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The 216-212 vote approving the budget allows Congress to enact tax cuts later that increase the federal deficit by up to $1.5 trillion over 10 years.

CMS administrator Seema Verma says the changes would give states an unprecedented level of flexibility to design their Medicaid programs as they see fit.

A federal judge rejected a bid by Democratic state officials to temporarily block the White House from ending so-called cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act.

Congresss non-partisan scorekeeper didnt find any big savings for the U.S government in a Senate bill designed to stabilize Obamacare, but the reason for that is a technicality.

Executives from Centene Corp. told Wall Street securities analysts today that they expect their high-performing Affordable Care Act public exchange plan business to continue to do well in 2018, even if the cost-sharing reduction subsidy goes away.

The deal includes funding for insurer subsidies for two years, with unspecified pro-life protections; pausing Obamacares requirements that all people have health insurance and that employers offer it; and increasing the contribution limit for health-savings accounts.