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The Senate adopted a fiscal 2018 budget resolution Thursday that House GOP leaders agreed to accept, a show of unity aimed at speeding consideration of President Donald Trumps plan to enact tax cuts.

Though insurers have not yet unveiled premium rates for the 2018 ACA exchange, analysts trying to make sense of the latest health care changes predict increases in premiums could have moderate- and low-income consumers actually coming out ahead.

Lawmakers, consumers and insurers, among others, have complained that pharmacy-benefits managers use opaque deals and rebates to pad their profits, putting the industry under increased scrutiny.

Nearly a score of state attorneys general asked a federal judge in California on Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from ending critical subsidy payments to insurers selling coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Common ground has repeatedly proved illusory in the health-care debate. The latest bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacares exchanges is turning out to be no exception to this rule.

Tom Marino, withdrew from consideration following reports that he pushed legislation making it harder for the government to combat the opioid crisis.