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Joe Raedle / Getty Repealing Obamacare Could Kill Jobs
The health-insurance law has been a stimulus for many states. Doing away with it could upset their economies.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Republicans Trying to Slow Down Obamacare Repeal
GOP Governors John Kasich of Ohio and Rick Snyder of Michigan urge lawmakers to protect the Medicaid expansions they say are working in their states.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Will Blue-Collar Whites Change Their Minds About Obamacare?
These voters overwhelmingly oppose the Affordable Care Act. Yet millions of them have gained health-care coverage under the law.
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Susan Walsh / AP Democrats Plan Fight to Save Obamacare
Progressive groups will launch a coalition aimed at pressuring Republicans bent on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Why Obamacare Might Not Die So Quickly
The law was enormously difficult for Democrats to pass, and Republicans are discovering it might be just as hard to repeal.
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Susan Walsh / AP Congress Nears a Breakthrough on Medical Research Funding
Lawmakers hail the 21st Century Cures Act as a rare bipartisan compromise to fund public health programs, combat the opioid epidemic, and advance cancer treatment. Elizabeth Warren calls it extortion.
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John Locher / AP What Bill Clinton Meant When He Called Obamacare 'Crazy'
Explaining the “explainer-in-chief”: The former president offers a diagnosis and a prescription for the Affordable Care Act that is in line with the White House.
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Alex Brandon / AP Why the U.S. Senate Blocked Funding to Combat Zika
Democrats objected to restrictions on Planned Parenthood and other spending cuts. The bill’s failure likely ensured that Congress will miss a July 4 deadline to pass emergency aid.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Who Benefits From Obamacare’s Savings?
A new report indicates that the Affordable Care Act may have reduced American health-care spending. But there’s a catch.
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Jonathan Ernst / AP Republicans Offer a Plan to Replace Obamacare
The House GOP’s health-care proposal would expand savings accounts, provide tax credits for buying insurance, and allow people to purchase coverage across state lines. Just don’t ask how much it costs.
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Roberto Narcho and Victor Garcia A Good Start: Bobby's Story
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Less Affordable Care Act?
As private insurers look to increase premiums, the administration scrambles to fix Obamacare’s exchange markets.
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Deborah Fallows Finding Health Care in the Desert
With the closest hospital 100 miles away, Ajo, Arizona’s Desert Senita Health Center acts as the region’s clinic.
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Reuters The Hell of Applying for Government Benefits
One mother’s story of trying to get federal assistance for her premature daughter shows the desperate state of the Social Security Administration.
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Onthego110 / Wikimedia How Clergy Set the Standard for Abortion Care
Fifty years ago, a network of religious leaders helped thousands of women find safe, comfortable ways of having the procedure.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP A Possible Republican Truce on Obamacare
The latest GOP health-care proposal doesn’t repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Federal Government Quietly Expands Transgender Rights
In a new ruling Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services said Obamacare outlaws discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP How Republicans Finally Got a Victory on Obamacare
A federal judge’s ruling against the administration vindicated the GOP's try-anything strategy to derail the Affordable Care Act.
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Toby Talbot / AP Contesting the Science of Smoking
A decade after a judge ordered tobacco companies to acknowledge the dangers of low-tar cigarettes, they continue to dispute the scientific consensus.
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Carolyn Kaster / Reuters The Senate Goes Home Without Funding Zika
Lawmakers are still split on how the administration’s viral offensive should be funded, and by how much.
