Mon Jun 26, 2017 AT 2:21 PM EDT
Senate leaders worked Monday to modify their plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, adding a new provision that would penalize consumers for not keeping their plans by imposing a six-month waiting provision before they could re-enroll, reports The Washington Post.
Fri Jun 23, 2017 AT 2:26 PM EDT
The current debate over the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and its implications for the Medicaid program goes far beyond CBO scores and procedural maneuvering for the more than five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, a progressive brain disease that is claiming the lives of women and minorities at alarming rates, reports The Hill.
Thu Jun 22, 2017 AT 2:48 PM EDT
Senate Republicans, who have promised a repeal of the Affordable Care Act for seven years, took a major step on Thursday toward that goal, unveiling a bill to cut Medicaid deeply and end the health law’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance, reports The New York Times.