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Health Care: A Casualty of Class Warfare

John Geyman | Posted 12.10.2011 | Politics
John Geyman

As the recession rolls on without signs of relief on the horizon, a growing army of millions of Americans is finding it impossible to gain access to necessary health care that is affordable.

Law Headed To Supreme Court As Election Season Picks Up

Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics

By MARK SHERMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul appears headed for a Supreme Court ruli...

Rick Perry Goes On Offense Against Mitt Romney

Luke Johnson | Posted 11.26.2011 | Politics

Rick Perry's campaign released an ad Sunday attacking Mitt Romney for changing a passage in his book, No Apology, that deals with the health care refo...

Obama Shelves Care Plan For Workers

Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has shelved a financially troubled long-term care insuranc...

Health Care Law Sees Nearly 1 Million Young Adults Gain Coverage

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.21.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — At least one part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has proven popular. With the economy sputtering, the number of y...

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge To Obama's Health Care Law

AP | LARRY O'DELL | Posted 11.08.2011 | Politics

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

Myths and Misperceptions About Primary Care

John Geyman | Posted 10.22.2011 | Books
John Geyman

We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care.

Rick Perry Wrestles With His Position On Health Care

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.22.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — With the highest percentage of uninsured residents, Texas would be one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's hea...

Amanda Terkel

Tim Pawlenty Goes After 'Obamneycare' In GOP Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.11.2011 | Politics

When moderator Chris Wallace gave Tim Pawlenty a chance to go after Mitt Romney on health care, this time, he didn't pass it up. During a June deba...

Goodbye 'Death Panels,' Hello 'Rationing' Board

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.17.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Remember the debunked death panels? A new Medicare board that Republicans are calling a "rationing panel" could become the next boo...

New Book About Obama's Mother Stirs Controversy

Posted 09.13.2011 | Politics

A new book about the life of Barack Obama's mother is casting doubt on an anecdote shared by the president during his 2008 election campaign and subse...

Giving Americans Better Health Insurance Choices

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 09.09.2011 | Politics
Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

Bipartisan support for Exchanges isn't surprising. When they are up and running, state Exchanges will save money for their residents by making the health insurance market more competitive and accessible, a goal that leaders from both parties can get behind.

It's Time to Get Outraged

Wendell Potter | Posted 09.04.2011 | Politics
Wendell Potter

One of my favorite bumper stickers reads, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." That's sort of how I feel about the health care debate.

Obama Health Care Law Glitch Opens Medicaid To Millions Of Middle-Class Americans

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 08.21.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor...

Insuring Good Times at the Mauna Lani

Wendell Potter | Posted 07.26.2011 | Business
Wendell Potter

One of the reasons insurers have been spending less of our premium dollars on medical care in recent years is because they have decided to devote more to meeting the relentless profit expectations, and lavishly rewarding those who succeed.

Sam Stein

Health Care Law's Defenders See Good Signs In Latest Court Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.10.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The most telling element of Tuesday’s Appeals Court arguments over the constitutionality of the president’s health care legislation ...

Sam Stein

Next-To-Last Stage In Health Care Reform's Legal Battle Begins Tomorrow

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.09.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Tuesday morning marks the next, and perhaps next to last, stage in a legal drama that will determine the fate of President Barack Obama'...

Obama Administration Appeals Judge's Health Care Ruling

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 06.03.2011 | Politics

ATLANTA — The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is const...

House Republicans Trying To Use Tax Law To Limit Abortions

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.31.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A House panel voted Thursday to limit tax breaks for insurance policies that cover abortions as House Republicans try to chip away ...

Obama Health Care Idea Could Mean Better Treatment, Savings

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.31.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A new approach to medical care could mean higher quality and less risk for patients while saving millions of dollars for taxpayers,...

Obama Tells Republicans Nice Try On Push For Health Care Records

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama once promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul would be carried out openly, in front of TV ca...

Sam Stein

Obama's Embrace Of Health Care Opt-Out Could Shift Legal, Public-Relations Debates

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- White House officials insisted on Monday that President Barack Obama's embrace of a provision that would give states the right to opt ou...

Obama Open To Easing Health Care Law Requirements

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is offering to let states unhappy with his health care overhaul design their own plans as long as they fulfi...

Judge Tosses Latest Obama Health Care Suit

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit claiming that President Barack Obama's requirement that all Americans have health in...

Elise Foley

GOP Plans To Force Vote On Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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