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THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE estimated that the new Republican health care bill would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

Senate Republicans’ health bill would leave 22 million more uninsured

Government 06/26/2017

Updated at 4:46 p.m. NEW YORK - The Obamacare replacement plan put forward by Senate Republicans would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22...

GOP leaders plan to release their new health care bill Thursday morning. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

Senate Republicans brace for release of health bill Thursday

Government 06/21/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans are beginning to learn the details of the health care bill they may be asked to vote on next...

AN EMPLOYEE USES a machine that sorts pills. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANTOINE ANITONIOL

Drug prices become target for FDA as chief expands purview

Government 06/06/2017

NEW YORK - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering using the agency’s powers to bring more price competition to...

THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE estimates that the GOP health plan will cut the budget deficit by $119 billion. Above: The U.S. Capitol building, from right, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial stand in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. /BLOOMBERG / ANDREW HARRER

CBO: GOP health plan will cut deficit by $119B, cause 23M...

Economic Activity 05/24/2017

NEW YORK - Republicans’ revised plan to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act would shrink the U.S. budget deficit by $119...

DONALD TRUMP and his administration have said they may stop paying subsidies worth about $7 billion a year that are used to help low-income people in Obamacare with co-pays and other out-of-pocket costs. /BLOOMBERG

Trump threats on Obamacare funds may push out poor, insurers

Government 05/05/2017

NEW YORK - As Congress wrangles over how to gut Obamacare in the coming years, a move threatened by the Trump administration could weaken...

The House of Representatives voted 217-213 to pass The American Health Care Act that would repeal the American Care Act, known as Obamacare, sending the bill to the Senate, / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

House passes Obamacare repeal in razor-thin Republican victory

Economic Activity 05/04/2017

WASHINGTON - House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission...

THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE has estimated that the Republican health care plan working its way through Congress would result in 14 million more people without health insurance within a year of being enacted, as well as another 10 million who would lose coverage within a decade. / COURTESY BLOOMBERG NEWS

GOP health plan to boost uninsured by 14M in a year,...

Economic Activity 03/13/2017

WASHINGTON - About 24 million more people would be uninsured under the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office,...

REPUBLICANS ON TUESDAY unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE

Republicans unveil health care bill to bridge gaps in party

Government 03/07/2017

WASHINGTON - Republicans unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, proposing to phase out key parts of the law...