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Another election year battle over Affordable Care Act threatens coverage for millions
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The number of Americans getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act has hit a record high with more than 21 million people signed up through… Read More
House Republicans’ CHOICE Act would roll back some Obamacare protections
By: Julie Appleby | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Forget “repeal and replace,” the oft-repeated Republican rallying cry against the Affordable Care Act. House Republicans have advanced a package of bills called the CHOICE Act that… Read More
Preventive care such as birth control, anti-HIV medicine challenged in Texas lawsuit
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Affordable Care Act has survived many challenges in court, but the case of Kelley v. Becerra – now before a federal judge in Texas –… Read More
Health Insurance For More Than A Million Ohio Valley Residents At Stake In Affordable Care Act Challenge
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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RICHMOND, Ky. (OVR) — When the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to move forward with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Senate Democrats boycotted. In their… Read More
U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown Says Affordable Health Care Act Is In Jeopardy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is blasting most of his colleagues in the Senate and President Trump for proceeding ahead with appointment of a U.S…. Read More
Trump Backs Off Obamacare Replacement After Top GOP Leader Nixes The Idea
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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The president still promises “a great health care package” — but not until after the next election. His comments come after a phone call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Yost Jumps Into Obamacare Suit, Saying People With Pre-existing Conditions Should Be Protected
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s Republican attorney general is asking a federal court not to strike down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. He’s filed a brief in a lawsuit over the ACA, or… Read More
Gov. DeWine Says Ohioans With Pre-existing Conditions Will Keep Their Health Care
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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President Trump’s administration wants the federal courts to do what Congress didn’t – overturn all parts of the Affordable Care Act. But Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohioans with pre-existing conditions… Read More
Trump Administration Now Says Entire Affordable Care Act Should Be Repealed
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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A letter from the Department of Justice announced the shift, in support of a district court judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional. The case will likely end up in the Supreme Court.
Trump Administration Seeks To Dismiss Cities’ ACA Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by several cities for allegedly sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. The Daily Record reports that the defendants argued in… Read More
Former HHS Secretary Sued Over ACA Blasts DeWine In Continuing Debate Over Pre-Existing Conditions
By: Karen Kasler | NPR
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The head of the federal agency that put the Affordable Care Act into effect in 2010 spent the day in her home state of Ohio. It’s part of an effort… Read More
Trump Administration Freezes Payments Required By The Affordable Care Act
By: Maggie Penman | NPR
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Citing a February ruling from a district court in New Mexico, the administration said it will halt risk adjustment payments required by the ACA. Insurers say the move will increase premiums.
After Obamacare: The Affordable Care Act And One Woman’s Struggle For Sobriety
By: Glynis Board | Rebecca Kiger | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a… Read More
After Obamacare: Ending Affordable Care Act Could Cut Addiction Treatment
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a… Read More