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After months of compromise and setbacks, the U.S. House of Representatives secured just enough votes Thursday to pass the American Health Care Act, pushing the Republican bill one step closer to supplanting the Affordable Care Act. The Bill Medicaid limitations, stripped protection of pre-existing...

Height Securities likes to offer betting odds on major political events, from federal government shutdowns to impending tax reforms. Over the last few months, the firm has closely followed and posited probabilities for efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Now, as a new American...

The historian hired to repair the Richard Nixon Library and Museum’s problems with the truth sees something similar in the current president: a sense of paranoia and frustration that might spill over into bad decisions. Timothy Naftali is a Canadian-American historian and a clinical associate...

President Donald Trump seemed to waver last week on a couple of key official economic positions. Nonetheless, he maintained optimism that any remaining campaign promises will materialize. One by one we are keeping our promises - on the border, on energy, on jobs, on regulations. Big changes are...

Heath insurance companies are meeting with CMS Administrator Seema Verma today to try to determine if President Donald Trump intends to pull $7 billion in funding from companies that sell plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges. The cost-sharing reductions (CSR) allow insurance companies to provide...

Following a futile Tuesday-night attempt to unite on ACA repeal strategy, Vice President Mike Pence and House Republicans convened again Wednesday to hash out a deal. But Height Securities analysts Andrew Parmentier and Stefanie Miller weren't hopeful for a resolution. “We think chances...

Stock market sentiment is in a quandary: Optimism is high because of President Donald Trump’s promise to invest in infrastructure and overhaul the tax code. However, the GOP says those and other policy issues are on hold until Congress deals with the seemingly intractable issue of swapping...

Republicans have proposed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as "Obamacare," and are seeking approval for the new GOP healthcare bill dubbed Trumpcare. President Donald Trump has proposed significant tax cuts to reduce healthcare expense, with Medicaid expected to bear most of...

House Republicans have revealed their long-anticipated Affordable Care Act repeal and replace bill — the American Health Care Act. The bill repeals numerous ACA related taxes and penalties (mostly starting in 2018), defunds Medicaid expansion after 2019 and offers tax credits ($2,000–4,...

Republicans are still working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, but the ACA may more swiftly dismantle the Republicans. Until recently, conservative lawmakers only had to worry about opposition from their progressive constituents. Now, they’re feeling the wrath of their ideological...

Everyone is talking about the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), as Republicans promised to eliminate the program in an attempt to cut down government spending. However, the costs of a repeal — both economic and human — could amply surpass the savings, experts...

We are closing in on Donald Trump's elevation to the highest office in the country, and a range of emotions runs through the minds of different stakeholders as Trump has threatened large-scale policy overhauls. One of policies that Trump is taking potshots at is Patient Protection and Affordable...

Donald Trump’s victory and the “Republican sweep of Congress” could have a significantly greater impact on equity values than the initial share price moves, Credit Suisse’s Scott Fidel said in a report. He added that the outlook for the Diversified MCO [Managed Care...

President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare reform was praised by many who said that organizing an exchange that allows insurance access to everyone in the country was a major step forward for the US. However, with two years under its belt, the Affordable Care Act is still presenting problems for...