The U.S. Senate voted 51 to 48 on Jan. 12, 2017, to pass a budget resolution authorizing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal portions of the ACA, The Washington Post reports.
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Eliminating the ACA could also repeal these four key revisions, according to Kaiser Health News reporters Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) reintroduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, according to Miami Herald.
During his goodbye speech on Jan. 10, 2017, President Barack Obama spoke about various healthcare improvements such as the nation's diminishing uninsured rate, according to MedPage Today.
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On Jan. 10, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump told Congress there is no time to waste on an ACA repeal, according to the New York Times.
Despite concerns over ACA enrollment numbers dropping with escalating premiums, enrollment continues to increase, according to MedPage Today.
The North Carolina Medical Society partnered with St. Louis' Centene Corp. and the North Carolina Health Center Association to offer healthcare plans to Medicaid patients, The News & Observer reports.
After adding 330,000 customers in 2016, Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna's CEO David Cordani is aiming to add 500,000 in 2017, the Hartford Courant reports.
After submitting a request to expand the North Carolina's Medicaid program for 2018, the Obama administration promised swift action, while Republican lawmakers plead to CMS to reject the request, The News & Observer reports.