News in Brief After a Report Criticizing Obamacare Removals From Medicaid.gov Starts to Circulate, the Law Gets a Boost on Medicaid’s History Page The update was totally unrelated to the report, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesman says. Francie Diep
News in Brief Medicaid Officials Explain Why They Removed Obamacare Pages A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesman says the scrubbing was part of "routine updates and maintenance." Francie Diep
News in Brief Information About Obamacare Disappears From Medicaid.gov The scrubbing is part of a larger effort to weaken the Affordable Care Act, according to one health policy expert. Francie Diep
News in Brief The Trump Administration Announces New Rules for Association Health Plans Opponents of association plans argue they could further destabilize the ACA's non-group and small group markets. Dwyer Gunn
Economics Legal Experts From Both Sides of the Political Spectrum Come Out in Support of the ACA’s Constitutionality The group of experts includes both fierce advocates of the ACA and fierce opponents. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief The ACA Is Under Fire Again The Trump administration announced Thursday it would not defend the Affordable Care Act in court against a lawsuit filed last year by 20 states. Dwyer Gunn
Social Justice Transparency Advocates Log the Disappearance of Obamacare Information From Government Websites Though various mentions of it have disappeared from government webpages, the Affordable Care Act remains in effect. Francie Diep
News in Brief A Slight Majority of Americans Now Support Single-Payer Health Care A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows Americans support a more inclusive health-care system. Ashley Hackett
News in Brief The Secret to Understanding the Health Insurance Debates When it comes to health insurance, you get what you pay for. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Congress Is Still Struggling to Fund the Government A number of controversial issues have emerged in recent weeks as roadblocks to a new budget bill. Dwyer Gunn