Delay For Insurance Mandate Pleases Businesses
The Obama administration's decision late Tuesday to postpone the requirement for employers with 50 or more workers to offer health coverage or risk fines has satisfied some key members of the coalition...
View ArticleCatholics Split Again On Coverage For Birth Control
Two prominent Catholic groups are finding themselves, once again, on opposite sides of a key issue regarding the Affordable Care Act.Three years ago, the Catholic Health Association, whose members run...
View ArticleGOP Says, Why Not Delay That Health Care Law, Like, Forever?
Sensing that recent delays in key portions of the Affordable Care Act have caught the Obama administration at a weak point in its rollout of the law, Republicans in Congress are doubling down on their...
View ArticleMessy Rollout Of Health Law Echoes Medicare Drug Expansion
It hasn't been a good week for the Affordable Care Act. After announcements by the administration of several delays of key portions of the law, Republicans returned to Capitol Hill and began piling...
View ArticleTexas Abortion Fight Is Just One Of Many This Year
The eyes of the nation may be on Texas, as legislators fight over whether to impose strict new regulations on abortion and those who provide it.
View ArticleWhite House Muddles Obamacare Messaging — Again
This summer was supposed to be a time to reintroduce the public to the Affordable Care Act and teach people how to sign up for benefits this fall.But that's not what's happening.Instead, earlier this...
View ArticleState Abortion Laws Differ From Doctors In Defining 20 Weeks
Texas last week became the 12th state to ban most abortions after 20 weeks. But most of the state laws don't define 20 weeks the same way doctors do.
View ArticleState Laws Limiting Abortion May Face Challenges On 20-Week Limit
Banning abortions after a specific point in pregnancy has been a popular trend in the states this year. Last week, GOP Gov.
View ArticleObama Turns To Comedians To Promote Health Coverage
Who needs jocks when you've got Jennifer Hudson and Amy Poehler?That seems to be the message coming out of the White House following a star-studded meeting yesterday led by White House Senior Advisor...
View ArticlePlan B To Hit Shelves, Protected From Generics
As expected, the Food and Drug Administration has granted an additional three years of protection from generic competition to the makers of the most popular form of the emergency contraceptive pill,
View ArticleWill Obamacare Mean Fewer Jobs? Depends On Whom You Ask
Of all the contentious claims about the Affordable Care Act, few have been more contentious than over the impact it's having on employers.It's hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on a television...
View ArticleCongress May Be Getting Its Own Obamacare Glitch Fixed
As its last official action before leaving for a five-week summer break, the House today voted — for the 40th time — to block implementation of the federal health law.But it was something that happened...
View ArticleObamacare Hurdle: Consumers Flunk Health Insurance 101
It's hardly news that people are having trouble understanding the nitty-gritty of the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleFix Is In For Congressional Obamacare Glitch
Finally, the federal HR department has released the health rule much of Capitol Hill has been waiting for.There's now an explanation from the Office of Personnel Management on how members of Congress...
View ArticleObamacare Foes Make Final Push To Stop Health Law's Implementation
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View ArticleYou Ask, We Answer: More Of Your Questions About The Affordable Care Act
The Oct. 1 launch of the new health insurance exchanges is now less than two months away, and people are starting to pay attention to the changes these new marketplaces may bring to the nation's health...
View ArticleDespite Distaste For Health Law, Americans Oppose Defunding
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act often talk about how unpopular it is.And this month's tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation bears them out.
View ArticleStudy: Price Shocks On Health Exchanges Appear Unlikely
With new health insurance exchanges set to launch in just over a month, there's been a lot of chatter about how shocking the rates might be.One possibility is that adding sick people to a more...
View ArticleBill Clinton Steps Up To Dispel The Confusion Over Obamacare
With the launch of the major piece of the Affordable Care Act less than a month away, the Obama administration is escalating the public relations push with one of their most effective weapons – former...
View ArticleAfter A Decade, Congress Moves To Fix Doctors' Medicare Pay
Hear the words health care and Congress, and you think fight, right?And you'd be forgiven, particularly because the House has now voted some 40 times in the past two years to repeal or otherwise undo...
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