WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is targeting the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications for Medicare's first-ever drug price negotiations as it seeks to lower medical costs for Americans.

2. Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap - Friday, February 24, 2023

Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on the costs they pay to fill prescriptions.

The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face thousands of dollars in annual costs for insulin they need in order to live. Lilly's changes also come as lawmakers and patient advocates pressure drugmakers to do something about soaring prices.

3. President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 - Friday, January 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

4. US health insurers raise rates to match increase in usage - Friday, July 15, 2022

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — After putting off routine health care for much of the pandemic, Americans are now returning to doctors' offices in big numbers — a trend that's starting to show up in higher insurance rates across the country.

5. COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise - Friday, May 6, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19.

Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a potential barrier to timely access.

6. COVID budget impasse halts aid to test and treat uninsured - Friday, March 18, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, a federal agency says it can no longer cover COVID tests and treatments bills for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday.

7. Income test for Medicare dental under debate; gets pushback - Friday, October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 55 years, Medicare has followed a simple policy: covered benefits are the same, no matter if you're rich, poor, or in-between.

But as Democrats try to design a dental benefit for the program, one idea calls for limiting it based on income. The so-called "means test" is drawing internal opposition from many Democratic lawmakers, as well as advocacy groups for older people, like AARP.

8. 'Obamacare' survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge - Friday, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as "Obamacare" on Thursday, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.

9. Leading Dems seek input on 'public option' health care plan - Friday, May 21, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two leading congressional Democrats issued a call Wednesday for ideas on a "public option" health insurance plan, a campaign promise of President Joe Biden's that faces long odds politically.

10. Biden to talk up health insurance cost cuts in visit to Ohio - Friday, March 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will showcase health insurance cost cuts in a speech in Ohio on Tuesday during what may be the best time for Democrats to talk up the Affordable Care Act since it became law.

11. Biden encouraged by consumer interest in 'Obamacare' offer - Friday, February 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a solid start, more than 200,000 people signed up for coverage the first two weeks after President Joe Biden reopened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response, the government said Wednesday.

12. Without Ginsburg, high court support for health law in doubt - Friday, November 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Until six weeks ago, defenders of the Affordable Care Act could take comfort in some simple math. Five Supreme Court justices who had twice preserved the Obama-era health care law remained on the bench and seemed unlikely votes to dismantle it.

13. AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehoods on virus, taxes, Bidens - Friday, October 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after COVID-19 sidelined him, President Donald Trump returned to familiar form, spreading a litany of falsehoods.

Over the weekend, he asserted yet again the virus was "rounding the corner" when it isn't, misrepresented Democratic rival Joe Biden's tax proposals and resurrected unfounded claims about Biden and the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, in Ukraine.

14. AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehoods on virus, taxes, Bidens - Friday, October 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after COVID-19 sidelined him, President Donald Trump returned to familiar form, spreading a litany of falsehoods.

Over the weekend, he asserted yet again the virus was "rounding the corner" when it isn't, misrepresented Democratic rival Joe Biden's tax proposals and resurrected unfounded claims about Biden and the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, in Ukraine.

15. AP FACT CHECK: Sen. Cruz scrambles the stats on Obamacare - Friday, October 9, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators examining Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court heard a wildly inaccurate statement from one of their own Wednesday about how much health insurance premiums have risen since the inception of "Obamacare."

16. AP FACT CHECK: Lindsey Graham revises history on Obamacare - Friday, October 9, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The senator leading Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday launched into revisionist history on "Obamacare," implying it was designed to help Democratic states like California, New York and Massachusetts while doling out less to states like his, South Carolina.

17. AP FACT CHECK: Trump's dubious claims on health care, court - Friday, September 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't providing all the facts when he promises that people with preexisting medical problems will always be covered by health insurance if "Obamacare" is ruled unconstitutional.

18. Ginsburg's death exposes fragility of health law protection - Friday, September 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — With COVID-19 the newest preexisting condition, the Obama-era health law that protects Americans from insurance discrimination is more fragile following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

19. 1st deadlines for laid-off workers to get health insurance - Friday, May 22, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

Taxpayer-subsidized health insurance is available for a modest cost — sometimes even free — across the country, but industry officials and independent researchers say few people seem to know how to find it. For those who lost their health insurance as layoffs mounted at the end of March, a 60-day "special enrollment" period for individual coverage under the ACA closes next week in most states.

20. Warren says she won’t immediately push for Medicare for All - Friday, November 15, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren announced Friday that she won’t immediately push to give every American government-funded health care and instead will work to oversee passage of a sweeping “Medicare for All” program by the end of her third year if elected president — a significant step away from a plan she’s long championed.

21. 'Medicare for All's' rich benefits 'leapfrog' other nations - Friday, May 17, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The "Medicare for All" plan embraced by leading 2020 Democrats appears more lavish than what other advanced countries offer, compounding the cost but also potentially broadening its popular appeal.

22. White House report tries to shift Trump health care rhetoric - Friday, February 8, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from the White House tries to shift the Trump administration's combative rhetoric on health care, suggesting changes to the Affordable Care Act under President Donald Trump do not fundamentally undermine the health law.

23. Health law sign-ups lagging as Saturday deadline is looming - Friday, December 7, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — With just days left to enroll, fewer people are signing up for the Affordable Care Act , even though premiums are stable, more plans are available and millions of uninsured people can still get financial help.

24. Trump health chief: Premiums to drop for popular ACA plan - Friday, September 28, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums for a popular type of "silver" health plan under the Affordable Care Act will edge downward next year in most states, the Trump administration's health chief announced Thursday.

25. Leading liberal policy group unveils 'coverage for all' plan - Friday, February 23, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading liberal policy group is raising the ante in the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all.

Called "Medicare Extra for All," the proposal Thursday from the Center for American Progress, or CAP, would provide a path toward universal health care coverage.

26. Beyond 'Obamacare': New liberal plan on health care overhaul - Friday, February 16, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all.

Called "Medicare Extra for All," the proposal to be released Thursday by the Center for American Progress gives politically energized Democrats more options to achieve a long-sought goal.

27. In new rule, Trump tries to deliver a health care promise - Friday, January 5, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to fulfill a campaign promise, the Trump administration moved Thursday to facilitate the interstate sale of health insurance policies that cost less but may not cover as much.

28. Strong showing for Obama health law as nearly 9M sign up - Friday, December 22, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 8.8 million people have signed up for coverage next year under the Affordable Care Act, the government said Thursday. The surprisingly strong numbers come after a deadline surge last week.

29. Q&A: Tax bill impacts on health law coverage and Medicare - Friday, December 1, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tax overhaul Republicans are pushing toward final votes in Congress could undermine the Affordable Care Act's health insurance markets and add to the financial squeeze on Medicare over time.

30. Study: ACA silver plan premiums up average of 34 percent - Friday, October 20, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — As online window shopping on HealthCare.gov went live Wednesday, an independent analysis found that premiums for the most popular health plans under the Affordable Care Act are rising by an average 34 percent next year.

31. Calling it a beginning, Trump signs health care order - Friday, October 13, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by health care failures in Congress, President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to undermine "Obamacare," the program he's promised to kill.

32. Calling it a beginning, Trump signs health care order - Friday, October 13, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite federal rules so consumers can have wider access to health insurance plans featuring lower premiums. He called his new executive order a "beginning" and promised more actions to come.

33. Trump hopes to boost lower-premium health insurance plans - Friday, October 6, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by failures in Congress, President Donald Trump will try to put his own stamp on health care with an executive order Thursday that aims to make lower-premium plans more widely available.

34. White House to order health care alternatives - Friday, October 6, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.

35. What the latest health overhaul push would mean for consumers - Friday, September 22, 2017

Only one thing is certain for insurance shoppers if the latest attempt to replace former President Barack Obama's health care law succeeds: Uncertainty.

Will you be able to get coverage? How much will it cost? Will it cover my conditions?

36. Who wins, who loses in bill aimed at upending Obamacare - Friday, September 15, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal "Obamacare" would redistribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal financing for insurance coverage, creating winners and losers among individual Americans and states in ways not yet fully clear.

37. Millions who buy health insurance brace for sharp increases - Friday, September 1, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of double-digit premium increases, and their frustration is boiling over.

38. Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies - Friday, August 11, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums for a popular type of individual health plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

39. HealthCare.gov dropout trend continues under Trump - Friday, June 9, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Continuing a dropout trend seen in the Obama years, about 16 percent of consumers who signed up for coverage this year through public health insurance markets had canceled their plans by early spring, the government said Monday.

40. AP FACT CHECK: No, manufacturing and coal are not rebounding - Friday, May 5, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to show that his economic vision of America — making products again, raising great buildings and mining coal — is already coming true, despite the lack of legislation powering that dream. So when the latest jobs report came out, the White House eagerly trumpeted the robust results. But it was out of tune.

41. Pre-existing conditions and the health plan: Who's covered? - Friday, May 5, 2017

The Republican push to replace the Affordable Care Act was revived this week in Congress by a small change to their plan designed to combat concerns over coverage for those with pre-existing health problems.

42. Hardball health care option may cost Trump and taxpayers - Friday, April 21, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Counting down to a budget deadline, the White House has toyed with a hardball health care tactic to force Democrats to yield on President Donald Trump's priorities.

The administration just might eliminate billions of dollars in disputed "Obamacare" subsidies.

43. Repeal in doubt, what Trump alone can do on 'Obamacare' - Friday, March 31, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — With prospects in doubt for repealing "Obamacare," some Republicans say the Trump administration can rewrite regulations and take other actions to undo much of the health care law on its own.

44. Gov't report: More than 12M signed up for 'Obamacare' - Friday, March 10, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says more than 12 million people have signed up for coverage this year under former President Barack Obama's health care law, even as the Republican-led Congress debates its repeal.

45. What if there's no affordable insurance to buy? - Friday, March 3, 2017

Leslie Kurtz needed three plates, eight screws and a big assist from her insurer after breaking every bone in her ankle while white water rafting.

Coverage she purchased through a public insurance exchange established by the federal health care law paid $65,000 toward surgery and the care she needed after the 2015 accident. But that protection may not exist next year because insurers have abandoned the Knoxville resident's exchange. As of now, Kurtz has no future coverage options, and she is worried.

46. Trump administration ushers in changes to Obama health law - Friday, February 10, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took steps Wednesday intended to calm jittery insurance companies and make tax compliance with former President Barack Obama's health law less burdensome for some people.

47. Obama health law posts solid sign-ups despite GOP repeal vow - Friday, January 6, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress may be moving to repeal "Obamacare," but millions of people are still signing up. The administration said Tuesday that 11.5 million enrolled nationwide through Dec. 24, ahead of last year's pace.

48. AP FACT CHECK: Despite woes Obamacare not in 'death spiral' - Friday, January 6, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says that President Barack Obama's health care law "will fall of its own weight."