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  1. Health-Care Mess Could Screw Up Everything GOP Is Trying to Do This YearIf Republicans are unable to resolve their problem over repealing and replacing Obamacare, their timetable for the rest of the year is in big trouble.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. health care
    Republicans Search for Someone to Blame for TrumpcareAfter the dismal CBO estimate, more Republicans are turning against AHCA — and each other.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. health care
    Leaked White House Analysis Says AHCA Would Be Even Worse Than PredictedNevertheless, the Trump administration is leaning toward making the law take effect next year, in a concession to the far right.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. GOP Bill Would Let Your Employer Demand to See Your Genetic InformationAnd then force you to mitigate your genetic liabilities, or else accept higher premiums on your health insurance.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. Trump to Bully GOP Into Passing the AHCA — or Some Plan They Like BetterAfter promising to rein in GOP defectors, the White House signaled that they’re still open to suggestions on health-care reform.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  6. Interstate Insurance Sales Probably Won’t Work, But If They Do We’re in TroubleThere are several reasons to be wary of the GOP’s oft-proposed plan to let Americans buy health insurance across state lines.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. oh congress
    GOP Leaders Bet Wavering Republicans Lack the Guts to Stop Obamacare RepealThey plan to advance a bill to kill the Affordable Care Act even though they don’t have the votes.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. the national interest
    The Republicans Own Obamacare Now. How Many People Will They Let Suffer?The extent of the damage remains to be seen, but one way to calculate it, should the ACA be dismantled, will be in American lives lost.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Will Donald Trump Push the GOP Left on Health Care?He is making liberal noises on drug prices, maternity leave, and more. That might mean something — or nothing.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. Obamacare Is Enjoying a Politically Inconvenient Enrollment SpikeAs repeal nears, people are signing up in droves, especially in states Trump won.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Trump’s Health Secretary Might Undo a Key Reform Containing Medical CostsTom Price has been skeptical of value-based health-care initiatives many Republicans support. Now he is in a position to do real damage to them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Obama Touts Trump’s Pragmatism, Implores Him Not to Hastily Repeal the ACAObama spends a news conference showing respectful deference to Trump, while encouraging the president-elect to heed his advice on health care.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. Obamacare Premiums to Rise 25 PercentBut most consumers should be able to avoid the price hike if they browse the exchanges for the best deal.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Obamacare Looks Like It Will Remain ‘Suboptimal’ for Quite a WhileAll the scenarios for fixing the problems with the Affordable Care Act are implausible so long as Republicans control either house of Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. Just a Reminder: Congress Isn’t Going to Fix Obamacare Any Time SoonThe political obstacles that prevented enactment of a public option or single-payer system in 2010 are, if anything, stronger today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. health care
    Clinton Reaffirms Support for Public OptionShe has formally endorsed adding a public option to Obamacare, as well as lowering the age for Medicare access and expanding funding for health-clinic care. 
    By Chas Danner
  17. Creating ‘Medicare for All’ Isn’t As Easy As It SoundsSupporters of the policy often suggest that the influence of for-profit insurers and drug companies is the only obstacle. But it’s not so simple. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Theranos Voids Two Years of Blood-Test ResultsOn the verge of being banned from the blood business, the company has issued tens of thousands of corrected test reports to doctors and patients.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. The Brave Politics of Clinton’s Medicare Buy-In ProposalIt isn’t just another halfhearted “move to the left” toward a single-payer system. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. In the Shallow End of the (High-Risk) PoolPaul Ryan hauls out a bad old idea to toss sick people into their own little health-insurance ghetto. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. The Privatize-the-VA Lobby Wilting With ExposureIt seems that claims the Veterans Affairs health system is killing vets were fanned by the Koch brothers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. prescriptions
    The End Is Near for Illegible Handwritten Prescriptions in New YorkStarting later this month, doctors in the state must transmit prescriptions electronically.
    By Joe DeLessio
  23. Donald Trump’s New Health-Care Plan Will Let People Die in the StreetsIt’s not easy to make Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio look relatively progressive on health-care policy, but Trump’s underwhelming new “plan” does just that.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Trump and the Uninsurable: Maybe a Better Deal Than Other RepublicansLaugh all you want at Donald Trump’s health-policy word salad. He may just be more willing than other Republicans to deal forthrightly with people who have preexisting conditions. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. bad medicine
    What Happens If the Supreme Court Guts Obamacare?Millions may lose their health-care subsidies in the coming days, and there’s no clear solution.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. well then
    Ted Cruz to One Day Complain About Government Taking Away His ObamacareHe doesn’t seem to see what’s weird about that.
    By Jaime Fuller
  27. healthcare
    New York Insurance Companies Now Required to Cover Gender-Reassignment SurgeryGovernor Cuomo will send a letter with the mandate to insurance companies this week.
    By Jessica Roy
  28. do no harm
    The Worst-Case Scenario for ObamacareA widening disparity between red-state and blue-state health care could undermine the law’s long-term viability.
    By Annie Lowrey
  29. obamacare
    Obamacare Reached Its (Revised) Enrollment Goal More than 6 million sign-ups.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  30. smokin’!
    CVS Quitting Tobacco Sales to Focus on Health-Care SalesBy October.
    By Adam Martin
  31. the supremes
    Obamacare Contraception Case Headed to Supreme Court, ‘by God’s Grace’Craft store Hobby Lobby fights for religious liberty.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. the internet
    Everything We Now Know About Adriana, the Obamacare WomanShe speaks, and is not happy.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  33. obamacare
    A ‘Tech Surge’ Will Probably Still Take Weeks to Fix Obamacare WebsiteHHS promises the “best and brightest,” but they’ve got a big job.
    By Adam Martin
  34. obamacare
    The Obamacare Website Could Stay Broken for a While Healthcare.gov’s problems are bigger than a few glitches.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  35. early and awkward
    White House Delays Key Obamacare Employer MandateLet the GOP gloating begin.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. stuck in the mittle
    Mitt Cites Romneycare As Evidence of His ‘Empathy,’ Steps Up Obamacare AttackObviously, his awesome reforms would never work on a large scale.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. a tax by any other name
    Obama Gives Up on Tax Versus Penalty Argument, Picks Entirely New TermAh, well, that changes everything.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. stuck in the mittle
    On Second Thought, Romney Believes Obamacare Is a TaxBut through the magic of federalism, Romneycare is still a penalty.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. health care
    Heilemann: Romney Will Make Hay With Health CareWhile the Obama campaign will champion other parts of the health care reform.
    By Sarah Frank
  40. broccoli
    But What Does the Health-Care Ruling Mean for Broccoli?The justices’ vegetable preoccupation.
    By Noreen Malone
  41. cable news news
    CNN and Fox News Completely Bungle Health-Care Ruling [Updated]Never has live television been so confusing.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  42. Health Care As a Privilege: What the GOP Won’t AdmitAhead of a possible Supreme Court ruling, the GOP won’t admit that it thinks health care is a privilege.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national interest
    Uninsured Continue to Annoy Us With Their PainMaybe five Supreme Court justices can finally shut them up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    On Second Thought, GOP Will Just Repeal ObamacarePassing a health-care bill is a lot of trouble.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. health care
    Study: Obama’s Health-Care Law Would Actually Add to the DeficitThe full report, and a fight over it, is on the way.
    By Brett Smiley
  46. How Paul Clement Won the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments on ObamacareIt’s all about the brief.
    By Jason Zengerle
  47. scotus
    SCOTUS-Watchers Say Things Didn’t Look Great for the Health-Care Law TodayInsta-reactions to today’s session.
    By Noreen Malone
  48. the national interest
    The Barbarism of the Health-Care Repeal CrusadeWhat the health-care fight is really about.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. the national interest
    Obamacare Haters Angered by FactsThey can be stubborn things.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. the national interest
    Romney’s Health Care Evasions: A HistoryHow Mitt has revised his health care past and gotten away with it.
    By Jonathan Chait
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