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    Shots - Health News
    Health care costs — including for things such as an insulin kit, for instance — can be catastrophically high for millions of Americans, even those with health insurance, a study finds.
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    Despite ACA Coverage Gains, Millions Still Suffer 'Catastrophic' Health Care Costs

    Nov 12, 2020
    The president-elect has vowed to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, which gave millions of Americans health insurance. But many insured people still struggle to pay for health care, research finds.
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    Shots - Health News
    Joe Biden rallied supporters Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Wilmington, Del. Though he is now U.S. president-elect, Biden will have to await outcomes of January run-off races in the Senate to know much support he's likely to get there for his health care agenda.
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    What Biden's Election Means For U.S. Health Care And Public Health

    Nov 09, 2020
    The Trump administration has been marked by a scaled-back federal investment and involvement in U.S. health care. Biden's team has plans to change that — even if Republicans retain Senate control.
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    Shots - Health News
    People stand in line for early voting at the John F. Kennedy Library on Oct. 27 in Hialeah, Fla.
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    More Than Politics On The Line For Voters With Preexisting Conditions

    Nov 02, 2020
    As many as 130 million Americans have a preexisting health condition. Protections for those patients under the Affordable Care Act have become a campaign issue in races up and down the ballot.
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    Shots - Health News
    Open enrollment is about to start for those buying private insurance off state or federal exchanges.
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    The Affordable Care Act's Fate Is In Flux But 2021 Health Plan Prices Are Stable

    Oct 20, 2020
    The Affordable Care Act's future is uncertain and there's no end in sight to the pandemic. But for the 2021 insurance year consumers can expect to see modest increases in prices, if any.
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    Health Care
    In a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, the Trump administration reaffirmed its position that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
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    Obamacare Must 'Fall,' Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court

    Jun 26, 2020
    Later this year, the high court will hear a case that seeks to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. In a court filing Thursday, the Trump administration fully supported the move.
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    Health Insurance Options Open, Responding To COVID-19 Crisis

    Apr 10, 2020

    On March 5, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak adopted 

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    President Barack Obama celebrates with lawmakers after signing into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance bill in March 2010.
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    The Top Moments From A Decade That Reshaped American Politics

    Dec 31, 2019
    A tumultuous decade in politics saw everything from the presidency and reelection of the first black president to the rise of the Tea Party and the improbable election of Donald Trump as president.
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    Shots - Health News
    Since its passage, the Affordable Care Act has been the subject of multiple court cases and attempts to derail it in Congress — attempts that garnered protests in 2017 and beyond. The law has survived, so far, but a key provision was struck down Wednes
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    Obamacare Takes Another Hit In Federal Appeals Court Ruling

    Dec 18, 2019
    A federal court in New Orleans has declared a portion of the health law unconstitutional, asking the lower court to reconsider the rest. This leaves the future of the law in limbo.
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    Utah Sees Increase In Federal Health Exchange Enrollment

    Dec 02, 2019

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The number of Utah residents enrolling in insurance plans using the federal health exchange has surpassed the number who used the system last year.

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    Nevada Health Exchange Aims For Enrollee Retention, Increase

    Oct 28, 2019

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — Officials from the Nevada state health insurance exchange have announced plans focusing on enrollee retention following its split from the federal website.

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    Practical Approach On Health Care Gets A Look From Democrats

    Aug 23, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic voters appear to be reassessing their approach to health care, and pragmatic ideas are getting a closer look.

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    Governors Weigh Health Care Plans As They Await Court Ruling

    Jul 26, 2019

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. governors are starting to think about what to do if an appeals court upholds a lower court ruling overturning President Obama's signature health care law.

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    Politics
    President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster.
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    Poll: Americans Not Sold On Trump — Or Democrats

    Jul 22, 2019
    President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster. But voters aren't yet buying what Democrats are selling.
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    Nevada Senate Passes Protections For Pre-Existing Conditions

    Apr 16, 2019
    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Senate has passed a bill that would enact state-level health care protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
     
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    President Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for a Senate Republican lunch on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
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    Republican Lawmakers Brace For Impact Of Renewed Push To Repeal Obamacare

    Mar 27, 2019
    The Trump administration's decision to fight for total repeal of the Affordable Care Act in court sent shock waves across Congress, where lawmakers were caught off guard by the renewed repeal effort.
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    Politics
    President Trump, pictured delivering his first prime-time address from the Oval Office on Jan. 8, hits the two-year mark of his presidency on Sunday.
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    Progress Report: President Trump's Campaign Promises, 2 Years Later

    Jan 20, 2019
    At the midpoint of his four-year term, President Trump has delivered on some campaign promises and ignored others, while many are still works in progress.
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    Politics
    The government has had to reassure Americans that the Friday ruling does not affect this year's open enrollment, including through HealthCare.gov, which ends Saturday.
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    As Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional, Democrats Seethe, Republicans Stay Mum

    Dec 15, 2018
    The decision came on the eve of the final day of open enrollment for 2019 health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
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    Health Care
    Information cards displayed during an Affordable Care Act enrollment event in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016. A federal judge struck down the health insurance law as unconstitutional Friday.
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    Federal Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act As Unconstitutional

    Dec 14, 2018
    President Trump praised the ruling by a court in Texas as supporters of the ACA said they will appeal.
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    Politics
    Activists march to the offices of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in New York City in September 2017, just before the start of Senate hearings on stabilizing the Affordable Care Act.
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    Poll Finds Wide Partisan Gaps On America's Biggest Problems

    Oct 18, 2018
    A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need to be fixed — and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.
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    Politics
    Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks on a proposed protection plan for people with pre-existing health conditions at a news conference in July. The fate of Obamacare could be decided by which party wins control of Congress in November.
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    Midterm Election Could Reshape Health Policy

    Oct 17, 2018
    The fate of Obamacare may hinge on which party wins the midterm elections.
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    Politics: Fact Check
    President Trump attends a signing ceremony for health care measures in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday, the same day <em>USA Today</em> published an opinion column on the topic by the president.
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    FACT CHECK: Trump's False Claims On 'Medicare For All'

    Oct 10, 2018
    President Trump packed a lot of disinformation into his op-ed column for USA Today attacking a Democratic health care proposal. Here are five points to know.
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    Shots - Health News
    Demonstrators held signs outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC on June 26, 2018 while Democratic leaders called on the Trump administration to uphold the preexisting conditions provision of the Affordable Care Act. Now the issue may be decided in cou
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    What's At Stake In The Latest Affordable Care Act Court Battle

    Sep 04, 2018
    On Wednesday, a federal judge in Texas will hear arguments from Republicans who want him to strike down the health law and from Democrats who say the law is constitutional and should stay in place.
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    Health Care
    President Trump, pictured in July 2017. Four cities are suing Trump and his administration for allegedly undermining the Affordable Care Act in violation of the Constitution.
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    Four Cities' Lawsuit Calls Trump Efforts To Undermine 'Obamacare' Unconstitutional

    Aug 02, 2018
    The complaint, filed Thursday, alleges the Trump administration is "waging a relentless campaign to sabotage and, ultimately, to nullify the law." They say that violates the Constitution.
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    Politics
    Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks to supporters at the opening of her campaign field office Friday, May 18, 2018, in Ferguson, Mo.
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    Flipping The Script — Red State Democrats Campaign On Health Care

    Jun 14, 2018
    Democrats see a focus on health care as one way to hold onto Senate seats in red states in the November midterms. That's despite being repeatedly beaten on health care messaging in recent elections.
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    Politics
    As the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was integral in crafting tax overhaul legislation that was signed into law in December. The legislation eliminated a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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    Sen. Hatch Apologizes For Calling Obamacare Supporters The 'Stupidest' People

    Mar 02, 2018
    In a speech on Thursday, the Utah senator praised the new tax plan and called the Affordable Care Act "the stupidest dumb-ass bill" he has ever seen, echoing that sentiment about people who like it.

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