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3 months ago
Commemorating 12 years of the Affordable Care Act
ABC News Deputy Political Director Averi Harper discusses what to expect ahead of remarks from President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama on the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
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Treasury to propose new rule to fix Obamacare 'family glitch'
“As a result, 200,000 uninsured people are expected to gain coverage."
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Biden says 14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help
President Joe Biden says 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from his administration
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7 months ago
Sanders to Biden: Cut back looming Medicare premium hike
Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the White House to cut back a big Medicare premium hike set to take effect in weeks and tied to a pricey Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned
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9 months ago
Ban on negotiating Medicare drug prices under pressure
Negotiating Medicare drug prices is a linchpin of President Joe Biden's ambitious health care agenda
9 months ago
10 months ago
Biden made 'Obamacare' cheaper, now sign-up deadline is here
Midnight on Sunday is the deadline for consumers to take advantage of a special “Obamacare” sign up period, courtesy of President Joe Biden
10 months ago
1 year ago
Breaking down Supreme Court's rejection of challenge to Obamacare
In a 7-2 ruling, the court struck down a lower court ruling and said the plaintiffs, Texas and 17 other GOP-led states, did not have standing to sue.
1 year ago
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GOP needs new health care target; 'Obamacare' survives again
The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is another sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare health care law, rejecting GOP challenge
The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a long-anticipated decision, upheld the Affordable Care Act in a case challenging the individual mandate in Obamacare.
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Supreme Court rules to uphold Affordable Care Act
The ruling came at a 7-2 decision to keep Obamacare with 20 million Americans are covered by this law.
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Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the ACA.
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Lawmakers react to Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare
President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers praised the Supreme Court decision Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act in a case challenging its individual mandate.
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, maintaining health insurance for millions
The court also ruled that Philadelphia wrongly limited ties with a Catholic foster care agency over the group's refusal to work with gay couples.
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Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
This the third time the ACA has been challenged.
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Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment
A special enrollment period was expanded in the pandemic.
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Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to run U.S. health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who’ll carry out his strategy for expanding affordable coverage and reining in prescription drug costs
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Biden: 1M sign up for health care during special enrollment
1 million have signed up for health insurance under “Obamacare” during pandemic.
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Biden encouraged by consumer interest in 'Obamacare' offer
President Joe Biden says it's an “encouraging sign" that more than 200,000 people have signed up for insurance coverage in the first two weeks after he reopened HealthCare
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New enrollment window opens for health insurance shoppers
Health insurance shoppers stuck in a bad plan or unable to find coverage have a new option for help
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White House announces actions to restore quality and affordable health care
Jen Psaki announces the executive orders President Joe Biden signed Thursday on health care, abortion and other White House updates.
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Insurers add food to coverage menu as way to improve health
Food is a growing focus for insurers as they look to improve people's health.
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Obamacare appears likely to survive Supreme Court challenge
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh signaled Tuesday that they’re inclined to uphold the majority of the Affordable Care Act.
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Obamacare appears likely to be upheld in Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh signaled that they’re inclined to uphold the majority vote in support of the Affordable Care Act, but cut the law’s individual insurance mandate.
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As pandemic rages, Obamacare on the line at Supreme Court
President Donald Trump and 18 Republican-led states on Tuesday will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate the Affordable Care Act.
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Supreme Court to hear case on Obamacare
The justices will hear arguments from the Trump administration asking to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. ABC's Kenneth Moton reports.
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Obamacare in the balance before the Supreme Court
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on arguments before the Supreme Court this week on the legality of the Affordable Care Act, and speaks to Americans who may be impacted if the law is dismantled.
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Medicare's 'Part B' outpatient premium to rise by $3.90
Monthly premium for outpatient care will go up by $3.90 next year to $148.50
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How Missourians did an end-around their conservative legislature to expand Medicaid
Missourians mobilized by the thousands to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot this year, a move that will impact 230,000 low-income residents in the "coverage gap."
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Medicare coverage for Alzheimer brain scans in question
A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer’s disease missed its goals for curbing emergency room visits and hospitalizations
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Supreme Court allows Trump to exempt employers from Obamacare birth control mandate
The court ruled 7-2 in a case involving the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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What the latest Supreme Court decision means for your contraceptive care
Will insurance still cover birth control?
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Affordable Care Act
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called efforts to rip away the ACA during a pandemic, “unfathomable cruelty.”
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Amid pandemic, Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to completely strike down Obamacare.
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With a jab at Trump, Pelosi unveils new 'Obamacare' bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking a jab at President Donald Trump as she unveils a plan to expand the Obama-era health law
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Most Medicare enrollees could get insulin for $35 a month
The Trump administration says most people with Medicare will have access to prescription plans next year that limit their copays for insulin to a maximum of $35 a month
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Court rules insurers can collect $12B under health care law
The Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama
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Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus
The government says the financial condition of the government’s two biggest benefit programs remains shaky
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White House says it will use $100B to reimburse hospitals to treat uninsured Americans for coronavirus
The White House promises cash payments to cover the cost of unpaid medical bills by designating $100 billion to reimburse hospitals to treat uninsured.
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Supreme Court to decide Obamacare's fate after 2020 election
The Supreme Court announced it will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act in its next term, just after the 2020 election.
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New Hampshire gov joins legal fight to keep 'Obamacare'
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu says New Hampshire will join 17 other states in defense of the Affordable Care Act as a case that is aimed at repealing the law goes before the U.S. Supreme Court
2 years ago
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Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama health care law
The case will be the third major Supreme Court battle over Obamacare.
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Supreme Court rejects fast-track review of health care suit
The Supreme Court is refusing to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law
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Major doctors' group calls for US to assure coverage for all
A major doctors’ organization is calling for sweeping government action to guarantee coverage for all, reduce costs and improve the basic well-being of Americans
2 years ago
2 years ago
Health care spending decreases under single-payer systems: Study
The vast majority of single-payer health care plans in a new study would save the country money on health care costs.
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Democratic states appeal Obamacare ruling to Supreme Court
Democratic-led states are asking the Supreme Court for a fast-track review of a recent appeals court decision that declared a key part of the Obama-era health law unconstitutional and cast a legal cloud over the rest of it
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3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare
As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody
2 years ago
3 years ago
Obamacare mandate struck down by appeals court
A federal appeals court ruled the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional.
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3 years ago
Court rules against Obamacare individual mandate
The decision, by a two-to-one vote on the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, means prolonged uncertainty for the nation’s health care system and the millions of Americans who rely on the law.
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Appeals court rules against individual mandate, but throws lifeline to Obamacare
A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw a lifeline to the ACA, asking a lower court judge to reconsider his decision invalidating the entire law.
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Court: Part of 'Obamacare' invalid, more review needed
A federal appeals court has struck down “Obamacare’s” now-toothless requirement that Americans carry health insurance
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