Tag Archives: Congressional Budget Office

New Speaker Pelosi, House Democrats, plan to hold hearings on Medicare for All. Meanwhile, California and NYC move ahead with their own programs for universal health care which don’t require Capitol Hill, White House approval.

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The News: Newly minted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) supports holding hearings on “Medicare for All,” her spokesman said last week, marking a major step forward for supporters of a single-payer health… Read more »

Senate Passes Tax Reform Bill in 51-49 Vote. Health coverage imperiled as Obamacare’s individual mandate traded for $338 billion in tax cuts.

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The News: By a vote of 51-49, the Senate passed a tax overhaul bill early Saturday morning that included a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, which… Read more »

GOP tax bill taking same path to collapse as health-reform efforts. Or is it?

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The News: House Republicans last Thursday (November 16, 2017) passed legislation that would overhaul the U.S. tax code, a crucial step forward in their effort to enact the centerpiece of… Read more »

McConnell scraps Graham-Cassidy bill; but be mindful of Yogi Berra’s quip back in 1973.

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The Latest: Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday (September 26, 2017) officially pulled the plug on the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, abandoning a planned vote on the… Read more »

Latest ACA repeal bill returns for one more Senate audition; will McConnell, other GOP leadership put it to a vote?

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The News: Powerful healthcare groups continued to denounce the Graham-Cassidy bill Wednesday (September 20, 2017), including AARP and the American Hospital Association, both of which urged a “no” vote. But… Read more »

Government to make August CSR payment to health insurers; meanwhile, CBO says Trump threat to Obamacare would send premiums 20% higher.

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The News: The federal government will make crucial Obamacare-related subsidy payments to health insurers in August despite threats by President Donald Trump to end them, a White House spokesman said last week…. Read more »

Centene rescuing Obamacare as just two US counties still lack insurers for 2018.

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The News: Centene Corp. (St. Louis MO) on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) said it will sell Obamacare plans in Nevada’s remaining 14 “bare” counties in 2018. The insurer previously announced… Read more »

GOP’s latest health bill looking more like a white flag on Obamacare repeal promise; McCain’s return won’t save McConnell’s maneuvers.

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The News: Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a revised bill last Thursday to overhaul the US healthcare system, lawmakers undecided about the proposed changes to Medicaid gathered together… Read more »

Trump’s rejoinder to Senate GOP: repeal Obamacare now, replace it later; or just forget the whole thing.

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The News: US President Donald Trump urged Republican senators on Friday (June 30, 2017) to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new healthcare plan to replace it,… Read more »

GOP Senate bill ignites massive rally in healthcare stocks; remember the dot-com era?

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US healthcare stocks posted sharp gains last week, with pharma, hospitals and insurers climbing after Senate Republicans released a draft bill to scrap Obamacare, while a recent explosion in biotech… Read more »