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Would Trump's executive order make better, cheaper health care? Only kind of

by Adriene Hill and Sean McHenry
Oct 12, 2017
Today, when the president signed an executive order expanding coverage options outside of the Obamacare marketplaces, he promised that the order would create more insurance options at “lower prices, and for millions of Americans.”   Actually, the order is asking federal agencies to broaden the use of short-term insurance options, which aren’t beholden to the coverage […]
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HHS documents show Obamacare marketing was working in 2016

by Dan Gorenstein
Sep 20, 2017
Under the Obama administration, health officials not only invested in an ACA media blitz, but also in measuring its efficacy, according to the former chief marketing officer for the federal health insurance exchange HealthCare.gov.
An Obamacare logo is shown on a clinic in Miami, Florida on Jan. 10.
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Health insurers are looking for a little certainty

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 2, 2017
Assuring subsidies for low-income people could help stabilize the market, the CEO of an industry lobbying group says.
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What next for health care in the United States?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Jul 28, 2017
"There is now an expectation that people should have access to care."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks with an aide as he leaves the Senate floor following a Motion to commit vote on HR 1628 (American Health Care Act) on Capitol Hill, July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. 
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The part of Obamacare even Republicans like

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 24, 2017
The ACA's Innovation Center finds ways to slow spending while looking out for patients.
Ariel Fernandez, left, sits with Noel Nogues, an insurance adviser with UniVista Insurance company, as he signs up for the Affordable Care Act in 2015 in Miami.
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Here is where the U.S. Congress buys its health insurance

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 18, 2017
You've always wondered: Does Congress get free health insurance?
 Storm clouds fill the sky over the U.S. Capitol Building.
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Health insurance comes at a cost but so does not having it

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 13, 2017
Five years later, we check back with pipe organ builder Bradley Gawthrop about what's it's like trying to get insurance when you're self-employed or unemployed.
A healthcare reform specialist helps people select insurance plans at a free Affordable Care Act Enrollment Fair on November 2013.
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Three global ideas that could make U.S. health care better

by Sean McHenry
Jul 7, 2017
If you could have any part of another country's health care system, what would it be?
An ambulance arrives at the Accident and Emergency department of the Bristol Royal Infirmary in Bristol, England.
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How to understand health care, one subparagraph at a time

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 5, 2017
We call up an expert to help us make sense of the Senate bill's text.
Legislation is “like an old Roman city,” says Nicholas Bagley, a law professor at the University of Michigan. The original is on the bottom and amendments are layered on top. To understand legislation, you have to know how it's changed, he says. Above, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media in June to announce that the Senate GOP will delay a vote on its health care bill until after the July Fourth recess. 
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My Economy: Health care uncertainty means business uncertainty

by Robert Garrova
Jun 26, 2017
One woman is holding off on growing her small business, even though the demand is there.
Violins in a workshop. 
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