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Obamacare in Alaska: Cost-Control Plan Is Challenging but Working

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 19, 2017 at 5:00am
The House of Representatives defended delaying a lawsuit about the 2010 health care law. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Defends Delaying Major Obamacare Lawsuit

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 31, 2017 at 7:35am
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the Senate's third-ranking Republican, says staff is starting on the Senate's version of the health care bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Staff Beginning to Draft Health Care Bill Over This Week’s Recess

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 30, 2017 at 2:38pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly expressed annoyance at the number of leaks regarding the health care working group’s private discussions. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Health Care Leaks Get the Clampdown From McConnell

By Joe Williams and Erin Mershon
Posted May 23, 2017 at 11:12am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the administration's actions will lead to more uncertainty in the health insurance markets. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump Seeks Further Delay in Health Care Subsidy Lawsuit

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 22, 2017 at 2:31pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is giving his caucus a wide berth in discussing health insurance legislation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Senate Takes Baby Steps on Health Care Overhaul

By Joe Williams and Erin Mershon
Posted May 11, 2017 at 3:50pm
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, center, and Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry lead a group of Republican members to the House floor Thursday to vote on the GOP health care bill after meeting with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

How the House Finally Got to ‘Yes’ on Health Care

By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted May 5, 2017 at 5:05am
Speaker Paul D. Ryan and his leadership team were able to secure enough votes for passage of their health care plan. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Sends Health Care Hot Potato to Senate

By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted May 4, 2017 at 2:19pm
Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Thursday before the House plans to vote on the heath care bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House GOP Optimistic Ahead of Health Care Vote

By Erin Mershon and Kerry Young
Posted May 4, 2017 at 11:54am

House Schedules Vote on Health Care Bill

By Erin Mershon and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 3, 2017 at 8:04pm
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy expects late votes on Thursday on the GOP health care plan. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP Leaders Say They’re Done Tweaking Health Bill

By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted May 3, 2017 at 2:35pm
Rep. Fred Upton switched his position from earlier this week to support the bill. (CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Key Republicans Flip on Health Care After Trump Meeting

By Erin Mershon and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 3, 2017 at 11:50am
Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., and other key Republican members met with President Donald Trump to see if they could be brought on board to the GOP health care bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Key Republican Members Talk Health Care Deal With Trump

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 3, 2017 at 10:00am
House Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., foreground, is optimistic about the health care vote, but not even all the members of his whip team are on board. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Even GOP Whip Team Undecided on Health Care

By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted May 1, 2017 at 9:17pm
Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., conducts a news conference with members the GOP caucus in the Capitol Visitor Center to announce a new amendment to the health care bill to repeal and replace the ACA, April 6, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP May Again Change Health Care Proposal As They Seek Votes

By Erin Mershon and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 28, 2017 at 2:33pm
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with a reporter before a procedural vote in the Capitol on the American Health Care Act, March 24, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

McCarthy: No Health Care Vote Friday or Saturday

By Erin Mershon and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 27, 2017 at 10:47pm
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., leaves Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s office in the Capitol on Thursday, March 23, 2017. In the background, Capitol workers set up stanchions to keep the media from blocking the hallway. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

GOP Moderates Still Holding Out on Health Care

By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted April 27, 2017 at 6:58pm
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for the meeting with President Donald Trump and the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

GOP Health Care Bill Picks up ‘A Few’ Moderate Supporters

By Erin Mershon, Joe Williams and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 27, 2017 at 1:06am
Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., makes his way to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's office in the Capitol on Thursday, March 23, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Moderates Hedge On New Obamacare Repeal Amendment

By Erin Mershon and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 26, 2017 at 6:40pm
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., arrives for a hastily called House Republican caucus meeting after Speaker Ryan canceled the vote on the American Health Care Act of 2017 on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Conservatives Begin to Accept Health Care Bill, Moderate Votes Unclear

By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted April 26, 2017 at 12:04pm
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Justin Amash, R-Michigan, shot down reports of a deal with the White House to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Amash, Freedom Caucus Say Health Care ‘Deal’ Reports are False

By Eric Garcia, Erin Mershon and Rema Rahman
Posted April 4, 2017 at 7:50am
Vice President Mike Pence makes his way to the Republican Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol, March 14, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Pence Pitches Ideas to Build Support for Health Care Bill

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 3, 2017 at 11:48pm
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., speaks during his press conference to announce the canceled vote on the American Health Care Act of 2017 on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans Reverse Course, Open Door To Another Health Care Debate

By Erin Mershon, Joe Williams and Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 28, 2017 at 2:39pm
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., attend a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to voice opposition to House Republican's health care plan, the American Health Care Act, March 14, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

New CBO Estimate Does Little to Woo Critics

By Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted March 23, 2017 at 6:41pm
North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson said the GOP provision was partially put in to benefit Republican governors who wanted to avoid political pressure to expand their own states’ entitlement programs. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

GOP Bill Takes Aim at Long-Shot Medicaid Expansion Hopes

By Joe Williams and Erin Mershon
Posted March 22, 2017 at 2:40pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heads to the Senate floor as he leaves the Senate Republicans' policy lunch on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

McConnell: ‘We’re Not Slowing Down’ on Obamacare Repeal

By Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted March 21, 2017 at 4:49pm
GOP leaders, including pictured Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black, R-Tenn., House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., held a news conference Tuesday as the group continues to pitch a repeal and replace plan in the House. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

What the GOP Wants to Keep or Gut from Obamacare

By Randy Leonard and Erin Mershon
Posted March 15, 2017 at 12:33pm
Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., right, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conduct a news conference at the RNC where they discussed the House Republican's new healthcare plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, March 8, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trumpcare: Big Bills in Small Towns

By Erin Mershon
Posted March 14, 2017 at 5:09am
Massachusetts Rep. Richard E. Neal, the ranking Democrat on House Ways and Means, says Democrats will be challenging the Republicans’ health care plan on issues like access and affordability during committee markups beginning Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats Won’t Make Obamacare Repeal Debates Easy

By Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted March 7, 2017 at 10:17pm

Ep. 41: Town Hall Voter Anger May Force GOP to Stall Obamacare Repeal

By David Hawkings, Erin Mershon and Simone Pathé
Posted February 14, 2017 at 6:10pm
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said he thinks there might not be enough “political will” for a major Medicaid overhaul. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ambitious House Agenda on Medicaid Could Stall in Senate

By Joe Williams and Erin Mershon
Posted February 14, 2017 at 3:52pm
Utah Sen. Mike Lee dismissed a House proposal to include provisions that would “replace” the 2010 health care law in a repeal measure as “a horrible idea.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Sen. Mike Lee: House Proposal to Replace Obamacare a ‘Horrible Idea’

By Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted February 9, 2017 at 5:03am
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, holding a "Make America Great Again" hat, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Groups Join Forces to Protect Job-Provided Health Insurance

By Erin Mershon
Posted February 1, 2017 at 1:15pm
Pro and anti-health care law demonstrators hold signs outside of the Supreme Court on the first day of opening arguments in 2012 that examined the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump States Hit Hardest if Obamacare Cost-Sharing Help Ends

By Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted January 30, 2017 at 5:00am
Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, walks to the Capitol for a vote on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Drug Industry Spending Jumped As Cures Crossed Finish Line

By Erin Mershon
Posted January 25, 2017 at 5:00am
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks with a reporters as she leaves the Senate Republicans' policy luncheon on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

States Could Keep Obamacare Under Cassidy-Collins Replacement

By Erin Mershon
Posted January 23, 2017 at 3:40pm
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., holds his weekly press conference in the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Leaders Emphasize Executive Branch’s Power Over Obamacare

By Erin Mershon
Posted January 12, 2017 at 4:04pm

Ep. 35: Steps to Repealing Obamacare and the Republican Stragglers ​

By Toula Vlahou, Paul M. Krawzak and Erin Mershon
Posted January 6, 2017 at 6:02pm

Ep. 30: The GOP’s Tool to Fast Track Trump’s Plans, Privatize Medicare

By Adriel Bettelheim, CQ Staff and Erin Mershon
Posted November 28, 2016 at 3:49pm

Ep. 31: Why Trump’s Drive to Replace Obamacare Faces a Bumpy Ride

By Toula Vlahou, Erin Mershon and Adriel Bettelheim
Posted November 14, 2016 at 5:45pm
HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell projected that as many as 13.8 million people would sign up or renew marketplace plans during this year’s open enrollment period. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Interest in Obamacare Coverage Surges With Arrival of Trump Era

By Erin Mershon
Posted November 14, 2016 at 4:51pm
The signature of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is seen after a signing ceremony last January for House legislation that would undo portions of the 2010 health care law.. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Republicans Likely to Heed Trump’s Call to Repeal Obamacare

By Erin Mershon
Posted November 9, 2016 at 10:56am
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt is locked in a tight re-election battle against Democrat Jason Kander. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

7 Races That Could Affect Health Policy

By Andrew Siddons, Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted November 8, 2016 at 3:58pm

Ep. 27: Obamacare Premium Hikes a Headache for Policymakers

By Toula Vlahou, Erin Mershon and Adriel Bettelheim
Posted October 27, 2016 at 5:25pm

Health Care Premiums to Jump by 25 Percent in 2017

By Erin Mershon
Posted October 25, 2016 at 6:34pm
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's health care plans could cost anywhere from $0.7 billion to $90 billion, a new analysis found. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Clinton, Trump Health Plans Differ in Impact on Uninsured, Cost

By Erin Mershon
Posted September 27, 2016 at 5:00am
Illinois Rep. John Shimkus, left, and Oregon Rep. Greg Walden are the front-runners to become the top Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the 115th Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photos)

Shimkus Outraises Walden in K Street Cash as Energy and Commerce Fight Looms

By Erin Mershon and Joe Williams
Posted September 21, 2016 at 5:00am
Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul wave signs outside the Supreme Court after the court upheld a key part of the law in June 2015. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Aetna Drops Out of 11 Obamacare Insurance Markets

By Erin Mershon
Posted August 16, 2016 at 10:59am
A shakeup at the drug industry's main Washington trade group comes after Steve Ubl took the helm last year.

Pharmaceutical Lobby Shakeup Precedes Drug Price Battle

By Joe Williams and Erin Mershon
Posted August 11, 2016 at 1:13pm
Smaller insurers with Medicaid experience are showing success on the Obamacare exchanges.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

State Health Exchanges Wrestle with Budgets

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 25, 2016 at 5:00am
Lobbyists give Rep. John Shimkus, left, the edge over Oregon Rep. Greg Walden in their race for the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Shimkus, Walden Ramp Up Campaign for Energy and Commerce Gavel

By Joe Williams and Erin Mershon
Posted July 15, 2016 at 5:00am
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, right, outpaces her Republican rival Donald Trump in voter support for their health care positions. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Poll: Clinton’s Health Policy Positions Align With More Voters

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 15, 2016 at 3:00am
Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn said the panel's efforts have been hampered by Democratic obstruction. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Republicans Say Democrats Obstructing Fetal Tissue Probe

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 14, 2016 at 12:01pm
Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care law wave signs outside the Supreme Court after the court upheld Obamacare in June 2015. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Insurers Rally to Defend Obamacare Risk Payments

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 8, 2016 at 6:17am
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators at the U.S. Supreme Court cheer as they learn the court struck down the Texas abortion law on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Abortion Rights Advocates Laud High Court Decision

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 27, 2016 at 11:47am
Smaller insurers with Medicaid experience are showing success on the Obamacare exchanges.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Medicaid Plans Succeed in Obamacare as Others Struggle

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 23, 2016 at 6:00am

Spanish-Speaking Members Bring Camaraderie, Constituent Comfort

By Erin Mershon
Posted August 26, 2011 at 1:43pm

Bob Graham: Creating Fiction From Reality

By Erin Mershon
Posted August 3, 2011 at 4:58pm

Lawmakers Learn to Juggle Family, Office Duty

By Erin Mershon
Posted August 2, 2011 at 5:09pm

Presiding Loses Its Prestige in Senate

By Erin Mershon
Posted August 1, 2011 at 7:18pm

For These Four Lawmakers, Baseball’s a Household Affair

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 13, 2011 at 6:38pm

Democrats Root for Cedric Richmond

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 12, 2011 at 9:43am

Commission to Pick Redesign for Ellipse Area

By Alexandra Jaffe and Erin Mershon
Posted July 6, 2011 at 6:15pm

All the President’s Menu

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 4, 2011 at 6:56am

Rubio, Nelson Offices Receive Suspicious Mail

By Erin Mershon
Posted July 1, 2011 at 10:24am

Fourth of July Festivities Across the District

By Erin Mershon and Alexandra Jaffe
Posted June 29, 2011 at 6:08pm

Flags Flying High in July

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 29, 2011 at 4:57pm

Capitol-Area Bars, Eateries See the Sign

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 22, 2011 at 5:50pm

Chambliss Embraces Technology

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 22, 2011 at 5:40pm

Community-Craved Farmers Market Arrives

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 21, 2011 at 6:51pm

As Showdown Looms, Congress Hits the Field

By Erin Mershon and Alexandra Jaffe
Posted June 17, 2011 at 5:41pm

Everything a Father Should Be

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 15, 2011 at 7:03pm

App Gives Washington a Walking Soundtrack

By Erin Mershon
Posted June 7, 2011 at 4:57pm

Hill Internships 101: What You Need to Know

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 31, 2011 at 9:26pm

Congressional Eagles

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 30, 2011 at 8:37am

Heller Must Wait for His New Senate Website

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 24, 2011 at 6:39pm

The Political Acrobatics Of Cheerleading

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 23, 2011 at 5:27pm

Hill Talk: Dirksen Installs Succulent New Green Roof

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 18, 2011 at 5:25pm

Bike Thefts on Capitol Grounds Worry Staffers

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 17, 2011 at 6:37pm

Church Offers Sermons, Screenings

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 17, 2011 at 6:29pm

Shirtless Schock Promotes Health Challenge

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 9, 2011 at 3:29pm

Heard on the Hill: A Door Fit for a Prince?

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 4, 2011 at 6:13pm

Heard on the Hill: Scoops Via Social Media

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 2, 2011 at 7:02pm

Heard on the Hill: Reading and Writing and Espionage

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 2, 2011 at 6:58pm

Competition Is Bike-Friendly

By Erin Mershon
Posted May 2, 2011 at 5:03pm

Heard on the Hill: Grassley Is ‘Worst Twitter User’

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 29, 2011 at 4:51pm

Heard on the Hill: Saga of a Congressional Desk

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 29, 2011 at 4:50pm

HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Failure to Launch

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 29, 2011 at 11:54am

Heard on the Hill: Stars of the Easter Egg Roll

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 24, 2011 at 9:40pm

Schmidt Finds Strength in Running

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 22, 2011 at 5:37pm

Gray Undaunted by Small Turnout at D.C. Protest

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 18, 2011 at 8:20pm

Heard on the Hill: Don’t Tread on Them

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 15, 2011 at 5:10pm

Heard on the Hill: Congressional Jukebox

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 15, 2011 at 5:09pm

Home Cooking: Southern Fare Up North

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 13, 2011 at 4:45pm

The Parent Makes the Politician?

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 12, 2011 at 7:00pm

Heard on the Hill: Would You Like Fries With That?

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 11, 2011 at 6:49pm

Webb Embraces Heritage as Documentary Host

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 6, 2011 at 6:34pm

Heard on the Hill: Sniffling Speaker

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 6, 2011 at 4:56pm

The Write Stuff: Members’ Prose

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 5, 2011 at 4:51pm

HOH’s One-Minute Recess: It’s a Running Frenzy

By Erin Mershon
Posted April 1, 2011 at 11:02am