Billy House
ReporterBilly House is a reporter with Bloomberg.
Billy House is a reporter with Bloomberg.
The leader of the largest group of House conservatives said Monday he couldn’t support the party’s existing Obamacare replacement strategy.
New details of the plan are beginning to emerge, which would do away with the ACA's requirement that all Americans have health coverage or pay a fine, and replace it with rules that let people choose not to buy insurance, instead paying higher premiums or penalties if they need it later.
Republicans are considering capping the U.S.’s tax break on job-provided health insurance, a major change to the tax system that could be used to finance their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Some Republicans in Congress are starting to talk more about trying to “repair” Obamacare, rather than simply calling for “repeal and replace.”
Congressional Republicans emerged from a retreat this week aimed at forging agreement on how to repeal and replace Obamacare with little new clarity on the details.
President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be director of the Office of Management and Budget.
President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace the ACA, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.