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The article talks about the chaos on the passage of the U.S. Affordable Care Act, mentioning efforts of President Barack Obama to round up votes for the bill, putting heavy pressures on House Representatives to back up its passing into law in 2010.

The article offers healthcare news briefs on topic including the effect of COVID subvariant, known as BA.5, makes up the majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States.

The article offers science news briefs on topics including the concerns of BA.5 of its increased contagiousness and because of its greater ability to evade the protection from vaccines and prior infection. Concerns are rising over a new omicron subvariant that is even more highly transmissible, called BA.5. The new subvariant has risen to be a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States and is sparking concern about an increase in hospitalizations.

The article reports that Democrats are furiously negotiating a plan to lower prescription drug prices, making significant progress over the weekend but racing to finalize a deal before a House vote on President Biden's mammoth social spending package as soon as this week.

The article offers information on the drug price hikes in the U.S.; and also includes 2020 U.S. elections.

The article reports on the efforts to increase vaccinations across the U.S. and mentions the need for maintaining precautions including wearing masks, social distancing and avoiding crowds.

The article reports on the plan of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding the issue of pricing on prescription drugs in the U.S. as of September 2019.

The article discusses the frustration of Progressive House Democrats with their party leaders because of writing bill to lower prescription drug prices in secret, including failure of the leaders to provide details on drug pricing plan to Representative Lloyd Doggett and other progressives.

The article reports on the move of the lawmakers in the U.S. in moving quickly to notch a bipartisan accomplishment while passing a law that will protect patients from massive medical bills.

The article reports that drug company executives have been pressurized by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to testify publicly about their drug pricing practices.

The article offers information on several aspects associated with the legislation proposed by the U.S democratic party on lowering the drug prices.

The article reports that the U.S. administration's health officials have stated that they have no plans to give only one dose of vaccine instead of two even as some health experts have said the U.S. should prioritize getting the first dose of vaccine to as many people as quickly as possible.

The article offers information on labs that conduct coronavirus tests are urging the of need federal funding to make the investments needed to increase the number of tests they can perform, but so far Congress has not provided any funding.

The article informs that Hospitals are facing another obstacle in the fight against the coronavirus as they are running low on the drugs needed to put patients on ventilators to keep them alive.

The article offers information on critical observation on hospitals in health cost fight in an attempt to reduce drug prices in the U.S.

The article refers to the political notion "Medicare for All" used by American political members Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren to gain voters for the 2020 presidential election in the U.S.

The article reports that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has allowed citizens to access short-term heath care plans that fall outside the gambit of the ObamaCare Act.

The article discusses opposition made by the pharmaceutical companies to repeal or change a long-term government funding bill in a budget deal which lower drug cost along with views of Ben Wakana, executive director of the group Patients for Affordable Drugs, for the same.

The article offers information on lowering of the high drug prices by the president Donald Trump, unveiling a series of modest proposals in his budget; and advocates for lowering drug costs greeted the proposals as a step in the right direction.

The article reports on the negotiations between the U.S. House and Senate on the year-end stopgap spending deal that prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion in December 2017.

The article informs that the U.S. Congress House is unlikely to repeal the mandate to buy insurance under the Affordable Care Act as part of its tax-reform bill President Donald Trump are planning for the individual mandate to be repealed in the bill, as of November 2017.

The article reports on the initiative of the Democrats in preserving the government funded insurance program By U.S. President Barack Obama called ObamaCare

The article talks about the U.S. Senate's failure repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and mentions that Legislation to repeal ACA with a two-year delay only secured 45 votes on July 30, 2017 a day after a repeal-and replace bill won just 43 votes in a procedural motion.

The article reports on the infighting between Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate over the ObamaCare repeal bill, with threatening to create an impasse heading into the July Fourth recess.

The article reports that some Republican senators have planned to reject a procedural motion on the Obamacare repeal and replace legislation after the U.S. Congressional Budget Office has warned that it would leave 22 million more people without health insurance over the next decade.

The article reports on the support of several U.S. House Freedom Caucus members to the revised ObamaCare such as Representatives Dave Brat, Jim Jordan, and Mo Brooks.

The article discusses challenges facing U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders of Congress such as Speaker of the House Paul Ryan as they attempt to gain enough votes to pass a healthcare reform bill to replace the Affordable Care Act passed under former President Barack Obama.

The article informs that a report from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office found that 14 million people could lose their insurance within a year and individual insurance premiums would shoot upward if U.S. Congress repealed major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, as of March 2017.

The article reports that the healthcare bill brought to replace the ObamaCare in the U.S. is facing opposition from the conservatives in the U.S. Congress and presents views of Speaker Paul Ryan regarding it.

The article reports on the Republican Senators and Representatives in the U.S. who oppose and plan to repeal and replace the ObamaCare medical insurance.

The article reports on the challenges facing U.S. Senate Democrats on voting for the medical cures bill, 21st Century Cures that, which include funding for research at National Institutes of Health and opioid addiction prevention, with opposition from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

The article reports that potential breakthroughs in medical treatment for serious diseases raise worries over higher costs of drugs in the U.S.

The article reports that the U.S. president Donald Trump is aiming to make U.S. drug prices like Europe's.

The article discusses the launching of the advertisement by the Senate Democratic campaign for Grand Old Party (GOP) senators over a Republican lawsuit seeking to overturn Obama Care.

The article reports on the search of a bipartisan group of senators in the U.S. for information from industry groups as they plan legislation to prevent patients from getting massive unexpected medical bills.

The article offers U.S. regulations news briefs including the exemption from the insurance penalty under ObamaCare, the ban for lithium ion batteries cargo shipments by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the affirmative action rules for federal workers with disabilities.

The article reports on the full cost of insurance plans thousands of ObamaCare enrollees are bearing after failing to file a tax return for 2014 and losing the tax credits that are meant to make coverage more affordable, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The article reports on the debate in the U.S. government regarding the delay in the imposition of tax on high-cost health insurance plans.

The article discusses the agenda of 2016 Democratic candidates for President including Hillary Clinton and Democrat Bernie Sanders concerning the U.S. drug industry such as cutting down drug prices, importing cheap drugs from Canada and enforcing its revenue in research and development.

The article reports that several Republican-backed healthcare measures were proposed to lower rising ObamaCare premiums in the U.S.

The article reports on a Medicare Trustees 2018 report, released in June 2018, which found that Medicare's trust fund will be depleted in 2026, sooner than projected.

The article presents information on the views of speaker of House of Representatives of U.S. Paul Ryan on the need of health care reform and replacement of medical care act ObamaCare.

The article informs on a bill Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act introduced by the lawmakers for addressing high drug prices charged by the pharmaceutical industry in the U.S., and includes views of Ben Wakana, executive director at the Patients for Affordable Drugs.

The article reports that small-business owners in the U.S. have gathered in Washington to oppose the penalties under the U.S. Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare).

The article reports on the plan of the environmental and safety groups to protest against the transportation of crude oil by train in the U.S.

The article focuses on the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) Medicare formula which has caused trouble in the Congress over medical care in the U.S.

The article reports that several U.S. Senate Republicans are criticizing their party for negotiating and writing an ObamaCare repeal-and replace bill without input from Democrats.

The article reports on the delayed decision on ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill in the U.S. due to the consideration of lawmakers to people with pre-existing health conditions.

The article reports that officials of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump have told Democrats that payment for ObamaCare insurer subsidies will be continued to ease fear of a government shutdown.

The article informs that the Republican leaders are seeking votes from competing factions for their ObamaCare repeal-and-replace measure ahead of votes on March 23, 2017, and mentions that conservative House Freedom Caucus has opposed the bill.