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Trump Team Nixes Obamacare Ads, Emails as Sign-Up Deadline Approaches

The Trump administration has pulled some advertising designed to encourage people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, days before the final deadline to buy 2017 health plans under the law. The Department of Health and …

Trump Considering Not Enforcing Health Insurance Mandate, Says Top Aide

The Trump administration may stop enforcing the Obamacare requirement that most Americans carry health insurance even before Congress repeals the law, Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to the new president, said in interviews broadcast on Sunday. Such a move would …

Trump Says He Has Plan for ‘Insurance for Everybody’ to Replace Obamacare

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan that would envisage “insurance for everybody,” he said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday night. Trump did not give the newspaper specifics about his proposals …

52 Million Americans Under Age 65 Have Pre-Existing Health Conditions: Kaiser

A new Kaiser Family Foundation study finds that 52 million adults under 65 – or 27 percent of that population — have pre-existing health conditions that would likely make them uninsurable if they applied for individual health coverage under medical …

Rep. Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Trump’s Choice to Lead Health Agency

President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first of multiple Cabinet announcements expected …

On Eve of Trump Repeal Effort, Obamacare Campaigns for ‘Young Invincibles’

Two months before President-elect Donald Trump begins his attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration and its allies are making an aggressive final push to sign-up some of the program’s most reluctant customers — young people. Healthy …

Trump May Keep Key Affordable Care Act Provisions

President-elect Donald Trump reversed himself on completely eliminating the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health law, saying instead he would keep two popular features and pledged no gap in coverage as it’s replaced. In an interview with Lesley …

Fitch Assesses Election Impact on Health Insurance Market

The election that saw Donald Trump win the presidency and the Republican Party retain control of both houses of congress will significantly increase the probability of the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), says Fitch Ratings. Repeal …

President Trump Expected to Target Immigration, Taxes, Trade, Affordable Care Act

Donald Trump’s surprise election Tuesday as U.S. president means the repudiation of Barack Obama’s legacy and a strong likelihood Republicans will undo many of his accomplishments, including Obamacare and trade deals, and seek tax cuts for the rich. While Trump …