The Trump administration plans to give employers the option not to cover birth control in their health insurance plans, weakening a requirement put in place by the Affordable Care Act.
Republican senators pushing another attempt at an Obamacare repeal made tweaks to their bill this weekend to try to sway a few GOP holdouts whose votes they need.
With several senators expressing severe doubts or outright opposition to the version released last week, its unclear that the revisions will win enough support to resuscitate the repeal effort.
Americas Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association said they oppose the plan because it would make it harder for individuals to get coverage and cut funding for Medicaid.
Almost eight months after President Donald Trump took office and promised to immediately repeal Obamacare, Republican senators are instead developing a small package of changes to help the health law rather than end it.
A bipartisan group of eight governors is calling for changes to Obamacare that would increase funding under the law, enforce some of its rules on buying insurance, and encourage more health insurers to participate in the program.
Insurer Aetna Inc. inadvertently revealed the HIV status of some clients in a mailing about medication for the disease sent to about 12,000 people last month.
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