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GOP Govs Cool Toward Offer Of Flexibility On ACA

March 1, 2011

Gov. Nikki Haley at a meeting of governors hosted by President Barack Obama in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) From The Wall Street Journal: By JANET ADAMY WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama on Monday backed a bill in Congress to let states design their own ways to expand insurance coverage…

White House Responds To Florida Ruling

February 1, 2011

The White House Blog Judicial Activism and the Affordable Care Act Posted by Stephanie Cutter on January 31, 2011 at 04:49 PM EST Today, a judge in Florida issued a decision in a case filed by 25 Republican Attorneys General and Governors striking down the Affordable Care Act.   This ruling is well out of the…

Health Law Suffers New Blow In Court

February 1, 2011

By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 2/1/11 4:38 AM EST Updated: 2/1/11 6:11 AM EST The Obama administration is vowing to move full speed ahead with implementation of the health care reform law, even after a federal judge Monday declared the legislation unconstitutional. It was the most striking blow yet to President Barack Obama’s signature domestic initiative,…

Forecast For Health Insurers Not So Cloudy After All

January 28, 2011

January 27, 2011, 11:11 am By REED ABELSON One of the major concerns about the new health care law is whether it will usher in the demise of employer-based coverage, which is the source of insurance for the bulk of working Americans today. A new report from Booz & Company, the management consulting firm, suggests…

Opinion: Flimflammery Over ‘Obamacare’

January 28, 2011

This is not about the health reform law, it is about honesty, the author writes. | AP Photo     By MICHAEL KINSLEY | 1/25/11 4:50 AM EST It’s a standard item in the Republican checklist of what’s wrong with Obamacare: that advocates of the program, in computing its costs, compare six years of expenses…

Once Again, Running The Numbers On Healthcare Reform

January 20, 2011

From Mother Jones: By Suzy Khimm | Wed Jan. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PST As Republicans seek to repeal health care reform, they have assaulted “Obamacare” as a job-killing, freedom-crushing behemoth that’s pushed the country onto the path to socialism. In order to defend their landmark legislative achievement, Democrats, meanwhile, have tried to highlight the…

House Backs Repeal Of Healthcare Reform

January 20, 2011

By Donna Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led House of Representatives passed legislation that would repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law on Wednesday in a mostly symbolic move likely to be scuttled in the Senate. The House voted 245-189 to approve the Republican bill that would scrap the law, which was passed by…

Gov’t: Up To Half Of Americans Under 65 Have Pre-Existing Conditions, Face Denial By Insurers If Repeal Passes

January 18, 2011

By Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 18, 2011; 9:07 AM As many as 129 million Americans under age 65 have medical problems that are red flags for health insurers, according to an analysis that marks the government’s first attempt to quantify the number of people at risk of being rejected by insurance…

AP-GfK Poll: Opposition To New Health Care Law Eases

January 18, 2011

From The Associated Press: By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA Sun Jan 16, 3:16 pm ET WASHINGTON – As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama’s overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on repeal in the GOP-led House this week,…

GOP Leadership Intentionally Distorting “Obamacare”

January 18, 2011

From Forbes‘ policy analyst Rick Ungar: As we get ready for this week’s vote to repeal health care reform, it’s a good time to review the substance behind the claims that are at the center of the GOP opposition – opposition that has taken shape in the bill to be introduced this week entitled,  “Repealing…

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