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GOP Health Bill Pleases Most Republicans, But Not Many Other Americans
While nearly half of Americans support Obamacare, fewer than a third are in favor of the Republican replacement legislation.
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Consumer Advocates Wary Of New Marketplace Rules For Brokers
Federal officials relaxed their rules this month about how brokers and insurers can work with individuals to apply for health law policies.
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A Busy Week For Health: Budget Cuts, CBO Scores And Mitch McConnells Cryptic Signal
KHNs Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Rovner discuss some of the developments that shook up health news this week.
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‘Health Care’ = Fighting Words In Montana
A question about the Obamacare repeal bill turned into a rumble in the Montana special election portending tough times ahead for Republicans.
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Strategies To Defend Unpopular GOP Health Bill: Euphemisms, False Statements And Deleted Comments
Since the House passed the American Health Care Act, Republican members of Congress have tried to swing public opinion to their side. ProPublica has been tracking what they're saying.
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Citing CBO Report, Critics Decry GOP Bills Potential Fallout In California
"I feel like I am in a bad dream," said state Sen. Ed Hernandez, who chairs California's Senate Health Committee.
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Millions Of Ill People May Face Extremely High Premiums Under House Bill, CBO Says
The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office evaluates last-minute changes made to the bill to help propel it to passage.
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GOPs Health Bill Could Undercut Some Coverage In Job-Based Insurance
In states that take up the bills option to change the essential health benefits, the out-of-pocket spending limits and annual and lifetime caps on coverage in large group plans could fray.
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Health Debate Heats Up In Montana For This Week’s Special Election
The race for Montanas one and only seat in the House of Representatives will be decided Thursday, and health care is taking center stage in the race's last week.
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Republicans Race The Clock On Health Care But The Calendar Is Not Helping
The delays in pushing through a bill to replace Obamacare are beginning to back up other key items on the congressional calendar.
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Secret Sauce In Maine’s Successful High-Risk Pool: Enough Money
Before the Affordable Care Acts exchanges began, Maine had an invisible high-risk pool in place. Republican lawmakers are pointing to it as a success but it was better funded by a vast margin than the high-risk pools in the House replacement bill.
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Preexisting Conditions And Continuous Coverage: Key Elements Of GOP Bill
The Republican health plan would require insurers to offer coverage to people who have preexisting medical conditions. But if states opt to allow insurers to charge sick people more than healthy ones, people who have been more than 63 days without coverage could see significantly higher insurance costs.
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Trump Says He Knows About Health Care, But Some Of His Facts Seem Alternative
In two interviews, the president reveals some surprising views of health policy.
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Planned Parenthood Funding Could Thwart GOP Efforts On Health Bill
A provision in the House bill to strip funding from organizations that provide abortions may not meet the strict rules needed to bypass the filibuster in the Senate.
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Rural Shoppers Face Slim Choices, Steep Premiums On Exchanges
The larger an areas population, the more likely insurers will compete in that market, according to an Urban Institute analysis.
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Reactions To The GOP Health Bill: Voices From The States
What will happen to people with preexisting conditions is one worry some Americans expressed; the high costs of insurance under Obamacare is another.
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Parents Of Sick Children Fear Trap If States Have Say On ‘Preexisting Conditions’
"I'm not going to risk my son's health on the political whims of Jefferson City," says one Missouri father, whose son requires about $20,000 to $30,000 in medical care expenses a year. The new GOP health bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act lets states decide whether or not insurers must cover people with preexisting conditions, such as birth defects.
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On The Air With KHN: Obamacare Replacement Bill Heads To The Senate
In a variety of broadcasts, Kaiser Health News and California Healthline reporters discuss the bill passed by the House to change the Affordable Care Act.
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Why Blue States Might Ditch Beloved Obamacare Protections
With limited federal subsidies under the GOP health care bill, experts say states like California and New York would be under pressure to cut costs. That could mean shrinking benefits and dropping the prohibition against charging sicker patients higher premiums.
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Some GOP Congress Members Could Pay Politically For ACA Repeal Vote
Some political analysts and community advocates say members of Californias Republican congressional delegation, which voted unanimously for the House bill, could be haunted at the polls.
By Emily Bazar and Ana B. Ibarra