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Obama Care

Wellness Coverage and Obamacare

Sherry Kahn | Posted 05.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Sherry Kahn

Everyone is talking and worrying about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which became law in 2010. What has received less attention are the provisions for preventive care and potentially increasing access to health care providers who practice from a whole person, naturalistic perspective.

Obamacare Won't Actually Push Employers To Stop Insuring Workers

Posted 04.22.2013 | Business

Despite speculation indicating otherwise, most employers don’t plan to drop workers from their healthcare plans as a result of Obamacare, a new surv...

The View From Here: Quotes on Florida's Medicaid Expansion Debate From Tampa Bay

Gary Stein | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics
Gary Stein

Tempers are hot and passions are running wild across Florida as the governor and legislature go back and forth, up and down on the topic of whether or...

Doctors or Dinosaurs?

SidneyAnne Stone | Posted 03.17.2013 | Healthy Living
SidneyAnne Stone

When you visit your physician -- or general practitioner -- what usually happens? They usually give you a referral. Even if you don't have the type of insurance that requires referrals, if you have anything that requires a skill set beyond giving a flu shot, you will be referred elsewhere.

Chris Christie Vetoes Bill To Set Up Health Care Insurance Exchange

Reuters | Posted 02.06.2013 | Politics

By Peter Rudegeair Dec 6 (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Thursday he vetoed a bill that would have created a he...

Fate of Obamacare After Obama's Reelection

Manoj Jain, MD MPH | Posted 01.12.2013 | Politics
Manoj Jain, MD MPH

Our health system is like a car with three flat tires: Millions lack health coverage, quality is inconsistent and costs are unsustainable.

Ryan Grim

For Me, Not For Thee: Repeal-Happy Paul Ryan Sought Obamacare Cash For Constituent

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When it emerged Wednesday that Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan had sought federal money through the health care re...

Anti-Obama Tea Partier: Health Care Law Is 'Cancer That Feeds On Itself'

Patch.com | Posted 08.18.2012 | Politics

As promised members of the Rochester 912 Project, Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC and other groups staged a rally and march to voice their oppositi...

The Human Element

Anthony D'Ambrosio | Posted 10.17.2012 | Teen
Anthony D'Ambrosio

In 2011, my little sister was diagnosed with a virtually unknown genetic disorder that will plague her for the rest of her life. She is one of only a handful of humans known to harbor the disorder.

Walker, Romney Spin Confusion on Health Reform Law

Jon Richards | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics
Jon Richards

Republicans like Walker and Romney need to stop misrepresenting the Affordable Care Act for cynical political purposes. It's time for them to summon the courage to tell the public the truth.

The Care Less Party

Will Durst | Posted 09.13.2012 | Comedy
Will Durst

First there was Romney Care, and now we got Obama Care, but if the hard line conservatives get their way, this country is going to end up with We Don't Care. Less Care For You. Couldn't Care Less.

Where Do We Go From Here?

Ai-jen Poo | Posted 09.04.2012 | Fifty
Ai-jen Poo

When President Obama was elected, 88 percent of Americans -- including my 87 year-old grandmother -- agreed that we needed to do something to fix our ailing health care system... That's why, for millions of seniors, the Affordable Care Act was a very welcome solution.

Hate Obamacare? Don't Worry, Here Are Some Countries You Can Move To

Dan Treadway | Posted 08.29.2012 | Politics
Dan Treadway

Canada probably isn't the best place to go to avoid universal health care. In fact, it hasn't been since 1966. But fear not: There are plenty of countries that you can move to where you'll have absolutely no government-mandated access to health care.

Sam Stein

Romneycare Architect: Individual Mandate 'Very Similar' In Obama, Romney Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- One of the few individuals who worked on health care reform under both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama said on Friday that the co...

Roberts Jokes About 'Impregnable' Fortress

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 08.29.2012 | Politics

FARMINGTON, Pa. — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts joked that he'll spend some time on an "impregnable island fortress" now that th...

Top Dem On GOP: 'Only Health Care Mandate They Can Embrace Are Transvaginal Probes For Women'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 06.29.2012 | Politics

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) took a heck of a shot at Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) Friday on a conference call organized by the Obama campaign...

States Scramble Following Ruling

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 06.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is on the way to its ultimate jury: the families, doctors, business people and state offic...

Jon Ward

Romney Caught Off Guard By Health Care Decision Pivots To Tax Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 06.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -– A few weeks ago, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney said the approaching Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of President Bar...

Alex Becker

Conservative Reaction To SCOTUS Ruling Begins With Despair, Ends With A Strategic Pivot

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics

Way back when the Supreme Court first entertained oral arguments in the case of National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Sebellius, Secre...

Ben Hallman

Health Care 'Tax' Would Average $1,000, Though Few Americans Will Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 06.28.2012 | Business

It's a mandate, it's a penalty -- no, wait, it's a tax. In upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act as a tax, the Supreme Court ...

Jason Linkins

Lawmakers Delete Tweets In Wake Of Confusing Coverage Of Health Care Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics

Twitter basically turned out be a terrific intoxicant to the news cycle today, with news of the Supreme Court's decision breaking in every possible di...

Luke Johnson

John Roberts Outrages Conservatives In Health Care Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics

In his majority 5-4 opinion on Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the constitutionality of the signature domestic policy achievement of Presi...

Howard Fineman

Democrats: No 'Spiking The Ball,' Please

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Last week, House Speaker John Boehner cautioned his Republican colleagues against “spiking the ball” in celebration of the U.S. Supr...

Ryan Grim

Excerpts Of The Dismissive Dissent From Four GOP Justices

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney, reacting to the Supreme Court's health care ruling Thursday, said, "I agree with the dissent." The dissent tosses out t...

Sam Stein

Obama Responds To Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama praised the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that his signature health care law was constitutional Thursday, calling ...