insurance regulations repealed in the plan. → Read More
Freedom Caucus Heads to WH Ahead of Obamacare Vote
The House is scheduled to vote on the House GOP's bill repealing and replacing Obamacare on Thursday. → Read More
House Freedom Caucus Could Block Obamacare Plan From Passing
Twenty-two Republican votes against the House GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would block the plan from advancing to the Senate. → Read More