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President Trump’s Executive Order Another Act of ACA Sabotage

President Trump’s Executive Order accomplishes nothing on its own. However, it asks HHS and the Department of Labor to take the Trump Administration’s ACA sabotage campaign to new heights. With le...

Ending Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Wreak Havoc on Families

Yesterday, President Trump and Acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan announced the “immediate” end of payments to fund cost-sharing reductions (CSRs). Coming three weeks before open enrollment, this is...

What’s in the Alexander-Murray Stabilization Package?

Last week, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander and Democrat Sen. Patty Murray introduced new legislation that represents a constructive, bipartisan step toward strengthening health care. The bill is a b...

CBO Gives Congress One More Reason to Support Alexander-Murray Bill

A bipartisan bill that seeks to stabilize health insurance markets got some welcome news from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week. Sponsored by Senators Alexander (R-TN), Murray (D-WA),...

The Republican Tax Plan Opens the Door to Trillions in Health Care Cuts

UPDATE 12/1: The Senate passed its tax bill that would increase the federal deficit by more than $1 trillion and repeal the individual mandate, which would kick 13 million people off of their coverage...

Tell the Senate to Pass a 5-Year CHIP Bill Now

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed its bill to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a vitally important program that provides health insurance to...

The Tax Bill’s Sneak Attack on Health Care for Millions

The latest version of the partisan tax bill that Republican leadership is working to rush through Congress presents new dangers to health care and health insurance for millions of families in America....

Senator Murkowski: Repealing the Individual Mandate Will Make the Insurance Market Worse

Yesterday, Senator Lisa Murkowski—one of the three Republican Senators to stop the repeal of the Affordable Care Act last July—endorsed a policy that would repeal the Affordable Care Act coverage�...

The Tax Bill Is Bad for America’s Health

Update 12/20: Congress passed the tax plan and President Trump will sign it into law soon. Both the rushed, secretive process used to draft the bill and the bill itself are travesties. The tax p...

Congress’s Health Care Agenda in Early 2018

Happy 2018! We took a break over the holidays to restore ourselves and connect with family and community and hope you did, too. Health care advocates deserved time to celebrate and reflect after achie...