January 16, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
ACA, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Woldt, Mike Pence, Obamacare, retail pharmacies
2017, Issue 01-16-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion
After stumbling out of the gate early this month with an ill-conceived bid to hamstring the Office of Congressional Ethics (a plan that roused a chorus of critics, including President-elect Donald Trump, and was quickly withdrawn), Republicans in the House, along with their colleagues in the Senate, regained their footing and set about the business
January 2, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Council of Economic Advisers, Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance, Jason Furman, Kevin Brady, Obamacare, President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sylvia Burwell
2017, Issue 01-02-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — Republicans want to replace the Affordable Care Act with “universal access” to health care, House GOP members said. The goal is to ensure that everyone can buy or find coverage, a House leadership aide said at a briefing organized by top Republicans. The briefing came amid growing concern about the 20 million people
December 12, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
ACA, Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald Trump, HHS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Obamacare, Seema Verma, Steve Anderson, Tom Price
2016, Issue 12-12-2016, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — The choices of Tom Price and Seema Verma for top health positions under Donald Trump have reaffirmed the president-elect’s commitment to toppling the Affordable Care Act. Price, a six-term Republican congressman from Georgia and fierce critic of Obamacare, was picked as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), while Verma,
November 21, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health insurance, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015
2016, Issue 11-21-2016, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — If Obamacare is repealed, what will replace it? That is the question in the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump as president. Trump has vowed to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act as his first act in office. If the effort succeeds, some 22 million fewer Americans would have health insurance,
November 7, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
ACA, Affordable Care Act, Avalere Health, Barack Obama, Caroline Pearson, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald Trump, health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov, Hillary Clinton, Kaiser Family Foundation, Larry Levitt, Obamacare, Orrin Hatch, Sylvia Burwell
2016, Issue 11-07-2016, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — Premiums for health plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act will rise sharply next year, and insurer defections in some states will leave consumers with substantially fewer coverage options, the federal government reported. Premiums will increase, on average, 25% for mid-level plans on the federal health insurance exchange, according to the Department of
October 19, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
2016 presidential election, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health care, health insurance, Hillary Clinton, Obamacare
Featured Articles, Issue 10-24-2016, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — Change is apparently looming for the Affordable Care Act, regardless of whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins the 2016 presidential election. Though it’s uncertain if health care will emerge as a topic at tonight’s third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas at the University of Nevada, the issue was the subject
January 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Jeffrey Woldt, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, President Obama, Sylvia Burwell
2016, Issue 01-18-2016, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Clearly, health care reform will remain a contentious issue during the current presidential election cycle and beyond. The House of Representatives started the new year by voting to gut the Affordable Care Act. Passage of the legislation, by a 240-to-181 margin that closely mirrored the breakdown among parties in the Republican-controlled body, together