What's Next for the Affordable Care Act?
The Senate's efforts to repeal the ACA seem to be dead, but that doesn't mean the law is totally safe.
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How Republicans Can Save Themselves on Health Care
Hint: Start taking credit for your own wins—including the Affordable Care Act.
Obamacare Is Linked to Fewer Heart Attacks
A pilot finds a significant decrease in cardiac arrests among middle-aged residents of the Portland, Oregon, area.
More Evidence That Health Insurance Really Does Save Lives
Timely new research strengthens the link between coverage and mortality.
What the Senate's Obamacare Replacement Would Mean for Mental-Health Treatment
The Better Care Reconciliation Act would make mental-health care more expensive for many Americans.
What Would Your Marketplace Health Insurance Cost Under the American Health Care Act?
Take our quiz for an estimate of your marketplace premium.
Here's More Evidence That Obamacare Repeal Could Hurt Rural Americans
Was this the kind of change rural Americans were hoping for?
Study Shows Obamacare Has Truly Made a Difference
New research finds big increases in both the rate of insured people and their self-reported health.
What the House’s New Health-Care Bill Means for Americans With Mental-Health Needs
Some low-income mental-health patients may lose important coverage under the Republican replacement plan to Obamacare.
This Chart Shows What Some States Stand to Lose Under the ACA Replacement Plan
States with high health-care costs could be in for trouble.
The End of the Rural Hospital
Nearly 700 rural hospitals face the risk of closure—a problem that will only be exacerbated by an Obamacare repeal.
Does Obamacare Really Kill Jobs?
The Republican presidential hopefuls keep referring to the Affordable Care Act as a "job-killer." Is there any truth to that?
How It Feels to Read the Walkercare Plan as a Former Obamacare User
I realized many provisions in Obamacare are made to benefit me and those like me.
Team Hillary and the Insurance Lobby
After insurers helped to torpedo Hillary Clinton’s 1993 health care reform, its lobby sought influence among Democrats through a new kind of Washington firm with ties to the Clintons.
Risking Your Health for Your Politics
Republicans aren't signing up for Obamacare, even if it would help them.
Last Week's Supreme Court Rulings Are an Opportunity for Republicans
How Republicans can move past issues that are dangerous to their party.
The Supreme Court Just Saved Obamacare. Here's Why That's Good for Everyone
A massive survey indicates that President Obama’s controversial health care law has been a net gain for Americans.
Are We Talking Enough About the Black Middle Class?
When it comes to racial inequality, most of the political conversation centers on black poverty. But this ignores a segment of black America that has attained some measure of success and is being held back from achieving more.
Health Care Is a Huge Business
The anti-Obamacare rhetoric has railed against a “government takeover” of medicine but it’s not the government that’s coming between doctors and patients, it’s the insurance companies.
Undermining the Doctor-Patient Relationship
To provide the best level of care, physicians need to spend as much time as they can with their patients. So why are we asking them to put so much effort into keeping electronic records?
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion May Be a Victim of Its Own Success
With open enrollment over for private health insurance claims, states are struggling to process hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applications.
Does It Matter That Hospitals Have Close Ties to Drug Companies?
Nearly every large drug maker based in the United States had at least one academic medical center official on its board, raising questions about their independence.
Judging Obamacare: How Do We Know If It's a Success or a Failure?
Sign-ups were supposed to formally end yesterday, and attention is shifting from marketing to measuring whether the law is meetings its goals.