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The First Step Act could be the beginning of a joint effort to address challenges that have ready solutions but that, because of their political difficulty, need bipartisan support to pass.

The American healthcare system has gone through countless changes in the last decade. But have these changes made the healthcare system better or worse for the average American?

With the first Midterm Elections of the Trump presidency behind us, several key issues appear poised to take center stage once the new Congress is seated in January.

As the Trump administration pushes for drug price transparency, the pharmaceutical industry is already trying to subvert the coming changes.

Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, the Bernie Sanders-endorsed FL Democratic gubernatorial nominee, reaffirmed his support for abolishing ICE and implementing universal health care in the Sunshine State.

Deductibles continue to rise under Obamacare, according to a study released this week.

The Donald Trump administration released a new rule on Wednesday to offer Americans more affordable, short-term health insurance options compared to Obamacare.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) revealed in a new report on Wednesday that Obamacare premiums will spike premiums by 15 percent next year.

Health insurance company Cigna conducted a nationwide survey and nearly half reported constant feelings of loneliness or isolation.

The average family of three will see their Obamacare premium increase by close to $800 in 2018. That will swallow about half of the average $1,600 tax cut middle-class families expect to receive from Republicans’ new tax reform.

President Donald Trump will propose a new Labor Department regulation that will allow health insurers to sell insurance across state lines.

Unless Republicans can find a way to address the health insurance crisis, they will lose Congress, and deservedly so.

Health care company Aetna potentially revealed the HIV status of thousands of customers after sending out letters with their details clearly visible through the envelope window.

Covered California is so desperate to keep insurance companies on its Obamacare exchange that the state plans to guarantee profits to the giant corporations.

President Donald Trump has a golden opportunity to introduce his own health care policy, now that both moderate and conservative Republicans have failed to push their own policies through, and Obamacare continues to collapse.

Monday on Rush Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated radio show, fill-in host Ken Matthews asked Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) what needed to be done to motivate congressional Republicans to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda. Gohmert urged listeners to call their members of

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) warned that while Congress was deliberating over new health care legislation, it was up to her and her colleagues to stop the Trump administration from “sabotaging the private insurance market.” Stabenow

Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made the argument that those who might lose their Medicaid coverage due to any Obamacare repeal should be offered an inexpensive option for coverage. Paul proposed a $1 a day plan

Language in the Senate GOP healthcare bill that pertains to defunding abortion giant Planned Parenthood for one year is expected to be in the draft bill, but may be removed before a final vote on the legislation, reports The Hill.

I have been experimenting with an obscure Obamacare alternative that I believe holds an answer to declining health and, more importantly, is something that Congress should protect as it considers overhauling the nation’s healthcare law.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that the Senate health care bill is a “non-starter.”

While Obamacare repeal stalls in the Senate, Iowa hopes to implement a plan that could save individual health insurance in the state.

A new legislative analysis released on Monday found that a single-payer “socialized” health care system would cost the state of California $400 billion per year — three times the current annual budget of the state.

Republican leaders are trying to line up votes for another Obamacare repeal bill, with a vote possibly coming later this week. It’s also possible the new repeal effort will collapse, sending legislators back to the drawing board. Here are some principles to keep in mind, based on what Republicans have been saying to their constituents since 2010, and what happened when they made their first run at repeal in 2017.

Until the welfare program is decoupled from the insurance market, nothing will work. Otherwise, it’s like forcing grocery stores to pay for everyone to have a house. A carton of milk would suddenly cost $10,000.

Gabriel Sherman writes that White House chief strategist and former Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon has privately expressed concern that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) betrays the populist voters who put Donald Trump in the White House.

Analysis from the Brookings Institution says that 15 million people could lose coverage under Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act.

Paul Nehlen, Wisconsin businessman and former Paul Ryan challenger, spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam Friday about Paul Ryan’s Obamacare 2.0 and other issues.

During an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, President-Elect Donald Trump said, “We’re going to get private insurance companies to take care of” certain segments of the population. Trump said, “[W]e’re going to have

Healthcare.gov and its state marketplaces approved healthcare coverage and tax credit subsidies for nine out of 12 fake applicants as the Government Accountability Office conducted an undercover investigation, according to a GAO report.

President Obama and the White House sent out an email on Wednesday morning saying the Health Insurance Marketplace is “open for business.”

The problems dogging Obamacare aren’t stopping President Barack Obama from arguing that the law is working just fine and that gloomy Republican predictions about it are false.

During Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said, while discussing Obamacare, “In order to avoid a near collapse of our nation’s health insurance market, we need a Republican Congress next year.” Transcript as Follows: “I’m Senator Lamar Alexander, from

How do the authors of The Affordable Healthcare for America Act (Obamacare) view the piece of legislation as a great success, while many doctors and health care professionals view it as “The Great Government Overreach of 111th Congress?”

The Wall Street Journal notes that the exodus of insurance companies from the collapsing ObamaCare system leaves many rural customers with only a single provider option. This effectively turns ObamaCare into a state mandated monopoly,