World & Nation
Final debate on the American Health Care Act, legislation that aimed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, began March 24, 2017, but the bill was withdrawn at the last minute ahead of a vote.
March 24, 2017
Organizations representing most of the health care industry — along with attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia — took desperate steps Friday in a last-ditch attempt to keep President Trump from blowing up the Affordable Care Act.
May 20, 2017
Science & Medicine
A post-election survey of primary care physicians reveals that a majority of the doctors who first treat most Americans do not support some of the GOP’s most widely circulated plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Jan. 25, 2017
Politics
The Affordable Care Act’s historic expansion of health insurance coverage has brought medical care within reach of millions of Americans who previously couldn’t afford it, new research shows.
Dec. 20, 2016
Business
Congressional Republicans, evidently hoping that by repeating an untruth they’ll convince American voters, and perhaps themselves, that it’s a truth, on Wednesday said the Affordable Care Act has “failed.”
Jan. 4, 2017
Affordable Care Act marketplaces saw record-breaking enrollments for 2022. California’s market is still accepting applications.
Jan. 27, 2022
Fewer Americans are putting off doctor visits or struggling with medical bills, according to a new report examining the effect of the Affordable Care Act.
Dec. 13, 2017
The number of Americans without health coverage, which declined for years after passage of the Affordable Care Act, shot up in President Trump’s first year in office, according to data from a new national survey.
Jan. 16, 2018
Sen. George Mitchell, majority leader of the U.S.
Dec. 17, 1993
A federal judge in Texas declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional on Friday, issuing a blockbuster ruling that threatens to throw insurance markets into chaos and strip health coverage from tens of millions of patients nationwide.
Dec. 14, 2018