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Jessica McCormick, who has a heart condition, at home with Koda, her medical alert dog, in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24, 2019. McCormick quit her job to be eligible for Medicaid, which will cover all her medical expenses. (Samuel Corum / The New York Times)

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October 4, 2019 at 2:45 pm

Even employer health insurance is increasingly unaffordable, study finds

Jessie McCormick had to quit her job to afford health care.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined at left by Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., leads an event to announce legislation to lower health care costs and protect people with pre-existing medical conditions, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The Democratic action comes after the Trump administration told a federal appeals court that the entire Affordable Care Act, known as “Obamacare,” should be struck down as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA133 DCSA133

March 26, 2019 at 2:28 pm

What happens if Obamacare is struck down?

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has announced it changed its position and agreed with a federal judge that the entire Affordable Care Act, not just...

March 23, 2019 at 9:58 am

Medicare for All predicament: ‘No precedent’ for abolishing private insurers

Unlike Obamacare, emerging plans would sweep away the private health insurance system. What would that mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the...

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People walk through Comcast Corp. headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Comcast Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on October 26. Photographer: Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg

September 4, 2018 at 4:57 pm

Who’s reinventing health benefits? One of the most hated companies in the U.S.

Comcast is among a handful of employers declaring progress in reaching a much-desired goal: keeping health-care costs flat. Some consider the cable company to be...

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December 6, 2017 at 5:46 pm

Insurer UnitedHealth to buy Everett Clinic operator for $4.9 billion as lines blur in health care

UnitedHealth will acquire DaVita’s physician group for about $4.9 billion in cash. DaVita Medical Group operates nearly 300 clinics across a half-dozen states — including...

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October 18, 2017 at 7:02 pm

Anthem joins with CVS to start its own pharmacy business

Anthem, one of the nation’s major health-insurance companies, is in the midst of a bitter legal battle with Express Scripts, its current pharmacy- benefits manager,...

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryand, Oct. 11, 2017. Trump is expected to issue an order on Thursday relaxing health care standards on small businesses that band together to buy health insurance and to allow the sale of other health plans that skirt the health law‚Äôs requirements. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) XNYT126 XNYT126

October 11, 2017 at 7:09 pm

Foiled in Congress, Trump moves on his own to relax Obamacare standards

President Donald Trump is expected to issue an order Thursday to allow the sale of health-insurance plans that are exempt from some Affordable Care Act...

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May 4, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Doctors, hospitals, insurers criticize House health-care revamp

Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation

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Fran Cannon Slayton, who received a diagnosis of brain cancer in 2016 and is concerned she will lose protections for pre-existing conditions if the Affordable Care Act is changed, in Charlottesville, Va., May 1, 2017. People who have pre-existing medical conditions fear that changes to the Affordable Care Act will result in higher health care premiums for them. “I don’t think people really understand how serious this is,” said Slayton. (Matt Eich/The New York Times)

May 2, 2017 at 4:33 pm

Patients with pre-existing conditions fear new plan to repeal Obamacare

The complex amendment to the Republican health-care bill has stunned Americans with cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses who rely on the Affordable Care...

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April 20, 2017 at 7:49 pm

White House team’s push for revised health-care bill gets cool reception

The latest version of the proposal would maintain popular benefits in former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement, such as preserving the ban on insurers...