Why Obamacare Might Not Die So Quickly

The law was enormously difficult for Democrats to pass, and Republicans are discovering it might be just as hard to repeal. The Atlantic- RUSSELL BERMAN 4:50 AM ET 12.2.16 Don’t…

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Planned Medicaid Overhaul Could Put GOP Governors in an Awkward Spot

Wall Street Journal -By STEPHANIE ARMOUR Nov. 24, 2016 8:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—Republicans set on rapidly dismantling the Affordable Care Act are also pushing an overhaul of Medicaid, whose expansion…

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Repealing Obamacare Is Going to Take Forever, Admits Very Important Republican

Slate- By Jordan Weissmann- Nov.17, 2016 Republicans may control the White House and Capitol Hill, but repealing and replacing Obamacare is going to be a long and probably torturous process. How…

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100,000 PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR OBAMACARE ON DAY DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY ANNOUNCED

Will Obamacare survive?      Newsweek- BY CONOR GAFFEY ON 11/11/16 AT 5:25 AM More than 100,000 Americans signed up for health care plans under President Barack Obama’s “Obamacare” policy Wednesday…

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Platform Check: Trump And Clinton On Health Care

November 2, 2016 2:20 PM ET NPR-Heard on All Things Considered Alison Kodjak  When it comes to health care, the choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump comes down to…

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Obamacare Hits a Pothole

NY Times - Opinion Page- Paul Krugman OCT. 28, 2016 For advocates of health reform, the story of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, has been a wild roller-coaster ride. First…

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President Floats Obamacare Fixes and Offers to Let GOP Rename It

NBC NEWS by JON SCHUPPE-OCT 20 2016, 5:10 PM ET President Obama on Thursday proposed a new round of tax credits and a government-run insurance plan for his healthcare reform…

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Obamacare Enrollment to See ‘Significant Slowdown’ Next Year

by Katherine Doherty Bloomberg News October 13, 2016 — 7:05 AM PDT Updated on October 13, 2016 — 8:55 AM PDT Enrollment in the Obamacare insurance marketplace is likely to…

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ObamaCare’s Meltdown Has Arrived

The Wall Street Journal-  By ANDREW OGLES and LUKE HILGEMANN Updated Oct. 6, 2016 12:50 p.m. ET With insurers pulling back, half of Tennesseans covered under the plan are losing…

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Experimental Obamacare health plan exits Chicago and Atlanta markets

CNBC -Dan Mangan | @_DanMangan September 30,2016 This Obamacare experiment is a flop. Harken Health — billed as an "innovative" health insurer and started by America's biggest insurance company to…

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