Senate Leaders Try to Appease Members as Support for Health Bill Slips

With criticism mounting over their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, top Republicans are cutting deals and cajoling members to get to 50 votes.

Trump, in Zigzag, Calls House Republicans’ Health Bill ‘Mean’

By THOMAS KAPLAN, JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR June 13, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday bluntly derided a House attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act as “mean,” and in doing so, injected himself in a...

A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill: Special Education

A provision of the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would sharply cut Medicaid funds for special education programs across the country.

Kansas Governor Vetoes Medicaid Expansion, Setting Stage for Showdown

By ABBY GOODNOUGH and MITCH SMITH March 30, 2017 Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have expanded Medicaid in his state, setting up a potential showdown next week with a Legislature that, while heavily Republican, has...

In Health Bill’s Defeat, Medicaid Comes of Age

By KATE ZERNIKE, ABBY GOODNOUGH and PAM BELLUCK March 27, 2017 When it was created more than a half century ago, Medicaid almost escaped notice. Front-page stories hailed the bigger, more controversial part of the law that President Lyndon B....