Health and wellness

Talks about a bipartisan fallback are based on the idea that Obamacare insurance markets have problems and would need to be fixed if the health-care bill dies.

Republican leaders are increasingly pessimistic the GOP legislation can win approval before August's month-long break.

The vast majority of stakeholders see administrative waste as a cause of poor communication.

Sen. Ted Cruz pitched Republicans Thursday to achieve his overarching goal in a health-care bill: cheaper premiums.

The health insurer will offer plans on the Affordable Care Act’s exchange in just three of the state’s 16 counties.

Senate Republicans went to the White House Tuesday afternoon to meet with President Donald Trump, who also promised his political supporters he would do away with Obamacare.

The move comes amid growing opposition from GOP members to the plan.

Carriers have largely avoided blame for increased health care costs under the Affordable Care Act, but GOP replacement could change that.

The biggest increase in the uninsured would come from the bill’s roll back of Medicaid, the state-federal program that covers the poor.

Biggest change is six-month waiting period for lapse in health insurance coverage.

Much of the groundwork laid by the ACA will be beneficial for carriers even if the law is repealed, says PwC's Ben Isgur.

Ending funding for the Medicaid expansion of Medicaid and capping spending on the program could harm state budgets and beneficiaries, says AHIP.

Both House and Senate plans include funding to help insurers stave off losses in individual market over the short term.

Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Mike Lee of Utah oppose the version released Thursday and intend to negotiate as a team to improve it.

A wealth of available information on patients and their health will help drive quality, efficiency and customer satisfaction, says CEO Joseph Swedish.

House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace the Affordable Care Act.

The decision comes after several weeks of agonizing over how Republicans would deliver on seven years of promises to repeal the ACA, as well as intense pressure from the White House to hold the vote.

Republicans scrapped a vote on the embattled American Health Care Act bill Friday due to opposition from moderates and conservatives, just a day after President Trump demanded a do-or-die vote on it.

Insurer signs multi-year agreement with Human Longevity to offer genetic mapping to customers.

New estimates show 14 million Americans could lose health coverage by next year.