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The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. If President Donald Trump succeeds in shutting down a major “Obamacare” subsidy, it would have the unintended consequence of making basic health insurance available to more people for free, and making upper-tier plans more affordable.

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Trump’s health subsidy cut could lead to free insurance

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressOctober 19, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during an event at the Harrisburg International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Middletown, Pa.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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Trump hopes to boost lower-premium health insurance plans

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressOctober 12, 2017

In this Aug. 26, 2016, photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. The Trump administration’s new birth control rule is raising questions among some doctors and researchers. They say it overlooks known benefits of contraception while selectively citing data that raise doubts about effectiveness and safety. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

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Women’s health specialists say Trump birth control rule ignores science

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressOctober 11, 2017

In this July 24, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules Friday that take another step in rolling back the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump’s one-two punch hits birth control, LGBT rights

by David Crary Associated Press, and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, is given a band-aid after a flu vaccination from Sharon Walsh-Bonadies, RN., right, during a news conference recommending everyone age six months an older be vaccinated against influenza each year, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Price quits over travel flap

by Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressSeptember 29, 2017

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., accompanied by the committee's ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no government help for premiums are facing another year of double-digit premium increases and frustration is boiling over. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Premiums soar for some health plans

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressSeptember 3, 2017

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump walks from Marine One across the South Lawn to the White House in Washington. Affirming its disdain for "Obamacare," the Trump administration on Thursday, Aug. 31, announced sharp cuts in programs promoting health care enrollment under the Affordable Care Act for next year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Trump cuts funds for health care sign-ups

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressSeptember 1, 2017

April 5, 2009, photo of the Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C. A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police.

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Inspector General issues ‘early alert’ on nursing home abuse

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressAugust 28, 2017

In this July 24, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. The government will make this month’s payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law that President Donald Trump still wants to repeal and replace, a White House official said Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017.

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US to make health law payments, for now

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressAugust 17, 2017

In this July 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. Republicans have been unable to advance a health care bill in Congress, so what's next?

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Caretaker for Obamacare? Trump’s health care role may shift

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressAugust 7, 2017