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John Boehner's Do-Nothing Congress to Hold Another Pointless Vote to Repeal Obamacare

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics
Ethan Rome

Speaker Boehner said it himself -- the vote to repeal Obamacare is not about health care, it's about politics. It's also another day wasted doing nothing instead of something for our nation's seniors and for the middle class and those working their way into it.

Obamacare Repeal Effort Suffers Huge FAIL

AP | Associated Press | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-controlled Senate has rejected a Republican effort to attach the repeal of President Barack Obama's health care law to a ...

Chelsea Kiene

Ted Cruz: Defund Obamacare Or Risk Government Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz says that he is expecting a vote Wednesday on his amendment to defund Obamacare until economic growth is restored, adding ...

Michael McAuliff

Ryan Budget Again Targets Medicare, Medicaid

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) rolled out his latest budget proposal, offering an ambitious blueprint that promises ...

Sabrina Siddiqui

John Boehner: Obamacare Is The Law Of The Land

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 11.09.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In an interview with ABC News on Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that the president's Affordable Care Act was now the...

Health Care Matters in This Election

Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.08.2012 | Politics
Linda Bergthold

I've been reminded of how important it is to remember the personal stories at this point in the election season. Talking heads will pontificate about who won what debate and what poll is really accurate. But there are real consequences to this election.

Amanda Terkel

Steve King Finds Part Of Obamacare He Actually Likes

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.07.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Few members of Congress want to repeal Obamacare more than Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who has considered introducing a bill to repeal ev...

12-Year-Old Writes 'Strongly-Worded' Letter To Romney

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 09.20.2012 | Denver

Although Gov. Mitt Romney has largely confounded the media while trying to sway voters over to his increasingly difficult to pinpoint health care plan...

Single-Payer Advocate Targeted By Conservative Group

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.14.2012 | Politics

The conservative American Action Network (AAN) is out with its first ad of the general election, going after Democratic congressional candidate David ...

Party-Switching Former Congressman Warns GOP About Courting Black Voters

The Huffington Post | Patrick Svitek | Posted 08.30.2012 | Politics

Democrat-turned-Republican Artur Davis, a former congressman, warned his new party on Thursday that not every African-American audience is going to of...

Blueprint for States to Reject and Replace Obamacare

Ken Blackwell | Posted 09.25.2012 | Politics
Ken Blackwell

Here's the blueprint for how the states can reject three central pillars of Obamacare and set the stage for replacing it, if Mitt Romney takes the White House and the GOP takes the Senate this November.

Conservative Group Launches $1.2 Million Campaign To Repeal Obamacare

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.09.2012 | Politics

The conservative American Action Network has launched a $1.2 million campaign urging 35 Republican members of the House of Representatives facing toug...

The Supreme Court and Health Reform: Much Is at Stake for Integrative Medicine

John Weeks | Posted 08.26.2012 | Healthy Living
John Weeks

As we wait on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, I find myself focusing on the meaning of full repeal to a limited but growing part of U.S. health care: integrative medicine.

Jeffrey Young

One Woman Struggles To Keep Health Care For Employees

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 06.20.2012 | Small Business

Health care costs are squeezing America's small business owners, leading more of them to drop coverage for their workers. But not Nancy Clark. Cla...

Obama Campaign Keeps Opponents On Edge With 'Rhetorical Jujitsu'

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.28.2012 | Politics

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 | Politics
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 | Politics

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 | Politics

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 | Politics
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 | Politics

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 | Politics

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 | Politics
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 | Politics

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 | World
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 | Politics
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."