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Repeal and replace: The chaotic Senate approach

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Confused about which bill the Senate is going to take up to begin its ACA repeal debate?

So is the Senate.

Remember the grief Nancy Pelosi took for saying, “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it” during the Affordable Care Act debate? Continue reading →

Contributing editor to Politico Magazine and former health care editor-at-large, Politico, Commonwealth Fund journalist in residence and assistant lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Repeal and reconciliation: Understand bewildering D.C. budget lingo, process

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us-capitolWe all understand what “repeal” means. But what does a nice-sounding word like “reconciliation” have to do with unraveling the Affordable Care Act?

The repeal process is underway – the Republican-controlled Congress got to work even before President-elect Donald Trump took office. Continue reading →

Contributing editor to Politico Magazine and former health care editor-at-large, Politico, Commonwealth Fund journalist in residence and assistant lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.