Pelosi asks to see better way than public option
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled her willingness Thursday to consider a health care bill that lacks a government-run public health insurance option.
View ArticleHealth care, Afghan war splits Democrats
Health care reform is a signature issue for Democrats, but the attempt to overhaul the nation's health system has pitted liberals against centrists, exposing fissures 11 months before the 2010 midterm...
View ArticleLieberman opposes Medicare at 55
Dashing the hopes of Democratic lawmakers Sunday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman signaled he would oppose a health care bill that includes a proposal to expand Medicare to people as young as 55.
View ArticleCalls to drop Medicare change intensify
Senate Democrats are preparing to drop a compromise health-care plan that would allow 55- to 64-year-olds to buy into Medicare because of opposition from Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, two senior...
View ArticleSources: Medicare buy-in likely to be dropped from health care bill
Senate Democrats are preparing to drop a compromise health-care plan that would allow 55- to 64-year-olds to buy into Medicare because of opposition from Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, two senior...
View ArticleObama: Congress on verge of passing health care reform legislation
President Obama met Tuesday with Senate Democrats and emerged to say Congress was "on the precipice" of passing a sweeping health care reform bill.
View ArticleGOP senator freezes health care debate
The congressional health care debate stalled briefly Wednesday as Senate Republicans insisted that a 767-page mega-amendment be read out loud in its entirety.
View ArticleDon't allow federal funds for abortion
The Democratic health care proposal being debated in the Senate not only contains large new taxes, enormous government expansion and huge spending, but I'm convinced it also seeks to allow federal...
View ArticleSenate pushes to pass bill by holiday
Senate Democrats braved the aftermath of a blizzard Sunday to continue their push to pass a sweeping health care bill before Christmas.
View ArticleFAQs about health care reform
Senate Democrats claimed a major victory this weekend after voting to end debate on their version of the health care bill.
View ArticleFinal Senate vote on health care set for Thursday morning
The Senate will hold its final vote on a sweeping health care bill Thursday morning under an agreement that Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday.
View ArticleHouse Democrats making plans for final health care bill
House Democrats are already home for the holidays, but they huddled on a conference call Wednesday afternoon to discuss the next steps in negotiating a final health care bill with the Senate.
View ArticleSenate health care bill clears final hurdle en route to passage
The Senate health care bill cleared a third and final procedural hurdle Wednesday as Democrats successfully limited remaining debate time on the $871 billion measure.
View ArticleHealth bill is good, now make it better
"Comprehensive health insurance is an idea whose time has come in America. There has long been a need to assure every American financial access to high quality health care. As medical costs go up, that...
View ArticleH1N1 and health reform dominated 2009 medical news
It was the year that a new pandemic flu swept across the globe, initially baffling health authorities and causing worldwide panic.
View ArticlePublic option may be dropped from final health care bill
House Democrats are signaling that a final health care bill will drop the government-run public health insurance option favored by liberals but rejected by conservatives from both parties.
View ArticleDemocrats consider backup plan for health care reform
Faced with the once-unthinkable prospect of losing the Massachusetts Senate race, Democratic officials on Capitol Hill are quietly talking about options for passing health care reform without that...
View ArticleFocus of health care bill may be changing, officials signal
Democratic efforts to pass a health care bill have stalled a bit, and the immediate focus may be shifting toward health insurance reform instead of quickly trying to pass a comprehensive bill, White...
View ArticleObama calls for talks with GOP on health care, then vote by Congress
President Obama called Thursday for high-level talks with Republicans to work out a compromise on health care legislation, then putting the resulting bill to a vote in Congress.
View ArticleSource: Obama, congressional leaders to talk health care Feb. 25
President Obama and a bipartisan group of leaders from the Senate and the House will meet February 25 for specific talks aimed at a compromise on health care legislation, a White House official told...
View ArticleKey Senate Democrats push for health care public option
The fight over health care reform burst back into public view Tuesday as four Democratic senators asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to hold a vote on a government-run public insurance option.
View ArticleDemocrats face health care hurdles amid talk of reconciliation
While Democrats have recently threatened to use a parliamentary procedure to pass the health care reform bill, it is unclear whether their caucus will even have enough votes to take the first step.
View ArticleWhat's next for health care reform?
President Obama has made it clear that it's time for a simple up and down vote on his health care plan, noting that Americans are "waiting for us to act."
View ArticleWhat happens if health care reform dies?
President Obama has repeatedly said that failure to pass a health care reform bill is simply not an option.
View ArticleObama's health care reform: VAT or Sinkhole?
In President Obama's 2011 budget, a kind of fiscal "cigarette warning" appears in a box on page 146 under a table displaying a future of big deficits and mounting debt. The Administration, the warning...
View ArticleAnalysis: Obama's stronger role on Wall Street reform
President Obama appears to have learned one lesson from the bruising fight over health care reform.
View ArticleLatest court ruling adds to conflict over health care reform
Another federal judge has upheld the legality of the sweeping health care reform requirement that most Americans purchase health insurance by 2014.
View ArticleHealth care challenge about politics, not policy
It's very likely that you will see a lot in the news about Republicans' opposition to the individual mandate and their challenge of the constitutionality of health care reform in the next few weeks....
View ArticleDemocrats dismiss GOP health care repeal push
Top Democrats are dismissing Republicans' plans to ram a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul through the House of Representatives in the opening days of the new Congress, portraying...
View ArticleAnalysis: Health care repeal will cost $230 billion
Legislation being pushed by House Republicans to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will add $230 billion to the federal debt by 2021, according to an analysis released Thursday by...
View ArticleHealth care repeal's cost: $230 billion to deficit
It's one of the promises on which House Republicans campaigned: If elected, we will repeal health care reform.
View ArticleHouse to begin work on health care law substitute
House Republicans stepped up their campaign against President Obama's health care overhaul Thursday, voting to begin drafting a measure to replace the controversial new law.
View ArticleFederal judge tosses out sweeping health care reform act
A federal judge in Florida has tossed out the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama, setting up what is likely to be a contentious Supreme Court challenge over the...
View ArticleVirginia seeks quick review of health care reform challenge
Virginia officials have asked the Supreme Court for an expedited review of the sweeping health care reform law, saying the issue is too important to delay consideration of the legislation's...
View ArticleCan Romney find a cure for 'Romneycare'?
For Mitt Romney, it's not just a question -- it's more like a campaign illness he'd like to cure once and for all.
View ArticleU.S. will pay for half of all health care costs by 2020
The U.S. government will foot the bill for half of all health care costs in the United States by 2020, according to a government report released Thursday.
View ArticleTruth Squad: Did the Obama administration try to repeal part of own health...
At Tuesday night's GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann suggested that opposition to President Obama's health reform law prompted the administration to repeal...
View Article'Obamacare' should be a GOP rallying cry
The Obama administration's breach of religious freedom and freedom of conscience through the Health and Human Services agency's contraception mandate has reignited the national conversation about the...
View ArticleOn 2nd anniversary, GOP says health care law bad prescription
The second anniversary of President Barack Obama's signing into law the landmark and controversial health care reform measure brought, as expected, fierce attacks from Republicans.
View ArticleHealth law opponent: 'Congress made a bad situation worse'
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the constitutionality of the health care reform law, CNN spoke with two experts on opposing sides of the issue.
View ArticleSupreme Court won't kill health care stocks
All eyes have been on the Supreme Court this week as the justices listened to three days of arguments regarding the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform plan.
View ArticleObama was too timid on health care
The individual mandate might prove to be the death knell for President Barack Obama's health care reform.
View ArticleAuditors call for end to Medicare Advantage experiment
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office urged the Obama administration on Monday to end a new $8 billion experiment aimed at improving a key Medicare program.
View ArticleTimeline of the health care law
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this month on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act , the health-care reform law that President Obama had signed in March 2010. Here's a look at key moments...
View Article'Obamacare': The word that defined the health care debate
It's less of a tongue-twisting jumble than the phrase "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
View ArticleAll sides preparing for political fallout from health care decision
Karen Harned has been going to the Supreme Court every day it has met since June 11 so there would be no chance she would miss the health care law ruling.
View ArticleTimeline of the health care law
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the health care law that President Obama signed in March 2010. Here's a look at key moments in the law's history:
View ArticleCan congressional Republicans repeal Obamacare?
While conservatives are still seething over last week's Supreme Court ruling saving President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, top Capitol Hill Republicans are gleefully using the decision to fire...
View ArticleSome states not changing course amid rising tide of health care reform
Repeal and replace -- or at least resist -- is the Republican mantra in the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law.
View ArticleObama, Romney spar over Medicare in battleground states
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney battled over Medicare and energy policy Tuesday as the November election campaign reached out to battleground states crucial to both sides' chances for victory.
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