Repeal Obamacare

Obama Campaign Keeps Opponents On Edge With 'Rhetorical Jujitsu'

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.28.2012

WASHINGTON — At least one part of the nation's health care debate is settled: Now they're all calling it Obamacare. Since President Barack Obam...

How President Obama and Dems Can Win by Losing the Health Care Fight

Dee Evans | Posted 05.27.2012

Dee Evans

Every time in recent memory the conservatives on the Supreme Court have stepped in thinking that they could give an advantage to the Republicans, it has instead ended in catastrophe for them.

Mitch McConnell's Do-Nothing Health Care Approach

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.28.2012

Prominent Republicans have made no secret about their disdain for President Obama's health care law. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is amo...

'Government Is Always Violating Your Freedom'

The Huffington Post | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Monday in the case challenging President Barack Obama's health care reform law. HuffPost's ...

Can a Repeal of Obamacare Actually Help Obama in November?

Paul Heroux | Posted 05.26.2012

Paul Heroux

There may be no other issue that will bring out voters quite like Obamacare. A repeal may actually have the perverse effect of improving Obama's odds at re-election.

American Crossroads: Obama Opposed Mandates Before He Made Them Law

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.26.2012

The conservative big-money PAC American Crossroads is taking advantage of this week's Supreme Court arguments on the Affordable Care Act to remind vot...

GOP To Embrace New Tactics In Fight To Repeal Health Care Law

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.20.2012

WASHINGTON — Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, th...

Rationing Our Rights

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.18.2012

Ken Blackwell

They said it would never lead to rationing. But rationing is already here. Under the latest assault by the Obama administration, they are rationing ou...

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge To Obama's Health Care Law

AP | LARRY O'DELL | Posted 11.08.2011

RICHMOND, Va. — The federal health care overhaul survived two lawsuits dismissed Thursday on technicalities, leaving President Barack Obama's si...

5 Countries with the Longest Life Expectancy: OECD

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 07.27.2011

Howard Steven Friedman

Life expectancy is perhaps the most important measure of health. It is readily comparable across countries and asks the most fundamental question concerning health: how long can the typical person expect to live?

Bachmann Says Boehner is Soft on "Obamacare." Huh?

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Ethan Rome

In their brief time under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner, the Republicans have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, defund it and eliminate all funding for life-saving health care services for women. That's hardly "soft."

The Dirty Little Secret About De-Funding Obamacare

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

Ernest Istook

Denying additional funding for Obamacare does not defund the huge amounts it already is using for implementation. That requires additional action.

Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Durbin Admits Senate May Face Health Care Repeal Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK -- Even though the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" has no chance of passing the Senate and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev....

Amanda Terkel

CBO: Health Care Repeal Would Up Deficit By $230 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Repealing health care reform will add $230 billion to the deficit over the next decade, leave 32 million fewer people with insurance and...

White House and Progressives Should Be Cheering Virginia Ruling Striking Down Mandatory Health Insurance

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamie Court

If anything can save Democrats now, it's populism -- the notion that standing with 80 percent of Americans is real power. That's why the White House and progressives should be cheering the decision striking down an individual mandate.

Falwell's University Loses Bid To Repeal Health Care Reform

Politics Daily | Andrew Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

When a federal judge in Virginia Tuesday tossed out the latest challenge to the new health care law, a challenge brought by Jerry Falwell's Liberty Un...

Amanda Terkel

Democratic Congressman Dares GOP To Vote For Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) is calling the Republicans' bluff on health care: Stand up and repeal the most popular provisions of the ...

Sam Stein

Nine GOP Senators Refuse To Join Brief Calling Health Care Reform Unconstitutional

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed a brief backing a court case challenging the constitutionality of health care ...

Amanda Terkel

Mitch McConnell: Counting On The Courts To Help GOP Overturn Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outlined a second part of his strategy in repealing health care reform in a speech to the...

Amanda Terkel

Newt Gingrich Defends Mitt Romney On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had some kind words for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a new interview, despite previou...

Amanda Terkel

Mitch McConnell: Dumping Obama In 2012 Is The Only Way To Achieve The GOP Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) damped down expectations about the repeal of health care reform on Thursday, saying that the only way t...

Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Ad Compares Repealing Health Care Reform To D-Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- The nonprofit 60 Plus Association, which touts itself as "the conservative alternative to the liberal AARP," released a new ad this week...

Amanda Terkel

Revere America: George Pataki's Group To 'Repeal And Replace ObamaCare'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Revere America is one of the biggest outside spenders this election season, dropping $2.5 million so far in an effort to "repeal, reform...

Amanda Terkel

Anti-Health Care Nonprofit Called On To Reveal Its Anonymous Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- One of the biggest campaign themes of 2010 has been the major spending by independent expenditure organizations and the fact that very o...