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On health care law, Americans may give it a chance

2010-06-01T00:16:00Z

Toss it or fix it? Americans may just give health care overhaul law a chance to work

Toss it or fix it?

Anxious backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are starting to see a flicker of hope.

While polls show Americans remain sharply divided over the Democrats' landmark legislation, they aren't clamoring ...

AP Source: No tax hit for covering 20-yr-olds

2010-04-27T06:45:29Z

AP Source: No tax hit to employers or parents for covering children in their 20s immediately

The Obama administration is removing a roadblock for employers hesitating about immediately extending health care benefits to employees' kids in their twenties.

A senior administration official told The Associated Press that AP-GfK Poll: Surprising jump in opposition to Obama's health care law after he signs it

Opposition to President Barack Obama'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.

A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds Americans oppose the ...

AT&T, Verizon ‘Hopeful’ Health Bill Has Net Benefits

2010-10-25T14:38:45Z

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Health Highlights: Dec. 11 2009

2010-10-24T10:46:47Z

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Path clearing for House to pass health bill

2010-06-25T20:09:28Z

Liberals folding, ready to accept House health care compromise

They may not like it, but many House liberals look ready to accept a compromise health care bill, putting Democratic leaders well on the way to delivering on President Barack Obama's call for overhaul.

After claiming for months they couldn't vote for a bill without the strongest possible government-run insurance option, liberals are putting ...

Federal Grants to Be Available to Hospitals for EHR Transition

2010-10-24T09:59:39Z

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Senate confirms Margaret Hamburg to lead FDA

2010-10-26T20:47:11Z

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Health Highlights: May 15, 2009

2010-10-24T09:14:21Z

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Health Highlights: May 14, 2009

2010-10-24T09:14:21Z

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May 14, 2009

2010-10-24T09:51:50Z

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Feb. 19, 2009

2010-10-23T20:53:40Z

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Health Highlights: Jan. 15, 2009

2010-10-23T18:37:34Z

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Jan. 15, 2009

2010-10-23T19:05:35Z

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Jan. 14, 2009

2010-10-23T19:05:30Z

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Health Highlights: Jan. 14, 2009

2010-10-23T18:37:46Z

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Besides HHS, Daschle to Oversee Health Reform Office

2010-10-23T19:14:29Z

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Clinton sees lessons in past failure

2010-09-09T21:58:59Z

AP Interview: Clinton Says Past Failure on Health Care Has Taught Her to Succeed

Thirteen years after presiding over the biggest policy debacle of her husband's presidency, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday her experience with failure makes her the one who can succeed in providing universal health coverage.

"If you don't learn from your mistakes, you stop growing," Clinton said in an in...

Nationals LaRoche Baseball

2011-01-04T21:31:22Z

In this April 7, 2010, photo, Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Adam LaRoche catches a throw during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Phoenix. A person familiar with the negotiations tells Donna Lawlor shows Associated Press staffer Lynn Dombek as she pauses while snowshoeing up a hill on snow-covered logging roads in Hancock County, Maine. The solitude, q...

SC Legacy

2010-12-27T09:01:16Z

In this Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 photo, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford talks with Associated Press reporters in his office in Columbia, S.C. about his time in office and his future. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic)

Austria Opera Gruberova

2010-12-27T06:01:18Z

In this photo taken Oct. 11, 2010, Soprano Edita Gruberova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria. At the dizzying heights of her stellar operatic career, Gruberova has unexpectedly chosen to stoop and return to the role of the fallen woman who helped make her fame. Gruberova is not portraying just any wayward female. By rediscov...

Austria Edita Gruberova

2010-12-27T03:31:19Z

Edita Gruberova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The 64-year-old SLovak diva sees no problem in returning to the role of a 20-something as Violetta Valery in Verdi's "La Tr...