Trump official: Alternative to ObamaCare plans likely this summer

Trump official: Alternative to ObamaCare plans likely this summer-thehill: The Trump administration hopes to move forward with a rule expanding alternatives to ObamaCare plans by this summer, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta said Monday.

States race to stabilize Obamacare after Congress fails

States race to stabilize Obamacare after Congress fails-washingtonexaminer: States are hurriedly pursuing legislation to try to stabilize Obamacare's insurance exchanges and bring down prices next year after congressional efforts to do so collapsed.

50 shades of healthcare: Bit by bit, the Affordable Care Act is being remade

50 shades of healthcare: Bit by bit, the Affordable Care Act is being remade-modernhealthcare: As the Trump administration and some in Congress whittle away at the Affordable Care Act, blue states are filling in gaps in an attempt to bolster their markets. Others are picking up chainsaws.

Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny

Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny-nytimes: Trump administration officials, seeking ways to lower drug costs, are targeting pharmaceutical companies that refuse to provide samples of their products to generic drug companies, making it impossible to create inexpensive generic copies of a brand-name medicine.

Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare

Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare-washingtonpost: The campaign website of Rep. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) doesn’t mention Obamacare, even though Web archives show it once prominently featured promises to vigorously fight the 2010 health-care law.

Why Scott Gottlieb is the one Trump official everybody seems to like

Why Scott Gottlieb is the one Trump official everybody seems to like-vox: When Scott Gottlieb was appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration last May, some were concerned he’d be a shill for the pharmaceutical industry.

Republicans Couldn’t Knock Down Obamacare. So They’re Finding Ways Around It.

Republicans Couldn’t Knock Down Obamacare. So They’re Finding Ways Around It.-nytimes: The Trump administration has always seen Obamacare as an abominable roadblock to the less regulated insurance market it prefers. Last year, it tried to knock it down and failed.