Obamacare: Five Things You May Not Know About the Health Care Law

NBC NEWS MAGGIE FOX DEC 30 2016, 10:11 AM ET As Republicans prepare to take over the White House and both houses of Congress next month, they've got President Barack…

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Obamacare 2017 enrollment hits record, despite Trump’s threat to repeal

Will Obamacare survive?   CNN Money by Tami Luhby @Luhby December 21, 2016: 5:19 PM ET Although President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal Obamacare next month, a record number…

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42 States Extend Deadline to Sign Up For Obamacare

GIZMODO- Eve Peyser- 12.16.16- 11:27pm On Thursday night, federal regulators announced that they were extending the midnight deadline to sign up for health insurance starting January 1, 2017 through the Affordable…

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Study: ‘Obamacare’ Repeal-Only Would Make 30M Uninsured

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Dec 7, 2016, 2:03 PM ET Repealing President Barack Obama's health care law without a replacement risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured,…

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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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