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• Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

  Fourteen years after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the White House still sees health care as a winning issue during a campaign in which Biden has sometimes found himself on the defensive when it comes to immigration or the economy. Republicans have opposed Biden's signature initiatives to lower medical costs, and they've seized opportunities to restrict abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

  

• Appeals court puts brakes on order that could end US health law's preventative care mandate

  The Biden administration had asked for a stay as it appealed the March 30 decision. Administration lawyers said in court filings that O'Connor's decision would affect preventive care for 150 million people.

  

• Biden to expand some migrants' health care access: officials

  The action will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, to access government-funded health insurance programs. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter before the formal announcement on Thursday.

  

• Judge's ruling undercuts US health law's preventive care

  The decision comes more than four years after O'Connor, a nominee of former President George W. Bush, ruled that the entire health care law also known as "Obamacare" was unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned that ruling.

  

• UK's Serco wins U.S. health department contract worth $690 mln

  The British company, which provides public sector services for governments across the world, said it will assist qualified citizens to receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

  

• US govt proposes expanding Obamacare coverage for birth control

  The rule could help expand coverage for "tens of millions of women across the country" who have access to birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare: US Department of Health & Human Services.

  

• Record 16.3 million seek health coverage through 'Obamacare'

  A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launched nearly a decade ago, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.

  

• Nearly 16 million Americans sign up for 2023 Obamacare plans

  Obamacare helps low and middle-income Americans who do not have access to affordable health insurance coverage through an employer. About 3.1 million people who have signed up for the plans are new enrollees.

  

• Texas judge deems Obamacare HIV prevention drug mandate unlawful

  A GSK spokesperson said PrEP coverage was "critical to ensuring health equity and helping end the HIV epidemic" and that the company would follow the case as it develops.

  

• Percent of Americans without health coverage hits new low

  The Department of Health said that, based on a household survey it carried out, 5.2 million people have gained medical insurance since early 2021, when Biden came to office, a figure that includes a million children.

  

• U.S. signs up more than 14.5 mln people for Obamacare health insurance

  About 10.3 million people enrolled from the 33 U.S. states that use the online marketplace funded by the federal government and about 4.3 million people from states that sell the insurance directly to their residents.