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Amazon Is Already Undercutting Prices on Over-the-Counter Pills

Median prices for over-the-counter, private-brand medicine sold by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and CVS Health Corp. were about 20 percent higher than Basic Care, the over-the-counter drug line sold exclusively by Amazon, according to a report Friday …

Administration Slashes Grants to Help Americans Get Affordable Care Act Coverage

The Trump administration is eliminating most of the funding for grass-roots groups that help Americans get Affordable Care Act insurance and will for the first time urge the groups to promote health plans that bypass the law’s consumer protections and …

Kavanaugh Pick Could Affect Future of Obamacare, Medicaid Work Requirements

Health care issues will be front and center during the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for a pivotal seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. A number of important health care cases could make their way to th…

Quotable 7

There shouldn’t be anything controversial about helping people get the information they need to ensure they have affordable, comprehensive coverage, but the Trump Administration’s health care sabotage clearly has no limits,” Senator Patty Murray (D – W…

Dems Strategy on Trump Pick: Unify Around Health Care

The liberal base is fired up about abortion rights, but Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) will seek to emphasize access to affordable health care as much as Roe v. Wade in the battle over the Supreme Court. In sharp contrast to the Obama …

Online Briefing Book: 20th Anniversary Celebration

       

Online Briefing Book: 20th Anniversary Celebration

       

Individual Mandate Penalty, Single and Family of Four, 2017

       

Premium Changes (percent) Following Individual Mandate Repeal, 2020

       

Enrollment Changes (in millions) Following Individual Mandate Repeal, 2020