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The fate of the Affordable Care Act and the health and economic security it provides to millions of people across the country lies in the Supreme Court’s hands. NBCLX welcomed Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Metzel to explain why a decision that overturns the law would be a disaster for health care in this country.

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case against the Affordable Care Act, President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris laid out their plans for its expansion. “Regardless of the outcome, beginning on January 20, we’re gonna do everything in our power to ease the burden of health care on you and your families,” Biden said. “We will...

The Supreme Court takes up the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act today as Pfizer continues testing on a vaccine that, they claim, is 90% effective against COVID-19.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., spoke at the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday to condemn efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act during the coronavirus pandemic.

Again and again, Amy Coney Barrett insisted to senators on Tuesday that she has no “agenda” on issues like the Affordable Care Act, the future of abortion rights or same-sex marriage, and that she would be nobody’s “pawn” if confirmed to the Supreme Court, NBC News reports. “Do you think we should take the president at his word when he says his...

Saturday is the last day to sign up for health insurance next year under the Affordable Care Act in most of the country. For 2019, premiums are stable, more plans are available, and millions of uninsured people can still get financial help. But so far sign-ups have been lagging when compared to last year. Consumers can enroll online at HealthCare.gov...

Hundreds of protesters on Monday gathered in the halls of Congress in an effort to stop a Republican health care reform plan. Some demonstrators were able to get into Speaker Paul Ryan’s office. Capitol police arrested dozens of protesters, some of whom said they had pre-existing conditions.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell released the GOP’s health care overhaul on Thursday. The 142-page proposal includes massive cuts to Medicaid, cuts in taxes for the wealthy and defunding of Planned Parenthood for at least one year. The Congressional Budget Office has not had a chance to score the Senate’s bill yet. Under the House bill, the CBO found found that...

President Donald Trump denied that the White House gave up on a GOP-sponsored health care bill, despite the issues surrounding the so-called “American Health Care Act” on March. Trump said there was a “great plan” for health care reform, as well as a spending bill.

A planned vote on a new health care plan to repeal and replace Obamacare was postponed Thursday, after President Donald Trump failed to persuade holdouts within the Republican party to support the bill.

President Donald Trump stopped by Capitol Hill Tuesday in an attempt to shore up support for the Republican-backed American Health Care Act, the proposed replacement to Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

The White House and Republican lawmakers spent Tuesday defending the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act after a report released by the Congressional Budget Office predicted a loss in coverage for 24 million Americans should the American Health Care Act pass into law.

House Republicans released their replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act on March 6. How does the GOP’s American Health Care Act differ from the ACA? We look at the major provisions.