Health Care Overhaul

Health Care Provision Would Cover Christian Science Prayer Treatments

The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...

White House Feels Vindicated By Health Care Reform Strategy

New York Times | Robert Pear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama's arms-length ...

White House Pink Ribbon Installed For Breast Cancer Awareness

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact


Nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and the White House is showing its support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Mont...

Americans Increasingly Worried About Losing Health Care Coverage: Poll

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a ...

Susan Collins Open To Voting For Health Care Overhaul

Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


(AP) WASHINGTON - A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting Presiden...

How The Profit-Hungry "Medical-Industrial Complex" Hurts Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


"Bill Moyers Journal" aired a new documentary on its show Friday about how the "medical-industrial complex" affects America's health care. Based on th...

Sam Stein

Lamont On Lieberman: He's Echoing GOP's Health Care Talking Points

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Nine months after the Democratic leadership voted to allow Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to retain his chairmanship of a key committee and continue ...

Obama Calls For 'Honest Debate' On Health Care

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is challenging critics of his push to overhaul the health care system to stop making "phony claims" about pr...

How We Can Afford Health Care Reform

Francine Hardaway | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Francine Hardaway

There seem to be two fixes to the Medicare problem. One consists of paying private insurers differently; the other, paying providers differently. Neither involves pulling the plug on grandma.

Obama "Reality Check" Website Launched To Debunk Health Reform Myths

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday turned to its favorite tool – the Internet – to bolster President Barack Obama's push for hea...

Clinton-Era Freshman Dem Tells Blue Dogs: Get Some Guts

The Daily Beast | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


As Blue Dogs fret about health care, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky can relate. The woman who cast the deciding vote on Clinton's 1993 budget talks abou...

Deal with 'Blue Dogs' sets up health care vote

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — After weeks of turmoil, House Democrats reached a shaky peace with the party's rebellious rank-and-file conservatives Wednesday to ...

Pelosi Vows Passage Of Health Care Overhaul

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics


Defying skeptics in her party, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Sunday to overcome lingering obstacles and pass health-care reform in the House, rest...

House Dems Reach Agreement On Reining In Medicare Costs

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — House Democrats announced agreement Friday on far-reaching steps designed to rein in the relentless growth of Medicare, part of a c...

Business Owners Far From Unified Against Health Care Reform

The Washington Post | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business


Even as the national business lobby ramps up its opposition to health-care reform, there are signs that employers around the country are divided on th...

Obama Raises His Personal Stake In Health Care Overhaul

wsj.com | By LAURA MECKLER, JONATHAN WEISMAN and GERALD F. SEIB | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama is significantly raising his personal stake in the effort to overhaul America's health-care system, as Democrats and the public...

Obama: Congress Must "Seize This Opportunity" On Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday defended his broad health care overhaul, calling it fiscally sound and urging Congress not to sq...

House Health Plan Released, Will Boost Taxes On Rich

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ERICA WERNER | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and ...

Paying For Healthcare Overhaul Likely To Fall Unevenly On States

Los Angeles Times | Janet Hook | Posted 08.05.2009 | Business


When Congress decides how to pay for President Obama's signature healthcare initiative, some of his strongest political bastions may be footing a heav...

Primary-Care Doctor Shortage May Undermine Health Care Reform Efforts

Washington Post | Ashley Halsey III | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics


As the debate on overhauling the nation's health-care system exploded into partisan squabbling this week, virtually everyone still agreed on one point...

Sam Stein

Senator Calls Out Frank Luntz From Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


It's not every day that a sitting senator takes to the floor to call out a GOP strategist. But on Wednesday, Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley did just tha...

Health Care Overhaul May Cost About $1.5 Trillion

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health experts say. That's more ...