Health insurance exchanges

Healthcare consumers looking for health insurance coverage under federal insurance exchanges for 2020 will get more assistance in picking their selection.

Non-payment of certain subsidies, less enforcement of a rule requiring insurance and limited competition caused insurers to raise their premiums by about 34%.

Republicans in the Senate failed earlier this summer to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Obama administration’s signature health law.

After failing to repeal or replace the ACA, Senate Republicans are slimming down their ambitions to target the one piece of the health law they loathe most.

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.