2:04January 14Contraceptive controversy: Judge blocks Trump administration's rollback of birth control mandatePennsylvania District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone issues nationwide injunction against President Trump's policy allowing some employers to 'opt out' of mandatory birth control coverage for women; national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports from Los Angeles.
1:37January 14Federal judge blocks Trump policy letting employers opt out of contraceptive coverageJudge Haywood Gilliam temporarily blocks a Trump administration policy allowing employers to opt out of providing women with birth control coverage under Obamacare; William La Jeunesse reports from Los Angeles.
January 13Judge blocks Trump administration birth control coverage rules in 13 states, DCA federal judge in California partially blocked the Trump administration Sunday from enforcing rule changes which would allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control.
January 8Bill de Blasio announces guaranteed health care for all New Yorkers, including illegal immigrantsNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced plans to launch “the largest, most comprehensive plan in the nation” to guarantee health care coverage for all city residents, including those in the country illegally.
4:35January 8White House: Prescription drug prices must start coming down and we will work with Democrats to make it happenHHS Secretary Alex Azar joins 'America's Newsroom' to explain the administration's efforts to take 'historic action' to slash drug prices for Americans.
January 7Newsom pushes sweeping new California health-care plan to help illegal immigrants, prop up ObamaCareShortly after he took office on Monday, California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom unearthed an unprecedented new health care agenda for his state, aimed at offering dramatically more benefits to illegal immigrants and protecting the embattled Affordable Care Act, which a federal judge recently struck down as unconstitutional.
December 31ObamaCare mandate says goodbye in 2019, as health law faces new threatThe Affordable Care Act will lose its teeth in 2019, as the penalty for not buying insurance disappears – leaving the health care law’s future as murky as ever.
December 30Texas AG ‘eager’ to defend court’s Obamacare ruling after judge issues stayKen Paxton, Texas' Republican attorney general considered the architect of the lawsuit to defeat Obamacare, said on Sunday that his office is "eager to defend" last month’s federal judge's ruling that declared the 2010 law unconstitutional.
4:31December 28Could 'Trump repair care' revive a bipartisan fix to the Affordable Care Act in 2019Health care ranked as the top issue to voters in 2018 and recent polling reveals 83 percent of voters are still concerned.
December 19ObamaCare, despite court ruling and claims of GOP sabotage, posts solid enrollment numbersDays after a federal judge ruled the entire law unconstitutional, President Obama's signature health care law has posted unexpectedly strong sign-ups for coverage next year, government figures released Wednesday show.
