Obamacare 101: Here’s what you need to know
Obamacare 101 is a periodic primer on the debate over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
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As Senate Republicans struggle to unite behind legislation they can say repeals the Affordable Care Act, they are considering a more limited bill that would scrap only a few parts of the 2010 law, often called Obamacare.
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With Senate Republicans struggling to find votes for sweeping legislation to roll back the Affordable Care Act, several GOP lawmakers have raised the prospect of a more limited bill — passed with help from Democrats — to stabilize health insurance markets around the country.
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As President Trump and congressional leaders scrambled to put together a spending bill to keep the government from shutting down at the end of this week, negotiations almost collapsed over an arcane, but critical part of the Affordable Care Act: cost-sharing reduction payments, or CSRs.
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Among the most important — and little understood — new insurance rules put in place by the Affordable Care Act was a requirement that health plans cover a basic set of benefits.
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House Republicans have finally unveiled legislation to repeal and — just as important — replace the Affordable Care Act.
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It’s the program that everyone confuses with Medicare.
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It’s been a rocky few months for the health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act.
