http://healthcarepolicyinfo.com/topic/barack-obama2011-12-19T10:00:24Z2011-12-19T10:00:24ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-12-19:/supreme-court-sets-obama-healthcare-arguments-4879075a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Oral arguments on <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s sweeping <span>U.S.</span> healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the <a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >Supreme Court</a> said on Monday.</p><p>The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear the...

2011-12-19T10:00:20ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-12-19:/high-court-sets-obama-healthcare-arguments-4879072a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Oral arguments on <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s sweeping <span>U.S.</span> healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the <span>Supreme Court</span> said on Monday.</p><p>The <a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >Supreme Court</a> last month agree...

2011-12-08T15:00:43ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-12-08:/top-court-schedules-obama-healthcare-law-briefs-4872496a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The <span>Supreme Court</span> on Thursday set the schedule for briefs to be filed ahead of hearing arguments in late March over <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s sweeping healthcare overhaul law.</p><p>The high court agreed to a proposal by the three main parties in the legal battle and by two attorneys who have be...

2011-12-08T10:30:24ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-12-08:/obama-supports-access-morningafter-pill-4872239a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span> said on Thursday he supports a controversial decision by the <span>U.S.</span> health secretary to overrule government scientists about access to an emergency contraceptive known as the morning-after pill.</p><p>Obama said he backs Wednesday's decision by <span><a title="Kathleen Sebe...

2011-11-14T14:30:20ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-11-14:/supreme-court-obama-healthcare-law-4856318a/

<div><p>WASHINGTON (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The <a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >Supreme Court</a> agreed on Monday to decide the fate of <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the <span>U.S.</span> healthcare system's biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years.</p><p>A Supreme Court spokeswoma...

2011-10-27T21:30:07ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-10-27:/support-waning-obama-healthcare-law-poll-4849536a/

<div><p>(<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Americans' opinion of <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s healthcare reform in October reached its lowest point since the law passed in March 2010, according to a monthly poll by the non-profit, non-partisan <span><a title="Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation" href="/topic/Henry+J.+Kaiser+Family+Foundation" >Kaiser Family Foundation</a></span>...

2011-10-12T11:30:13ZOn Top Magazinetag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-10-12:/obama-honor-gay-rights-advocate-janice-langbehn-citizens-medal-4843226a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> will honor gay rights advocate <a title="Janice Langbehn" href="/topic/Janice+Langbehn" >Janice Langbehn</a> with the Presidential Citizens Medal at an October 20 reception</div><div><p><p>President Barack Obama will honor gay rights advocate Janice Langbehn with the Presidential Citizens Medal at an October 20 reception.</p> <p>Langbehn is among the 13 recipients this year to receive the nation's s...

2011-09-08T20:30:34ZAFP American Editiontag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-09-08:/healthcare-battle-edges-nearer-supreme-court-4829728a/

<div><p>A second US appeals court upheld <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s health care overhaul Thursday, but an earlier ruling against the plan means his signature reform is destined for the Supreme Court.</p><p>The three-judge panel of the 4th <span>US Circuit Court</span> in <span>Virginia</span> ruled that suits filed by <span><a title="Virginia Office of the Attorney General" href="/topic/Virginia+Office+of+the+Attorney+General" >Virginia Attor...

2011-09-08T09:30:29ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-09-08:/court-tosses-virginia-challenge-healthcare-law-4829434a/

<div><p><span>NEW YORK</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out <a title="Virginia" href="/topic/Virginia" >Virginia</a>'s challenge to the constitutionality of the healthcare overhaul signed into law by <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >U.S. President Barack Obama</a></span> last year.</p><p>The 4th <span><a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appea...

2011-09-07T08:30:16ZOn Top Magazinetag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-09-07:/obama-admin-steps-enforcement-hospital-visitation-rights-gay-couples-4828849a/

<div id="subtitle">HHS has announced new guidance to support enforcement of an Obama memo that bans hospitals from discriminating against gay couples</div><div><p><p>The <a title="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Health+and+Human+Services" >Department of Health and Human Services</a> (HHS) on Wednesday announced new guidance to support enforcement of a memo signed last April by <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama...

2011-08-15T16:00:08ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-08-15:/analysis-justices-decide-fate-obama-healthcare-law-4819875a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The legal fate of <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the <span><a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >U.S. Supreme Court</a></span> -- <span><a title="John Roberts (Chief Justice)" href="/topic/John+Roberts+(Chief+...

2011-08-15T14:30:34ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-08-15:/analysis-obama-healthcare-law-justices-decide-fate-4819856a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The legal fate of <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the <span><a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >U.S. Supreme Court</a></span> -- <span><a title="John Roberts (Chief Justice)" href="/topic/John+Roberts+(Chief+...

2011-07-11T07:00:40ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-07-11:/clarify-insurance-exchanges-work-4805163a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - States deciding whether to set up health insurance exchanges will get more information on Monday when the <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a></span> reveals more on how these complex marketplaces will work.</p><p>The federal government has so far given few details on this transformative part of the healthcare overhaul passed las...

2011-04-05T15:00:13ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-04-05:/senate-votes-repeal-healthcare-tax-measure-4763851a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Bowing to pressure from business groups worried about an avalanche of paperwork, the Senate voted on Tuesday to rescind a tax-reporting requirement included in last year's healthcare overhaul law.</p><p>With bipartisan support, the Senate voted 87-12 to pass legislation sponsored by <span>Republican Senator <a title="Mike Johanns" href="/topic/Mike+Johanns" >Mike Johanns</a>...

2011-03-29T03:31:51ZLas Vegas Suntag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-03-29:/presidents-23212optout-stance-force-health-care-law-crowded-docket-4760329a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> - <span><a title="Nevada" href="/topic/Nevada" >Nevada</a></span> has joined 20 states to have the new federal health care law declared unconstitutional. At the same time, <span>Gov. <a title="Brian Sandoval" href="/topic/Brian+Sandoval" >Brian Sandoval</a></span> has ordered the state to begin implementing it because at this point, it's the law of the land.</p><p>Now, Nevada might not have to travel those divergent paths.</p><p>Last week, <span><a title="Barack O...

2011-02-18T12:30:22ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-02-18:/house-votes-block-fund-healthcare-law-4744284a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The Republican-led <span><a title="U.S. House of Representatives" href="/topic/U.S.+House+of+Representatives" >U.S. House of Representatives</a></span> voted on Friday to block funding of <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s landmark healthcare overhaul law, but the Democratic-led Senate seems certain to reject it.</p>...

2011-02-03T08:00:31ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-02-03:/virginia-top-court-review-health-law-4737824a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="Virginia" href="/topic/Virginia" >Virginia</a> said on Thursday it would ask the <span><a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >U.S. Supreme Court</a></span> to review the state's challenge to <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s landmark healthcare law, a rare legal request seeking to ...

2011-02-03T04:30:13ZAFP Global Editiontag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-02-03:/senate-beats-obama-health-law-repeal-bid-4737749a/

<div><p> <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s Democratic allies in <a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" >the US Senate</a> defeated a Republican push to repeal his landmark health care overhaul, likely leaving its fate in the hands of the courts.</p><p>Lawmakers voted 47-51 along party lines to allow the repeal drive to advance -- well short of the 60 votes necessary -- as the Obama administration geared up to fight judges' rulings declarin...

2011-01-31T21:30:13ZAFP American Editiontag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-31:/judge-deals-new-blow-obama-health-reform-4736637a/

<div><p> A second <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >US</a> federal judge Monday declared <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s health care law unconstitutional, sparking a fierce new showdown with <a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" >Republicans</a> who vow to repeal the historic reform act.</p><p>The Obama administration immediately pledged to appeal and branded the ruling by a <span>Florida</span> j...

2011-01-14T11:30:38ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-14:/house-set-vote-healthcare-repeal-4729578a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The <span><a title="U.S. House of Representatives" href="/topic/U.S.+House+of+Representatives" >House of Representatives</a></span> will resume action next week on repealing <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s landmark healthcare overhaul, a <span><a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" >H...

2011-01-04T13:30:30ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-04:/fdas-2-return-md-health-secretary-4724923a/

<div id="subtitle">FDA's No. 2 leaving <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> to take over as <a title="Maryland" href="/topic/Maryland" >Maryland</a>'s health secretary</div><div><p><span><a title="Joshua Sharfstein" href="/topic/Joshua+Sharfstein" >Joshua Sharfstein</a></span>, the <span><a title="Food and Drug Administration" href="/topic/Food+and+Drug+Administration" >Food and Drug Administration</a></span>'s number two official, is leaving the Obama adm...

2011-01-04T09:00:44ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-04:/obama-admin-hits-health-care-repeal-4724737a/

<div id="subtitle">Sebelius says <a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" >GOP</a>'s health care repeal would take away freedoms; put insurers back in charge</div><div><p><span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s top health care official says Republican repeal of his overhaul law would take away personal freedoms and put power back in the hands of insurance companies.</p><p>Previewing the administration's counteratta...

2010-12-13T14:00:21ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-12-13:/number-insured-mass-rises-98-percent-4712261a/

<div id="subtitle">Number of Mass. residents with health insurance rises to 98 percent under universal care law</div><div><p>More than 98 percent of <span>Massachusetts</span> residents now have health insurance of some kind.</p><p>A report released Monday by <span><a title="Deval Patrick" href="/topic/Deval+Patrick" >Gov. Deval Patrick</a></span>'s administration found that 98.1 percent of state residents were covered during a survey between May and June.</p><p>That's up from 97.3 percent cover...

2010-12-13T09:30:18ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-12-13:/federal-judge-va-strikes-health-care-law-4712026a/

<div id="subtitle">Federal judge in <a title="Virginia" href="/topic/Virginia" >Virginia</a> declares <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a>'s health care law unconstitutional</div><div><p>A federal judge in Virginia has declared the Obama administration's health care reform law unconstitutional.</p><p><span><a title="Henry Hudson (Judge)" href="/topic/Henry+Hudson+(Judge)" >U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson</a></span> is the first judge to rule against the l...

2010-12-13T09:30:14ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-12-13:/ap-newsalert-4712024a/

<div id="subtitle">Federal judge in <a title="Virginia" href="/topic/Virginia" >Virginia</a> declares <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a>'s health care law unconstitutional</div><div><p>Federal judge in Virginia declares Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional.</p><p>88474022&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div> </p><p><br/>Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div>...

2010-12-08T00:31:19ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-12-08:/deal-reached-avoid-cut-doctors-medicare-pay-4708571a/

<div id="subtitle">Key senators tap Obama's health care law to avoid <a title="Medicare" href="/topic/Medicare" >Medicare</a> pay cuts for doctors</div><div><p>When <span>Democrats</span> passed <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span>'s health care overhaul, they used Medicare cuts to pay much of the cost of providing insurance to millions of uninsured.</p><p>Now, lawmakers scrambling to stave off a scheduled 25 percent cut in doctors' Medicare...

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2010-09-27T07:00:20ZHealth.comtag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-09-27:/new-health-reforms-takenbspeffect-1569922a/

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2010-11-02T13:57:55ZEverydayHealth.comtag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-11-02:/new-health-reforms-effect-3577378a/

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2010-09-22T15:15:40ZAFP Global Editiontag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-09-22:/months-signing-obama-touts-landmark-health-reform-1544682a/

<div><p>Six months after signing historic health care legislation, <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >US President Barack Obama</a></span> was again touting the law Wednesday, saying it was helping put an end to "horrendous" vulnerabilities facing American families.</p><p>The president visited the town of <span><a title="Falls Church" href="/topic/Falls+Church" >Falls Church</a></span>, Virginia outside Washington to discuss reform with residents and inaugurate what he des...

2010-09-22T15:02:47ZAFP Global Editiontag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-09-22:/obama-marks-months-health-care-reform-1544622a/

<div><p>Six months after signing historic health care legislation, <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >US President Barack Obama</a></span> was again touting the law Wednesday, saying its reforms were ending "horrendous" vulnerabilities facing American families.</p><p>Obama is seeking to shore up political support for his fellow <a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" >Democrats</a> ahead of a November election by promoting the controversial law...

2010-11-02T12:43:47ZAmerican Medical Association Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-11-02:/insurers-warned-misleading-claims-rate-hikes-3519734a/

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2010-09-22T00:30:12ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-09-22:/white-house-boost-health-law-6-months-1509799a/

<div id="subtitle">After 6 months, health care law not a winner for nervous Dems, <a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" >White House</a> giving it a boost</div><div><p><span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a></span> once told Democratic lawmakers they'd be proud to campaign on historic health care legislation. Six months later, the only <a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" >Democrats</a> running ads ab...

2010-09-21T11:55:30ZAbout.comtag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-09-21:/new-health-reform-bill-20something-1419830a/

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2010-10-13T14:01:56ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-10-13:/battle-royal-health-care-repeal-gop-wins-1040951a/

<div id="subtitle">Battle to repeal "Obamacare" in the cards if GOP regains power in November</div><div><p>If you thought passing the health care overhaul was messy, wait until Republicans try to repeal it if they regain power in <span>Washington</span> this fall.</p><p>It could come down to who blinks first.</p><p>Even if Republicans succeed beyond any current predictions and capture both the Senate and the House, they wouldn't have enough GOP votes to overcome <span><a title="Barack Obama" hre...

2010-09-10T12:54:41ZBig Thinktag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-09-10:/isnt-public-option-option-1303791a/

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2010-11-02T12:43:31ZAmerican Medical Association Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-11-02:/editorial-writers-missouris-vote-insurance-mandate-3519475a/

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2010-08-20T11:45:22ZOn Top Magazinetag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-08-20:/richard-sorian-latest-openly-gay-obama-appointee-1025114a/

<div id="subtitle">Openly gay <a title="Richard Sorian" href="/topic/Richard+Sorian" >Richard Sorian</a> is among the recess appointments announced Thursday by the <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a></div><div><p><p>&#65279;Openly gay Richard Sorian is among the four administration nominees appointed Thursday by President Barack Obama in his latest recess appointments.</p> <p>In making the announcement, Obama said he was bypassing the Senate, which is res...

2010-11-02T13:50:37ZBarron'stag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-11-02:/market-watch-3572817a/

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2010-07-17T03:30:04ZAP Featurestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-07-17:/obama-gop-obstructing-progress-994350a/

<div><p><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> is taking aim at Senate Republicans, accusing them of playing politics with measures that would extend benefits to the unemployed and increase lending to small businesses.</p><p>Striking a deeply partisan tone in his weekly Saturday radio and online address, Obama said the <a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" >GOP</a> leadership has chosen to "filibuster our recovery and obstruc...

2010-07-14T10:15:18ZAP Featurestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-07-14:/preventive-care-outofpocket-cost-991598a/

<div><p>First lady <a title="Michelle Obama" href="/topic/Michelle+Obama" >Michelle Obama</a> is announcing better health insurance coverage for preventive care, from counseling for kids who struggle with a weight problem to colon cancer screenings for their middle-aged parents.</p><p>Under <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s health care law, many insurance plans will soon have to offer a menu of preventive services at no out-of-pocket cost to benefic...

2010-11-02T12:43:36ZAmerican Medical Association Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-11-02:/obama-unveils-patients-bill-rights-3519591a/

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2010-06-29T14:31:05ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-06-29:/new-coverage-uninsured-people-poor-health-978338a/

<div id="subtitle">Cost issues dog new coverage program for uninsured people with pre-existing conditions</div><div><p>The <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> is launching a special coverage program for uninsured Americans with medical problems this week, the most ambitious early investment of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.</p><p>But here's the catch: Premiums will be a stretch for many, even after government subsidies to bring rates close...

2010-06-08T00:30:47ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-06-08:/obama-renews-health-care-bill-pitch-elderly-956749a/

<div id="subtitle">Obama renews health care bill pitch to a reluctant constituency, the elderly</div><div><p><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> is turning his attention back to the massive health care bill he signed earlier this year, and trying to win over the most skeptical constituency: seniors.</p><p>Obama is set to pitch the bill at a senior center in <a title="Wheaton (Maryland)" href="/topic/Wheaton+(Maryland)" >Wheaton, Md.</a>, on Tuesday. The...

2010-06-02T00:30:05ZAP Featurestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-06-02:/tobacco-loophole-child-health-law-costs-250m-951050a/

<div><p>Public health officials say a tobacco tax loophole in <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s children's health insurance program is costing the <a title="U.S. Department of the Treasury" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+the+Treasury" >U.S. Treasury</a> more than $250 million a year.</p><p>The loophole allows companies to avoid huge tax increases on rolling tobacco by labeling it as pipe tobacco. The marketing twist lets companies pay less than $3 ...

2010-05-24T17:15:13ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-05-24:/feds-va-health-reform-lawsuit-dismissed-943384a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> asks judge to dismiss <a title="Virginia" href="/topic/Virginia" >Virginia</a> lawsuit challenging health reform law</div><div><p>The Obama administration is asking a federal judge in Virginia to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health reform law.</p><p>In a motion filed hours before the court deadline on Monday, <a title="Kathleen Sebelius" href="/topic/Kathlee...

2010-10-27T06:43:23ZAbout.comtag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-10-27:/retired-health-care-reform-package-affect-3379767a/

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2010-05-10T11:15:18ZAP Featurestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-05-10:/new-coverage-young-adults-raise-premiums-929410a/

<div><p>The government says letting young adults stay on their parents' health insurance until they turn 26 will nudge premiums higher for employer plans.</p><p>The coverage requirement, effective later this year, is one of the most anticipated early benefits of <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s new health care law.</p><p>The Health and Human Services department says in an estimate released Monday that the benefit will cost $3,380 for each dependent...

2010-10-27T06:44:37ZForbestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-10-27:/drug-stock-selloff-3380638a/

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2010-04-27T15:30:45ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-27:/fine-print-hinders-effort-cover-young-adults-916665a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> issues <a title="Internal Revenue Service" href="/topic/Internal+Revenue+Service" >IRS</a> ruling to speed up coverage for children in their 20s</div><div><p>President Barack Obama is pushing to speed up insurance coverage for young adults in their twenties — a key early benefit of his prized health care overhaul — but the law's fine print suggests some won't be able to sign up until next year.</p><p>...

2010-04-27T06:45:29ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-27:/ap-source-tax-hit-covering-20yrolds-916961a/

<div id="subtitle">AP Source: No tax hit to employers or parents for covering children in their 20s immediately</div><div><p>The <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> is removing a roadblock for employers hesitating about immediately extending health care benefits to employees' kids in their twenties.</p><p>A senior administration official told <a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" >The Associated Press</a> that <a title="U.S. D...

2010-04-23T03:01:16ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-23:/report-health-care-cover-cost-912869a/

<div id="subtitle">Mixed review for new health care law says covering more still comes with greater costs</div><div><p><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s health care overhaul law is getting a mixed verdict in the first comprehensive look by neutral experts: More Americans will be covered, but costs are also going up.</p><p>Economic experts at the <a title="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Health+and+Human+...

2010-04-22T10:31:15ZAP Featurestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-22:/biden-explains-open-mic-health-care-gaffe-912384a/

<div><p><a title="Joe Biden" href="/topic/Joe+Biden" >Vice President Joe Biden</a> says he didn't realize his profane salute to the health care bill was picked up on open microphones until <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> cracked up over the gaffe in the limousine afterward.</p><p>"I realized there was a microphone, but I had no idea it was that sensitive," Biden explained to the hostesses of <a title="The View (TV Show)" href="/topic/The+View+(TV+Sh...

2010-04-19T17:00:34ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-19:/obama-access-hospital-patients-905032a/

<div id="subtitle">Obama calls for greater hospital access to patients by non-family members</div><div><p><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> is issuing a directive he says will make it easier for hospital patients, particularly gays and lesbians, to receive visitors and choose who will make medical decisions on their behalf.</p><p>Obama is asking the Health and Human Services secretary to begin the process of putting in place federal rules to ensure th...

2010-04-19T16:02:03ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-19:/apgfk-poll-resistance-health-care-bill-strong-903936a/

<div id="subtitle">AP-GfK Poll: Surprising jump in opposition to Obama's health care law after he signs it</div><div><p>Opposition to <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>'s health care law jumped after he signed it — a warning to Democrats running for re-election this fall that his victory could become their liability.</p><p>A new <a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" >Associated Press</a>-GfK poll finds Americans oppose the ...

2010-04-15T22:15:43ZAFP Global Editiontag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-15:/obama-orders-hospitals-grant-gay-visitation-rights-905160a/

<div><p><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> ordered hospitals to grant visitation rights to gay and lesbians, including for non-family visitors.</p><p>Obama's memorandum to the <a title="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Health+and+Human+Services" >Department of Health and Human Services</a> banned discrimination in visits to any hospital receiving federal funding for <a title="Medicare" href="/topic/Medicare...

2010-10-27T07:42:55ZBarron'stag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-10-27:/obamacares-fans-misuse-corporate-study-3419155a/

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2010-04-02T14:45:19ZAP Featurestag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2010-04-02:/govt-coverage-uninsured-892541a/

<div><p>The <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> sought Friday to show voters concrete benefits from the new health care law, taking steps to provide insurance coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions.</p><p>The law the president signed March 23 requires creation within 90 days of buying pools to target uninsured people who can't get coverage because of health conditions. Five billion dollars is being spent on the program, which will remain i...

2011-01-04T13:33:01ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-04:/photo/obama-2406002p/

<a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> talks with media aboard <a title="Air Force One" href="/topic/Air+Force+One" >Air Force One</a> soon after leaving at <a title="Hickam Air Force Base" href="/topic/Hickam+Air+Force+Base" >Hickam Air Force Base</a> in <a title="Honolulu" href="/topic/Honolulu" >Honolulu</a>, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, en route to <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a> after a family vacation. (AP Photo/Caro...

2011-01-03T12:31:31ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-03:/photo/congress-health-care-2405558p/

FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>, listens as <a title="Kathleen Sebelius" href="/topic/Kathleen+Sebelius" >Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius</a> speaks during a town hall meeting in <a title="Wheaton (Maryland)" href="/topic/Wheaton+(Maryland)" >Wheaton, Md.</a> Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark he...

2011-01-03T01:30:25ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-03:/photo/obama-africa-2405385p/

FILE - In this July 11, 2009, file photo, a Ghanaian police officer mans a security barrier ahead of the arrival of <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>, at the <a title="Presidential Castle" href="/topic/Presidential+Castle" >Presidential Castle</a> in <a title="Accra" href="/topic/Accra" >Accra</a>, <a title="Ghana" href="/topic/Ghana" >Ghana</a>. Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to <a title="Africa" href="/topic/Africa" >Afr...

2011-01-02T10:01:04ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-02:/photo/specters-legacy-2405055p/

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2009, file photo, <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> embraces <a title="Arlen Specter" href="/topic/Arlen+Specter" >Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa.</a>, at a fundraising event at the <a title="Pennsylvania Convention Center" href="/topic/Pennsylvania+Convention+Center" >Pennsylvania Convention Center</a> in <a title="Philadelphia" href="/topic/Philadelphia" >Philadelphia</a>. As Specter leaves the Senate after 30 years of roll calls,...

2011-01-02T02:30:22ZAP Newstag:healthcarepolicyinfo.com,2011-01-02:/photo/obama-congress-2404988p/

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2010, file photo <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> makes a statement in the <a title="Eisenhower Executive Office Building" href="/topic/Eisenhower+Executive+Office+Building" >Eisenhower Executive Office Building</a> in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a> about his meeting with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. In the president's taped his weekly address from <a title="Hawaii"...