States Freeze CHIP Enrollment, Get Ready to Move Kids to New Plans

As federal lawmakers continue to bicker over how to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program moving forward, states across the country are freezing enrollment and preparing for the worst.

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Covered California Extends Deadline for Plans Starting Jan. 1

Responding to a strong surge in demand, Covered California on Thursday announced that anyone who still hasn’t enrolled in a 2018 health insurance plan on the individual market now has until Dec. 22 to sign up for coverage that begins Jan. 1.

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Drug Industry Spent Millions To Squelch Talk About High Drug Prices

Facing bipartisan hostility over high drug prices in an election year, the pharma industry’s biggest trade group boosted revenue by nearly a fourth last year and spread the millions collected among hundreds of lobbyists, politicians and patient groups, new filings show.

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Can A Single-Payer Health System Work In The U.S.?

For Dr. Peter Cram, an American internist who spent most of his career practicing in Iowa City, Iowa, moving here about four years ago was almost a no-brainer.

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Nevadans Facing Friday ACA Sign-Up Deadline

Nevadans have until Friday to enroll in a health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act exchange after federal officials denied a request to extend the state’s sign-up period.

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Nevada Boosts Ads Ahead of Health Insurance Sign-Up Deadline

With Facebook ads, health fairs and even sign spinners, Nevada officials are hoping to encourage more residents to sign up for subsidized health insurance by Friday, the last day of this year's enrollment season.

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Republican Tax Bill in Final Sprint Across Finish Line

The day after suffering a political blow in the Alabama special Senate election, congressional Republicans sped forward with the most sweeping tax rewrite in decades, announcing an agreement on a final bill that would cut taxes for businesses and individuals and signal the party’s first major legislative achievement since assuming political control this year.

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House GOP Lawmakers Look to Delay Cadillac Tax, Other ACA Taxes

The Affordable Care Act taxes are all on the U.S. House of Representatives' chopping block.

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Dems Call for Trump Officials to Extend ObamaCare Deadline

Two top Senate Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to extend ObamaCare’s sign-up period, arguing it is being cut off too soon this year before people have time to enroll.

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Collins Confident Health Subsidies Will Be In Spending Bill

Funding for key ObamaCare insurer subsidies is likely to be included in the upcoming government funding bill, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday.

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