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Trump Backs Republican Health Plan Blasted by Conservatives

President Donald Trump threw his weight behind a House Republican plan to replace Obamacare, even as conservatives mounted their own savage attack on the bill, with one Republican senator declaring it “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Trump held a …

In Supreme Court Briefs, Big Business Supports Obamacare Subsidies

The Supreme Court briefs are in, and we can now say that big business backs Obamacare. The justices will hear oral arguments on March 4 in the latest case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At issue is the act’s …

Could ‘Missing Number 1321’ on Subsidies Derail Affordable Care Act?

If President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law unravels, it could be for want of a single number in crucial passages of the 2,409-page statute. The missing number, 1321, refers to a section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act …

Florida Turns to Massachusetts for Health Insurance Advice

Florida lawmakers considering how to implement the federal health care overhaul sought information this week from two economists on the Massachusetts initiative that served as the blueprint for the national plan. Massachusetts pioneered an approach emulated in the federal Affordable …