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OVER 400 PEOPLE were arrested in a government crackdown on health care fraud. /BLOOMBERG FILE HPTO/KIYOSHI OTA

6 arrested in R.I. as part of $1.3B health care fraud...

Government 07/13/2017

NEW YORK - More than four hundred people were charged in a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud that cost taxpayers $1.3 billion, in...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell will take another run at an Obamacare repeal plan Thursday. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ AARON P BERNSTEIN

Revised health bill said to have $70B more for exchanges

Health Services 07/13/2017

Updated at 10:23 a.m. NEW YORK - Senate Republicans’ revised proposal to replace Obamacare would provide an added $70 billion to stabilize insurance exchanges over...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell has sent a revised health bill that removed a provision that provided a tax break for health insurance executives’ pay to the Congressional Budget Office this week. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

GOP is said to drop insurance executive tax break in health...

Government 07/12/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans have dropped plans to provide a tax break for health insurance executives’ pay in a revised health care bill...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell is delaying the Senate recess by two weeks in an attempt to revise legislation to replace Obamacare. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

Senate delays August recess amid unfinished health care plan

Government 07/11/2017

NEW YORK - Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s delaying the Senate’s August recess by two weeks after divided lawmakers have been unable to...

GOP LEADERS FACE a difficult battle to pass a Senate health care bill before the August break. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Senate health bill fails to pick up support after week of...

Government 07/10/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republican leaders head into a difficult fight this week to win support for their health care legislation after returning from...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, Mitch McConnell. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

McConnell taking a risk with talk of bipartisan health care bill

Government 07/07/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is taking a risk by calling for a bipartisan health care plan if the Republican-only bill...

Is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) better than either the House...

Government 07/03/2017

Much of the young Trump administration has been spent trying to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). The impulse...

GOP leaders issue revised GOP health bill as they press for...

Government 06/26/2017

NEW YORK - Senate leaders released a slightly revised version of their health care bill Monday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tries to win...

THE GOP HEALTH PLAN includes $50 billion in subsidies over four years to stabilize insurance exchanges. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

Senate health plan draft relies on subsidies GOP has faulted

Government 06/22/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans’ proposal to replace Obamacare would provide an additional $50 billion over four years to stabilize insurance exchanges, relying on a...