Tami Luhby - Senior Writer
Tami Luhby
Senior Writer
Tami Luhby covers the Affordable Care Act and health care policy, as well as economic mobility as a senior writer for CNN.
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Trump had 4 years to remake Obamacare. Here’s what he did
Apr 12, 2024
Instead of terminating the Affordable Care Act, former President Donald Trump is now promising to make it “much better, stronger and far less expensive” if he wins the presidential election in November.
20 million people lost their Medicaid coverage in the last year. Here’s what happened to them
Apr 12, 2024
Justin Gibbs had finally gotten his high blood pressure under control with a combination of three medications. But after he had his Medicaid coverage terminated in December amid a nationwide eligibility review, he had to go without one medication for a week and a second for several days, sparking fears that the delicate balance would unravel.
Cities desperately need money to handle the migrant surge. Congress recently gave them less
Apr 11, 2024
Cities and counties are now scrambling to figure out how they will cope with the reduction in FEMA funding at a time when the number of migrants at the US-Mexico border is at or near record levels.
Trump tells wealthy donors he wants to extend his 2017 tax cuts. Here’s why they’d benefit the most
Apr 10, 2024
Wealthy donors forked over a record $50.5 million at a recent fundraising dinner for former President Donald Trump, but they could also reap big benefits if he returns to the White House.
Biden administration bolsters protections for federal workers, getting ahead of potential Trump moves
Apr 5, 2024
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule bolstering protections for career federal workers, marking a move to preemptively halt or significantly slow any efforts by former President Donald Trump, should he win in November, to reduce or alter the federal workforce.
Four years after being rivals, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders partner to push for lower prescription drug costs
Apr 3, 2024
President Joe Biden teamed up Wednesday with Sen. Bernie Sanders, his one-time 2020 Democratic primary rival and a leader in Congress’ progressive wing, to promote efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs, including inhalers, at a White House event on Wednesday.
Social Security slashes amount of overpayments beneficiaries must pay back
Mar 29, 2024
Social Security recipients will now have to pay back much less if they were inadvertently overpaid.
Biden to roll back Trump’s expansion of short-term health insurance plans
Mar 28, 2024
The Biden administration is curtailing short-term health insurance plans, which it calls “junk insurance” that can leave patients contending with big medical bills.
Medicare spending on Ozempic and similar diabetes drugs soars, study finds, and it could end up costing seniors
Mar 26, 2024
Medicare shelled out $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other similar diabetes drugs in 2022, up from $57 million in 2018, according to a new KFF analysis.
Biden and Harris team up for a rare joint appearance in North Carolina to take on GOP over health care
Mar 26, 2024
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will seek to take on Republicans over health care when they visit North Carolina on Tuesday, looking to press what they believe is a winning issue ahead of November’s election.
Medicare can now cover Wegovy for more senior citizens
Mar 21, 2024
Medicare could start covering Wegovy for certain senior citizens and other beneficiaries with a history of heart disease now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label.
What’s in the $1.2 trillion government funding package
Mar 21, 2024
Congress released a massive $1.2 trillion bill on Thursday to fund the rest of the federal government. Here’s what’s in the package.
These businesses say they can’t keep up with consumer demand without immigrant workers. Americans just don’t want the jobs
Mar 21, 2024
Eddie Martin can’t build as many homes as he’d like in Texas because his contractors don’t have enough workers, particularly skilled tradespeople such as electricians, carpenters and plumbers.
Biden and Obama look to capitalize on Trump’s latest threats to repeal Obamacare
Mar 20, 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama will team up to rally supporters around the Affordable Care Act’s 14th anniversary this weekend as Democrats make their latest move to capitalize on former President Donald Trump’s threats to repeal Obamacare.
Federal government is – once more – counting down to a partial shutdown
Mar 15, 2024
Congress is running up on yet another critical government funding deadline, with one week to go before the potential partial shutdown of several critical departments. Negotiators are still working furiously around the clock to finish their work on the remaining six bills.
Trump suggests he’s open to cuts to Medicare and Social Security after attacking primary rivals over the issue
Mar 12, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he was open to making cuts to Social Security and Medicare after opposing touching the entitlement programs and attacking his GOP presidential primary rivals over the issue.
About
Tami Luhby covers the Affordable Care Act and health care policy, as well as economic mobility as a senior writer for CNN.
Luhby previously covered personal finance for Newsday and banking for Crain’s New York Business. She teaches at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, from which she graduated in 1997.
A lifelong Bronx resident, she is also a triathlete and marathon runner.