Obamacare Repeal, R.I.P.
The short, sad life of a Republican health care bill
Health Care
Mike Lee, Jerry Moran Torpedo Senate Health Care Bill
It took two libertarian-leaners, one moderate, and a Kansan irked at the process to deny Donald Trump his unpopular, critically panned legislation.
Rand Paul Thinks the GOP's New Health Care Bill Is Worse Than Obamacare
New Senate legislation moves the Republican bill in the direction of Obamacare.
How Dentists Use Their Political Clout to Limit Competition
Dental therapists can provide access to more care, but the American Dental Association keeps trying to stop them.
'Free' Abortions for Everyone in Oregon
Anchoring abortion access to the insurance market won't make it more affordable. But it will result in a lot of legal drama...
John Kasich's Misguided Moralism for Medicaid Expansion
Ohio could freeze expansion enrollments next year, ignoring the governor's pleas.
Charlie Gard's Case Shows Why Government Should Stay Out of End-of-Life Choices
Assisted suicide, experimental medical treatments, and slippery slopes
The GOP Health-Care Reform Plans Are Worse Than Useless: Nick Gillespie on Kennedy
What part of "First, Do No MORE Harm" do congressional Republicans not understand?
Mitch McConnell Wants to Pass the Senate Health Care Bill By Making It More Expensive
After abruptly postponing a vote, dealmaking continues.
Trumpcare Is Like Obamacare, but Even Worse
The GOP health plan tacitly accepts Obamacare's central premise: that governments should micromanage insurance markets.
New CBO Report Says the Senate GOP Health Care Bill Would Make Obamacare's Problems Worse
The Republican health care plan wouldn't solve the problems Republicans say they want to solve.
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Mass Murder
The argument carries a powerful emotional charge but it isn't a particularly constructive or clear-minded way to think or talk about writing laws.
Senate Republicans Add Individual Mandate Workaround to Health Care Bill
It's one more way the GOP repeal bill resembles Obamacare.
Georgia's Health Care Regulations Limit Access to Women's Health
State Supreme Court will hear challenge to Certificate of Need laws on Monday.
The Illusory Savings From Cutting Medicaid
Congressional Republicans promise to achieve greater frugality in Medicaid without inflicting more hardship. It's not gonna happen.
Ron Johnson and Ted Cruz Join the Rand Paul/Mike Lee Opposition to Obamacare Lite
Tea Party senators claim to be "open to negotiation" yet insist on repealing Obamacare, which no version of the AHCA has come close to doing.
The Senate GOP's New Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare, But Less Of It
The draft legislation represents a total failure of Republican policy imagination.
Frustrated with Secretive Health Care Bill, Rand Paul Proposes Giving Senators Time to Read It
Paul's "Read the Bills" resolution would change Senate rules to allow one day of transparency for every 20 pages of a bill's length.
Nevada Governor's Veto Won't Be The End of Medicaid-for-all Proposals
They haven't found any that work yet, but Democrats continue running political experiments with expanding government's role in health care.
Mitch McConnell Might Hold a Vote on an Obamacare Rewrite Next Week. It's Not Even Drafted Yet.
Why are Republicans rushing a bill no one likes? Here are five theories.
Iowa Eye Doctor Sues State Over Cronyist Rule That's Kept Him Out of Business Since 2004
Hospitals use CON laws to stop potential competition, limiting care for patients and opportunities for doctors.
Republicans Are Keeping Their Health Care Bill Secret Because They Can't Defend It On the Merits
The Senate GOP is relying on the same opaque process they accused Democrats of using to pass Obamacare.
Republicans Are Talking Themselves Into an Obamacare Repeal Bill That Looks A Lot Like Obamacare
The Senate GOP bill is likely to expand subsidies, preserve regulations, and delay the Medicaid rollback.
State-Run Single-Payer Health Care Would Be Prohibitively Expensive—and Possibly Illegal
Would the Trump administration give states permission to pursue government-run health care? That's what California and New York would need.
Americans' Lifespans High Without Single-Payer or Nanny State Health Interventions
Lack of single payer hasn't seemed to hinder superior progress made in terms of life expectancy gains in the U.S. since UN records start in 1960.
Don't Fund California Single-Payer Health Care With a Gross Receipts Tax
The sales tax' big brother tends to cripple growth, lower wages, and promote inequality, economists warn. Will that stop California from doing it?
Senate Republicans Warn: Maybe We Won't Pass a Health Care Bill at All
This is how the GOP treats their top legislative priorities.
Senate Republicans Don't Know What's In Their Health Care Bill—But They Know It Won't Repeal Obamacare
This is why the GOP health care bill is stalled in the Senate.
New CBO Report Says House-Passed Health Care Plan Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured, Cut $119 Billion Off Federal Deficit
It would leave slightly fewer people without insurance coverage than under the original version of the bill, but would trim less from the federal deficit.
Suspect Statistics From Plastic Surgeon Society Say 'Gender Confirmation Surgeries' Up 19 Percent Last Year
There were 3,256 such surgeries in 2016, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But how it got this number is anyone's guess.
California's Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Cost More Than the State's Whole Budget
Like in Colorado, New York, and Vermont, California is learning that a single-payer plan would be prohibitively expensive.
New York's Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Be More Expensive Than New York's Entire State Government
New York collects about $80 billion in revenue annually, but the health care plan passed Tuesday would cost at least $91 billion every year (and probably more).
Aetna CEO Says We Need to Have a Conversation About Single Payer. We've Been Having It For A Long Time.
And it always ends the same way. Here's the political and economic reasons why America won't be converting to a single-payer health care system anytime soon.
Watch Matt Welch Tonight on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher
Reason editor at large joins Killer Mike and Jon Favreau in conversation about Comey, Russia, health care and more
Aetna Ditches Obamacare Because the Health Law Is Broken
Aetna exits the exchanges, citing massive losses and structural instability.
Washington Is Never Going to Get Healthcare 'Right'
Obamacare was bad, and its replacements look like a dog's breakfast.
The AHCA Waivers Could Bring the Toxic Politics of Health Care to Every State Capitol
They might not reduce premiums and won't fix the problems plaguing the individual insurance exchanges, but they will spread the political pain.
Welfare Reform Paved Trail For Obamacare Repeal
Not only can entitlement programs be rolled back, but politicians who do it can even get re-elected.
Trump's Mouth, Rape as a Pre-Existing Condition, & Why Our Politics Is So Stupid [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman talk Trump, French election, health care, Colbert, and the FCC.
Why the GOP's "Repeal and Replace" Bill (AHCA) Is *Worse* than Obamacare [Reason Podcast]
It locks in many of the worst elements of Obamacare while making actual market-friendly reforms next-to-impossible.
Jimmy Kimmel, Sick Babies, and the Forgotten Barrier to Medical Care
Supply-side restrictions like Certificate of Necessity leave people without the medical services they need, even if they can afford them.
