Obamacare
On Obamacare, Republicans Achieved Nothing
Years of failure to establish a shared health policy vision led to last night's debacle.
Media Keep Butchering the Facts About Obamacare
There's little daylight between the average liberal activist and the average healthcare reporter.
With Rand Paul's Support (For Now), Republican Health Care Bill Survives First Senate Vote
They had to pass the motion to proceed to the bill to find out what's in the bill.
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.
Sorry, Liberals: Protecting the Medicaid Status Quo Won't Save Patients
The program desperately needs radical surgery
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.
Mike Lee: If Senate Approves Cruz/Lee Health Care Amendment, 'Then I Can Get to a Yes. If They Can't Then I Won't.'
In interview, the Utah senator signals a make-or-break moment for the Obamacare revamp, while Mike Rounds tries to bridge the moderate-conservative gap.
Will Reforming Medicaid Kill People?
Liberal attachment to the worst insurance program in the civilized world is mind-boggling.
John Kasich's Misguided Moralism for Medicaid Expansion
Ohio could freeze expansion enrollments next year, ignoring the governor's pleas.
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.
Rep. Thomas Massie: 'Obamacare 1.1' Will 'Cause a Quicker Death Spiral'
Libertarian-leaning congressman slams the Better Care Reconciliation Act on Kennedy
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.
Rand Paul, Mike Lee Rip into Health Care Bill, Which Is Now Expected Thursday
"They've gotten kind of weak-kneed," the Kentucky senator says of his GOP colleagues. If he, Mike Lee, and one other senator defect, the bill is dead.
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.
Which Republican Will Play Gandalf to Trump's Balrog of a Health Care Bill?
As the president throws the Freedom Caucus under the bus by reportedly calling the AHCA a "mean, mean, mean…son of a bitch," Rand Paul says he'll vote against any "new entitlements," and the swing vote shifts to…Ted Cruz?
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.
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.
Trump Administration May Finally Be Reversing the Birth Control Mandate
A rule is under review that would (reportedly) relax the hotly debated requirement.
Mandating Menu Labeling is Foolish, Not 'Easy'
Despite claims by supporters, requiring calorie counts is neither easy nor sensible.
The CBO's Health Care Score Shows Economists Shouldn't Make Political Predictions
The AHCA is testing the limits of the Congressional Budget Office's authority.
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.
Freedom Caucus Republicans Criticize the Obamacare Revamp They Voted for
Justin Amash, Mark Sanford, and a half-dozen others describe AHCA as a "marginal" win that will hopefully be improved in the Senate.
The Tyranny of 'Reproductive Freedom'
Accommodating religious objections to Obamacare's contraceptive mandate does not violate anyone's rights.
'Lie of the Year' Winner Barack Obama Admonishes Congress to 'Speak the Truth' About Obamacare
Uh, better late than never?
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.
Freedom Caucus Trashes Principle to Avoid Being Tarred as Trump Obstructionists on Obamacare Revamp (UPDATED)
A deeply unpopular bill, passed via untenable process, gets near-unanimous support from legislators who used to rail against such things.
The House Just Passed a Bill to Rewrite Obamacare
House Republicans say their bill repeals the ACA. Instead, it leaves the essential structure of that law in place.
Republicans Have to Pass Their Health Care Bill to Find Out What's In It
The House will vote today on a bill without knowing the cost or what it will do.
Republicans Don't Lack a Plan to Replace Obamacare. They Lack a Unified Theory
The GOP never really took the time to describe the basic mechanics of how their preferred health care system might work.
Trump Doesn't Understand the GOP Health Care Bill. That's a Barrier to Good Policy.
The president can't negotiate a better bill if he doesn't understand the current one.
The Pope Slams Libertarians & Trump's 'Skinny Budget' Be Damned [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors Katherine Mangu-Ward, Stephanie Slade, and Peter Suderman discuss the week's news.
