US Supreme Court sets hearings on Obama health reform

2011-12-19T19:30:38Z

The US Supreme Court will hear evidence challenging President Barack Obama's health care reform -- which has come under fire from Republicans -- over three days in March, a spokeswoman said Monday.

A ruling against the landmark legislation, The MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - Former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson officially launched his campaign on Thursday for the Senate seat being vacated by four-term Democratic

What Supreme Court ruling could mean for healthcare

2011-11-16T15:00:17Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law in the coming year, charting a course that will have an impact on the 2012 election campaign, the law, the healthcare industry and the s...

At fundraisers, Obama says 60 percent of promises kept

2011-10-24T22:00:08Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack racked up cash for his re-election campaign at fundraisers in Nevada and California on Monday, declaring that he had kept 60 percent of the promises he made as a candidate in 2008.

Republicans try to block funds for US health care reform

2011-09-29T17:30:32Z

Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled a bill Thursday that would block funding for President Barack Obama's health care reform as long as it is contested in the courts.

The measure targeting the health care reforms passed by Congress in 2010 was contained in a bill that would fund the President Barack Obama's administration Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to rule on his landmark health reforms, seeking to halt a flurry of conservative legal assaults on the new law.

Health care reform passed in 2010 fulfilled decades of Democratic dreams but was fiercely contested by Republicans, and the legislation is likely to emerge as a...

US won't ask for review of court's health care ruling

2011-09-27T13:30:28Z

The Obama administration said Tuesday it would not ask a US appeals court to reconsider its finding that part of the landmark health reform bill is unconstitutional.

Legal observers said the decision makes it likely that the legal challenge to the health care reform law -- the signature domestic achievement of Barack Obama's presidency -- will be heard by the

Obama healthcare law headed for Supreme Court

2011-09-27T09:00:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in its 2011-12 term the president's signature healthcare law that requires Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty.

A Just...

Perry says Romney not stark enough contrast to Obama

2011-09-15T22:30:11Z

DES MOINES (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Rick Perry said Republican rival Mitt Romney would not provide a stark enough contrast with President Barack Oba...

Court tosses Virginia challenge to healthcare law

2011-09-08T11:30:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court handed President Barack Obama a victory for his signature healthcare law on Thursday, ruling against challenges by the state of Virginia and others seeking to invalidate the law as unconstitutional.

The US appeals court Friday dealt a new blow to the health care reform law which forms President Barack Obama's proudest domestic achievement, declaring its centerpiece provision unconstitutional.

The Eleventh Circuit appeals court, based in Atlanta, rul...

Analysis: Healthcare ruling and what it means

2011-08-12T12:30:15Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court dealt a blow to President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Friday, leaving a mark on constitutional law, the healthcare industry, U.S. politics and U.S. states.

The court ruled as "unconstitutional" the law's requirement that individuals buy health insurance or pay ...

Ohio court says anti-Obamacare amendment can be on November ballot

2011-08-12T11:30:55Z

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would block implementation of President Barack Obama's signature health care overhaul law can appear on the bal...

Bachmann, Pawlenty clash in heated debate

2011-08-12T10:00:08Z

AMES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republicans Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty clashed repeatedly over their records during a presidenti...

Many use safety-net health care despite MA reform

2011-08-09T08:30:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Health care reform in Massachusetts hasn't lessened the pressure on providers that care for the poor, a new study shows.

In fact, visits to community health centers climbed by 31 percent between 2005 and 2009, and charity and public hospitals also saw a fast rise in patient numbers.

The findings hold some lessons for the nationwide health care o...

US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law

2011-06-29T16:30:42Z

President Barack Obama won a legal victory in the battle over his controversial health care law Wednesday when a federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of a key provision.

It was the first ruling at the appeals court level in the hotly contested legal battle over one of Obama's key domestic achievements.

The law, extending coverage to 32 million uninsured Americ...

McKinsey stands by employer health insurance survey

2011-06-21T08:00:09Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Consultant McKinsey & Co on Monday defended the methodology behind its survey gauging employers' views on providing health insurance to workers, a report that drew criticism from U.S. health reform supporters.

The survey found 30 percent of respondents whose companies offered health insurance said they would "...

Healthcare ills infect 2012-bound Republicans

2011-05-18T13:30:51Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The troubled healthcare industry, recently a problem for Democrats facing voter anger over President Barack Obama's overhaul law, is now plaguing Republicans ho...

Romney downplays health record and woos conservatives

2011-05-12T13:30:19Z

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney played down on Thursday the healthcare reforms he crafted as Massachusetts governor as he sought the support of conservatives for his party's 2012 presidential nomination.

The similarities between...

Mitt Romney says overturning health law "first act"

2011-05-11T15:30:13Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that reversing healthcare reforms passed in 2010, a signature element of President Barack Obama's agenda, would be a top priority if he were elected president in 2012.

"If I am elected president, I will issue on...

Romney says overturning U.S. health law a priority

2011-05-11T14:00:20Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that reversing the U.S. healthcare reforms passed in 2010, a signature part of President Barack Obama's agenda, would be a top priority if he were...

Trump says public scorn greater than he expected

2011-05-11T13:00:20Z

NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Real estate magnate Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday it's not much fun flirting with the idea of running for president in the face of relentless attacks and ridicule.

"Nobody said it was going to be easy, but I h...

Romney to take on healthcare law in speech

2011-05-10T13:30:22Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney is set to outline a plan on Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul law in a move that seems aimed at blunting criticism by conservatives of a healthcare plan Romney developed for Massachu...

Obama administration fights to save healthcare law

2011-05-09T22:30:42Z

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Lawyers for President Barack Obama go to court on Tuesday to try to save the cornerstone of his healthcare overhaul, arguing that the requirement for Americans to buy insurance is constitutional.

A three-judge panel of the

Dwight Schultz Suggests Obama Will Force Him To Alter His Sex

2011-04-21T06:00:20Z

Actor Dwight Schultz says President Barack Obama's health care act will force him to alter his sex

Actor Dwight Schultz says President Barack Obama's health care act will force him to alter his sex.

Schultz is best know for playing Reginald Barclay on the television series <...

Obama to Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?'

2011-04-18T11:01:10Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he challenged Republicans to try to repeal his landmark healthcare reform in private budget talks last week, taunting his opponents with a question: "You think we're stupid?"
In one of three political fund-raisers for his re-electi...

Democrats celebrate: Happy birthday, Romneycare!

2011-04-12T14:00:06Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Democrats in at least three states are marking the fifth anniversary on Tuesday of the health care reforms Republican Mitt Romney helped pass when he was governor of Massachusetts.
The events were designed to remind voters of Romney's role in what is seen as the prototype for

Romney counts on massive warchest and circle of giving

2011-04-06T09:30:44Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, a presidential also-ran in 2008, is powering up a fund-raising machine he hopes will obliterate competition for the 2012 Republican nomination.
The former Massachusetts governor has yet to formally get into the race, but Romney is on a cross-country blitz to meet wealthy, well-netw...

Obama administration appeals healthcare ruling

2011-03-08T14:30:40Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling in Florida that struck down the landmark healthcare overhaul law as unconstitutional.
(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by Eric Walsh)
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Obama offers concession on health law

2011-02-28T16:30:32Z

President Barack Obama Monday offered to bring forward the date by which US states can frame their own health care plans, in an apparent concession to critics of his historic reform law.
Obama's mammoth health reform legislation, passed after a monumental political effort last year, aimed to expand health coverage to most Americans, cut down on abuses by private insuran...

Obama urges entrepreneurial focus on America

2011-02-05T14:30:14Z

Barack Obama on Saturday urged entrepreneurs to focus on the needs of America and "make their mark".
"If we make America the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark in America," the President said in his weekly radio address.
"They should set up shop here, and hire our workers, and pay decent wages, and invest in the future of this nation," s...

Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional

2011-01-31T12:30:48Z

MIAMI (Reuters) - A judge in Florida on Monday became the second judge to declare President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, ap...

Congress Health Care

2011-01-03T12:31:30Z
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, holds a copy of the health care bill, trussed in sturdy rope, in front of the Capitol in Washington during a Republican news conference. Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark...

Health Care Poll

2010-09-25T08:30:20Z
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, speaks at a private residence in Falls Church, Va. Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and ...

Health Costs Fact Check

2010-09-13T02:19:09Z
FILE - In this March 22, 2010 file photo, Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, is interviewed by the Associated Press at the White House in Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper , D-Pa., arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Opponents of legalized abortion have won the first test of how President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law will be app...

Obama Republicans

2010-07-17T10:30:08Z
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., speaks during a hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Roberts, during the

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US Supreme Court sets hearings on Obama health reform

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Republicans try to block funds for US health care reform

US won't ask for review of court's health care ruling

Obama healthcare law headed for Supreme Court

Perry says Romney not stark enough contrast to Obama

Court tosses Virginia challenge to healthcare law

Analysis: Healthcare ruling and what it means

Ohio court says anti-Obamacare amendment can be on November ballot

Bachmann, Pawlenty clash in heated debate

Many use safety-net health care despite MA reform

US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law

McKinsey stands by employer health insurance survey

Healthcare ills infect 2012-bound Republicans

Romney downplays health record and woos conservatives

Mitt Romney says overturning health law "first act"

Romney says overturning U.S. health law a priority

Trump says public scorn greater than he expected

Romney to take on healthcare law in speech

Obama administration fights to save healthcare law

Dwight Schultz Suggests Obama Will Force Him To Alter His Sex

Obama to Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?'

Democrats celebrate: Happy birthday, Romneycare!

Romney counts on massive warchest and circle of giving

Obama administration appeals healthcare ruling

Obama offers concession on health law

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Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional

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