Gop Health Care Repeal

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...

White House: GOP Health Care Move Would Come With Consequences

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 05.25.2011

HELENA, Mont. — The Obama administration says a Montana Republican's long-shot effort to deny funding for the new federal health care law would ...

GOP Congressman Goes Off Message On Health Care Repeal

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

This is interesting on a couple of levels. First, it suggests that some Republicans are aware of the pitfalls of voting just to repeal the bill withou...

Sam Stein

Justice Scalia, Not Kennedy, Eyed As Key Vote In Support Of Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Observers of the legal drama surrounding President Obama's health care reform legislation have reached two broad conclusions: that it wi...

GOP: Health Care Repeal Defeat Is Step Toward Victory In 2012

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — To hear Senate Republicans tell it, the defeat of their attempt to repeal the Democrats' health care overhaul was really a victory ...

Elise Foley

GOP Plans To Force Vote On Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans will attempt to repeal last year's sweeping health care law via an amendment to a Federal Aviation Administration fun...

Lisa Murkowski: GOP Should Work On Economy, Not Health Care Repeal

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) recently expressed skepticism over the current Republican infatuation with repealing President Barack Obama's signature...

House GOP Faces Tough Task After Passing Health Care Repeal

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A day after their vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark health care law, House Republicans moved Thursday to put their o...

Steve King Dismisses Concerns Over Preexisting Conditions: 'Minor Thing'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) claimed Wednesday that he wasn't worried about eliminating the popular preexisting conditions provision of the health care bi...

Lucia Graves

Health Care Repeal Passes House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans voted unanimously on Wednesday to fully repeal health care reform, though Senate leaders have said they will not take ...

Fact Check: GOP Health Care Reform Claim Appears Shaky

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Republicans pushing to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allow...

Health Care Reform Myths

The Washington Post | Glenn Kessler | Posted 05.25.2011

House Republicans on Wednesday plan to press forward with their repeal of the health care bill passed last year. They have the votes, so passage is no...

White House: Health Care Repeal Push 'Not Serious'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is willing to work with Democrats and Republicans to improve his new health care law but warned lawm...

Sam Stein

Bill Frist: Health Care Is 'Law Of The Land,' GOP Should Drop Repeal And Build On It

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- As congressional Republicans ready themselves for a largely symbolic effort to repeal President Obama's health care reform law, at least...

Amanda Terkel

Health Care Reform Contains Major Expansion Of Access To Mental Health Services

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- The health care law that Republicans are targeting for repeal provides significant assistance and options for people with mental illness...

Health Care Reform Repeal: House GOP Sending Message To Obama On Heated Issue

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark he...

Amanda Terkel

Rep. Mike Pence: Health Care Repeal Is Possible Before 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Highlighting what may be a sign of coming disagreements over strategy between House and Senate Republican leaders, Rep. Mike Pence (R-In...

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...

Democrats Ask Anti-Health Care Reform GOPers To Forgo Their Own Coverage

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Progressive Democratic legislators are crying foul at recent reports that GOP Congressman-elect Andy Harris (R-Md.) complained about the limitations o...

Health Care Reform Splits GOP: Republicans Divided On How To Replace Law

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But ...

States' Lawsuit Against Health Care Reform Likely To See Trial, Federal Judge Says

AP | MELISSA NELSON | Posted 05.25.2011

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge said Tuesday he will likely dismiss only parts of a lawsuit by 20 states challenging the Obama administration'...

Senate Parliamentarian Rejects First GOP Complaints On Health Care Bill

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011

The parliamentarian ruled that changes to a proposed excise tax on high-cost plans would not violate the 1974 Budget Act by changing contributions to ...

Many, But Not All, Republicans Call For Health Care Bill Repeal

Posted 05.25.2011

Ever since the passage of the health care reform bill in the House of Representatives on Sunday, many GOP lawmakers -- though not all of them -- began...