Obamacare
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.
On Health Care, Republicans Are Only Negotiating With Themselves
The GOP's Obamacare repeal is stalled because Republicans haven't made a case for its merits.
The New GOP Health Care Bill Shows Republicans Have Given Up on Fully Repealing Obamacare
Moderates want to keep Obamacare's essential structure in place.
Trump Wants to Avoid a Government Shutdown by Funding a Border Wall and Illegal Obamacare Subsidies
The deal floated by the president reveals his governing priorities.
Trump Is Recycling Old Real Estate Marketing Gimmicks in Hopes of Reviving the Obamacare Repeal Bill
As a developer, Trump tried to generate interest in projects through false momentum.
The GOP's New Obamacare Repeal Deal Would Give States More Choice—But Only With Federal Permission
A tentative deal would provide some regulatory wiggle room, but would preserve key elements of Obamacare.
If at First You Don't Succeed, Get Back on the 'Repeal and Replace' Horse
Medicaid is a terrible way to deliver health care to low-income Americans.
Trump Declares War on the Freedom Caucus
"We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018," the president tweets.
Rep. Thomas Massie: 'We don't really have 218 conservatives here [who] meant what they said when they said they wanted to repeal Obamacare'
Libertarian-leaning congressman unpacks the great Ryancare 'bluff,' explains how Paul Ryan is 'more Machiavellian than even John Boehner,' and why he's 'still hopeful' about Donald Trump despite a military budget proposal that's 'the dream of the neocons'
Death Panel for Ryancare in a Frantic News Week: The Fifth Column
Hate-crime hoaxes, Tony Blair's testicles, real estate racism, and more
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill Is Dead Because Trump Doesn't Understand How Health Policy Works
It's hard to make a deal on a policy deal when you don't care about the policy.
The Latest Version of the House Health Care Bill is Even Worse Than the Last One
President Trump is demanding a vote on a sloppily rewritten bill that could blow up the insurance market.
CBO Says the GOP's Updated Obamacare Repeal Bill Would Be Worse for the Deficit
The Republican health care bill would still reduce insurance by 24 million and raise insurance premiums before 2020.
House Delays Obamacare Repeal Vote Because There Still Isn't Enough Support to Pass It
The AHCA will have to wait until tomorrow.
Republicans Are Rushing To Vote on a Health Care Bill They Haven't Read. They Learned Nothing From Obamacare.
The House is planning a vote today on a bill that still isn't finalized.
Republicans Aren't Even Bothering to Defend Their Health Care Bill on the Merits
That's why it might go down.
Gorsuch's Smooth Sailing; Ryancare's Rocky Road
Matt Welch and Thomas Massie among those on tonight's Kennedy
The Failures of the American Health Care Act
Here are the problems with the House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
What Does It Mean to Have a 'Right' to Health Care?
If universal access to medical care is the goal, the government is the goalie. It should get out of the way.
Republicans Are Trying to Embrace Obamacare's Ideas Without Embracing Obamacare. It Won't Work.
The continuous coverage provision is just one of the ways the House health care plan recycles the health law's policy scheme.
Paul Ryan's Dubious Claim That the GOP Health Care Bill Would Reduce Insurance Prices
The House Speaker omits key information when he says the CBO confirms that the AHCA would make coverage more affordable.
The White House Analyzed the House GOP Health Care Bill—and Found an Even Bigger Coverage Reduction Than CBO
The Trump administration has argued that the CBO estimates are not believable, but their own estimates showed a greater coverage decline.
CBO's Report on the GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill Offers More Proof That Neither Party Offers Health Care Choices People Want
The GOP's plan to repeal the health law's mandate would lead to 14 million fewer people being covered next year, according to the budget office.
Welcome to the Obamacare Repeal Expanded Universe
Republicans have a risky multi-stage process in mind to take down the health law.
House Republicans' Obamacare Replacement Plan Is a Disaster. Here's Why.
It's health care that matters, not health care insurance.
Obamacare Repeal Bill Gets Chilly Reception From GOP Governors, Despite Including Key Medicaid Changes They Wanted
The Obamacare repeal bill landed with a thud, but the idea of pushing more Medicaid decision-making to the state level is likely to stick.
The Libertarian Response to Ryancare
Judge Napolitano, John Stossel, Matt Welch, and more bring out the long knives on Kennedy
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill Has Finally United the Right On Health Care—Against the Bill
Conservative and libertarian activists and policy wonks have all expressed opposition to the House repeal plan.
The One Number That Shows Why Any Health Care Reform Effort Will Fail
People don't really want insurance.
How the GOP Learns to Stop Worrying and Love a Democratic Program
It didn't begin with Obamacare Lite.
Now That He's Found It, Rand Paul Really Doesn't Like GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill
Rand: "This is Obamacare light. It will not pass."
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill Is Here. Is This Just Obamacare Lite?
The House bill trades one set of tax credits for another.
Donald Trump Is Amazed to Discover That Health Policy Is Complicated
That's why the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort is flailing.
Reforming Our Awful Medicaid Program Requires Massive Doses of Political Courage
Republicans don't know how to roll back Obamacare's massive expansion of this lousy program.
Major Blow to Obamacare Mandate: IRS Won't Reject Tax Returns That Don't Answer Health Insurance Question
The tax agency has stopped requiring individual filers to indicate whether they maintained health coverage or paid the mandate penalty as required under the law
Medicaid is Broken. Long Live Medicaid
GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare will run into a buzz-saw of political opposition
Rand Paul, to Libertarians Critical of His Sessions Vote: 'I would suggest that maybe they spend some of their time on the other 99 less libertarian senators'
Libertarianish senator decries 'character assassination,' discusses his Obamacare replacement plan, and compares the anti-Trump left to the Tea Party
3 Things to Look for in 2017's Shouty Townhall Season
As Jason Chaffetz gets heckled and Justin Amash gets applauded, it's worth thinking about media double standards, political honesty in the age of Trump, and the terrifying intimacy of health care.
Tom Price Confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Georgia congressman confirmed 52-47.
Trump's Leaked Draft Proposal to Modify Obamacare May Be Illegal
A leaked rule would allow insurers to charge more to older customers, but it seems to violate the plain text of the statute.
