Obamacare

Iowa’s proposed plan could spiral into a ‘Medicaid for all’ scenario fairly quickly, says adviser Craig Hasday.

Strategies include moving to high-deductible health plans and making tradeoffs across benefits packages.

They need to act by Sept. 30 to use a fast-track procedure that prevents Democrats from blocking it, but the deadline doesn’t leave enough time to get a full analysis of the bill’s effects from the Congressional Budget Office.

GOP is making one last desperate push to repeal the ACA but faces significant challenges to get it done before a final deadline at the end of the month.

The president let Republican senators working on an eleventh-hour effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act know he is rooting for them, without explicitly supporting the legislation.

Despite new support, that doesn’t mean it stands a chance of passage. Republican lawmakers, who control both chambers of Congress, oppose a single-payer system.

Iowa’s proposed plan could spiral into a ‘Medicaid for all’ scenario fairly quickly, says adviser Craig Hasday.

Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham said Thursday they will introduce a revised version of their proposal to replace Obamacare, with the goal of getting a vote by the end of this month.

Parliamentarian tells lawmakers that Republicans’ ability to pass an Obamacare replacement with just 51 votes expires at the end of this month.

Group including Ohio Gov. John Kasich is calling for changes to the ACA that would increase funding under the law, enforce some of its rules on buying insurance and encourage more health insurers to participate in the program.