Democrats say a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, combined with a shift to a block grant, could cost New Jersey $1 billion and cut people from the Medicaid program.
If President-elect Donald Trump's plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act includes a reversal of the expansion of Medicaid, residents all over New Jersey could be at risk of losing their health insurance.
New Jerseyans whose health insurance is not covered by Medicare, Medicaid or their employers, and who are looking to enroll in Obamacare, have just two provider options for 2017 -- and prices for both are going up.
Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that more than 500,000 New Jersey residents now have health insurance coverage under Medicaid as part of the expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted Monday that the federal health care overhaul championed by President Barack Obama is likely to undergo changes next year, regardless of who wins the White House and which party has the upper hand in Congress.
A government study released Thursday forecasts that the health care coverage costs of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature legislative legacy, are going up. The measure still, on balance, more than pays for itself.
The web portal used by millions of consumers to get health insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's law logged 316 security incidents in just under 18 months, said a report Wednesday by nonpartisan congressional investigators.
There's growing evidence that most of the dramatic gain in the number of Americans with health care coverage is due to President Barack Obama's law, and not the gradual recovery of the nation's economy.
With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president's health care law, nonpartisan congressional investigators say in a report released Wednesday.