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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...

House tones down healthcare debate after shooting

2011-01-19T09:30:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, back to work after the attempted assassination of one of its members, on Tuesday staged a toned-down debate on a bill to repeal President Barack Obama's overhaul of the ...

Taking the House, GOP primes for fight with Obama

2011-01-05T01:00:13Z

Taking control of the House, GOP rushes toward political fight against Obama White House

Taking control of the House at last, Republicans are rushing straight into a political fight with President Barack Obama over health care and changes in Washington they say voters demanded in the midterm elections.

"It's new energy," incoming House Speaker John Boehner told reporters on the...

The basics of the health care reform bill

2010-11-29T15:41:49Z

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American democracy exposed during health care reform legislation

2010-11-29T15:43:08Z

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What both sides of the debate say about health care reform

2010-11-29T15:18:35Z

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Healthcare Reform, Oh My!

2010-11-03T16:29:25Z

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Rare SUPPORT for Healthcare Reform? Yahoo!

2010-11-03T10:21:09Z

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Vote could change direction of healthcare reform

2010-10-27T17:01:51Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With most Americans ambivalent about President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul or openly hostile to it, next Tuesday's elections could have a big impact on the reforms, experts said on Wednesday.

Major Republican gains could mean years of hold-ups on implementing the legislation -- but if...

Socialized Medicine 2010: Not Working In Europe, U.S.?

2010-10-26T14:38:42Z

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Obama says Take One for the Team

2010-11-03T03:16:23Z

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Obama: Health Care Reform Or Bust!

2010-11-03T03:16:09Z

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Healthcare: Working Through the Night: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T03:14:06Z

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Scott Brown & Healthcare Reform Prospects: CBS

2010-11-03T03:11:36Z

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Obama, House Democrats and Health Care Reform (Latest Chapter): Yahoo!

2010-11-03T03:14:07Z

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Healthcare Reform - Reject or Perfect?

2010-11-03T03:13:54Z

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Arguments Against The Public Option: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T03:13:56Z

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Rare political species: Dems who tout health law

2010-11-02T12:28:46Z

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Americans Want Obamacare Repealed

2010-10-13T08:48:29Z

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(10/2010) Americans Want Obamacare Repealed

2010-10-13T07:18:21Z

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Why Democrats Have Let Us Down

2010-11-03T00:18:05Z

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Senate Finance Committee Votes Down Public Option, States Challenge a Public Mandate and More

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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Obama trying to satisfy both sides of the aisle on health care: Yahoo!

2010-11-02T21:53:33Z

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Health Care Parody of "The Night Before Christmas" on Senate Floor

2010-11-03T00:12:53Z

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Health Care Bill

2010-11-02T21:51:57Z

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Latest Healthcare Debate Scheduled for February 25, 2010 (CNN)

2010-11-03T00:12:52Z

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Healthcare COST Again: FOX

2010-11-03T00:13:20Z

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Obama health care reform

2010-11-02T21:51:44Z

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Obama Earmarks $634 billion down payment on fixing health care

2010-11-03T00:17:06Z

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Healthcare: THE MESS (March 4, 2010): Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:01:40Z

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Healthcare & "Moderate" Democrats: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:13:01Z

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Healthcare: TRYING to FORCE Reid to Re-Introduce THE PUBLIC OPTION: CNN

2010-11-03T00:13:03Z

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How do you fix a broken health care system?

2010-11-03T00:13:18Z

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Health Care: Chapter 3 (Yahoo!)

2010-11-03T00:13:01Z

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Democrats May Use Budget Reconciliation to Push Through Health Care Reform

2010-11-03T00:13:20Z

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Democrats TRY TO Regroup After Latest Setback: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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The Push for Universal Health Care (Prospects Improving, At Least on Main Street): Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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"How Healthcare Reform COULD Fall Apart": A GOP Argument (Yahoo!)

2010-11-03T00:13:17Z

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Health care reform, the hope to grab tight

2010-11-03T00:19:26Z

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Health Insurance Quandry

2010-11-03T00:13:21Z

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The "PELOSI Health Bill": Fox

2010-11-03T00:12:51Z

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Why I believe the Republicans will win in 2012! - Change citizens want!

2010-11-03T00:17:53Z

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The Doctor Deficit

2010-10-05T17:10:54Z

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DEMOCRATS TURN TO FACE CROWD ON HEALTH CARE

2010-10-01T02:15:55Z

IN DEFENSE OF THE BILL Reid, Titus, Berkley aim to educate the public on details of achievement

Health care reform was supposed to be the great Democratic achievement this congressional session. And indeed it was — for Democrats.For Republicans, on the other hand, the health care reform bill was an example of government overstepping its bounds and further inflating the deficit. For some Republican candidates ...

How To Tame The ObamaCare Leviathan

2010-09-21T23:11:55Z

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Obama chides liberal critics to "wake up"

2010-09-21T16:11:12Z

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had some friendly advice on Monday for liberal Democrats who say he has not achieved everything on their wish lists -- quit complaining.

Making a whirlwind fund-raising tour of Philadelphia to rally support f...

GOP divided on how to replace health overhaul law

2010-09-21T13:13:05Z

Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what?

Not even they know.

Some have proposed major changes to workplace coverage, even turning Medicare into a voucher plan. Many prefer small steps that tiptoe around political land mi...

Democrats in Danger Over Affordable Health Insurance Reform

2010-09-22T06:28:01Z

The electorate is angry. A struggling economy has resulted in fear and a mentality of "kicking the bums out". In November's midterm elections, incumbents all over the country are in danger of losing their seats.

This is especially true for Democrats. They currently hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, but political experts predict that status is precarious. Not only is there the general trend of a president's political party losing seats during midterms, but there is the c...

With Savings Like These ...

2010-09-12T01:59:41Z

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Proposed Rate Hikes to Health Care Reform

2010-09-22T05:35:45Z

Health insurers across the country are planning to raise premiums for some of their customers in the coming weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports, and they are in part blaming President Obama's health care reform package for the rate hikes.

On the surface, at least, the news boosts Republicans' arguments against the Democrats' reforms ahead of this year's midterm elections. But the White House and other supporters of the reform package say they are skeptical of the health insuranc...

Socialized Medicine 2010: Not Working In Europe, U.S.?

2010-09-12T00:00:07Z

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What Twitter Has to Say About Health Care Reform

2010-09-10T12:53:07Z

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Explaining ObamaCare To Stupid

2010-11-02T12:26:26Z

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Americans confused about healthcare reform: poll

2010-08-22T21:15:11Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Julia Wood, a 51-year-old mother of 12 from Chicago's East side, has some health insurance through a state program -- but is so worried she may lose it she asks not to give her real name.

Wood's husband, a plumbing contractor, watched his business dry up in 2008 with the mortgage c...

(7/2010) Rationing Of Medicare

2010-11-02T14:46:35Z

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Obamacare Eats Devaney's Brain

2010-10-27T08:22:16Z

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Obama pitches healthcare reform to older voters

2010-06-08T12:00:33Z

WHEATON, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured older voters on Tuesday his healthcare reforms will protect their benefits as he launched a new push to counter opposition to the plan after weeks focused on the BP oil spill in the WHEATON, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured older voters on Tuesday his healthcare reforms will protect their benefits as he launched a new push to counter opposition to the plan after weeks focused on the BP oil spill in the Nearly 4M Americans will have to pay penalty if they fail to get health insurance by 2016

Nearly 4 million Americans — the vast majority of them middle class — will have to pay a penalty if they don't get insurance when President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional estimates released Thursday.

The penalties will average a little more than $1,0...

Clinton: Democrats to hold Senate, House in 2010

2010-04-19T17:32:08Z

Bill Clinton: Democrats will hold Senate, House in 2010; not like 1994 GOP sweep

Former President Bill Clinton has seen congressional elections where Republicans dominate. But he says this year is no 1994.

The two-term Democratic president says he expects Re...

CAPITAL CULTURE: Pelosi braces for midterms

2010-04-19T16:01:45Z

CAPITAL CULTURE: Health care win in hand, Pelosi braces for GOP pushback in midterm elections

With the health care reform bill approved at last, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a quip for fellow lawmakers she'd relied on to help make it happen: "So what are we going to do now?"

It was an apt query for everyone in the room, but none...

Liability reform essential to achieve savings that other reforms promise

2010-11-02T12:43:26Z

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Obamacare Will Be CATASTROPHIC (4/2010)

2010-10-27T08:17:52Z

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Democrats Exposed! Some of Them Like Health Care Reform Law

2010-10-27T08:21:13Z

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Vulnerable Democrats are tiptoeing on health care

2010-06-26T03:30:27Z

Vulnerable Democratic lawmakers are tiptoeing back home over voting for health care overhaul

First-term Rep. Betsy Markey is convinced that once people learn what's in President Barack Obama's new health care overhaul law, they'll support it.

But it's not a message she was eager to carry in person to her constituents in Republican-leaning eastern <...

Democrats lie low after healthcare victory

2010-04-01T11:00:12Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The week after passing landmark healthcare reform and handing President Barack Obama an important victory, members of the U.S. Congress returned to their home districts for a recess to face constituents and justify their votes after t...

Deal-maker ReidÕs quiet persistence

2010-06-26T03:26:50Z

NevadaÕs senior senator never wavered in his mission to push obamaÕs
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It was about midnight and tensions at the White House ran high on that January evening. House and Senate leaders had been haggling for days to merge their two health care bills. The heady momentum of passing President Barack ObamaÕs top dome...

Red Flags Over China

2010-10-27T07:42:44Z

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Health reform faces big test with implementation

2010-06-26T03:25:28Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are pushing to shore up support for the U.S. healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama, but the final public verdict will largely depend on how smoothly it is put into effect.

Som...

Score One For The Democrats

2010-10-25T12:30:49Z

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Democrats seek political advantage from healthcare

2010-06-26T03:21:37Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are mounting an aggressive effort to gain political credit for passage of the U.S. healthcare overhaul and put Republicans on the defensive ahead of November elections.

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Democrats express safety concerns after protests

2010-03-24T13:45:21Z

House Democratic leaders on Wednesday said they are concerned about the personal safety of lawmakers because of threats linked to intense opposition to the health care overhaul law.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the FBI and Capitol Police briefed Democrats on how to handle perceived security threats and that those who f...

Charts Provide Reliable Warnings

2010-10-25T11:26:11Z

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On health care, Pelosi kept Democrats thinking big

2010-06-26T03:19:23Z

The landmark health care bill about to be signed into law is as large as it is due in no small part to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's stewardship. When Democrats in Congress and the White House were despondent and inclined to retreat on health care just two months ago, Pelosi stood firm against despai...

Republicans target Democrats on healthcare reform

2010-06-26T03:19:07Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vulnerable Democratic U.S. lawmakers who backed President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan are being targeted with freshly cut Republican TV attack ads.

The spots hope to convince voters that the landmark healthcare measure, which narrowly won final congressional approval on Su...

Analysis: Health care fight strengthened Obama

2010-03-22T15:15:46Z

Analysis: Obama strengthened by health care fight _ and victory _ but plenty of work remains

Even with victory in hand, President Barack Obama can't put health care to rest.

He still has to sell skeptical Americans on the benefits he claims for the massive overhaul Congress finally approved — and try to save the political skins of fellow Reuters) - President Barack Obama rallied his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to pass his plan to revamp the $2.5 trillion ...

What's Next For HMOs?

2010-10-25T11:26:06Z

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New Health Care Bill Pros And Cons - What Do You Think About New Healthcare Bill?

2010-10-06T11:20:01Z

Despite so many different expectations the new Health Care Reform Bill passed last night. It turned out to be a very busy day - with the Democrats winning with 219 votes, and the Republicans screaming their protest in and out of the House.
A member from the Republican side screamed out "Baby Killer" at Rep Bart Stupak of Michigan while he was speaking and the identity of the member who did that remains unknown. At least this is what reports say.

Mr. Stupak beside with six other D...

Healthcare bill clears first hurdle in House

2010-06-26T03:17:26Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping healthcare overhaul cleared its first hurdle in the House of Representatives on Sunday when Democrats approved a rule setting the terms of the debate.

The procedural vote was a critical test of support for legislation to ...

Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises

2010-06-26T03:15:55Z

Remember all those things Obama said would be in the health care bill? Well, some aren't

It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.

Yet when Democrats unveiled the final, incarnation of their health care bill th...

Medicare fix would push health care into the red

2010-03-19T15:45:22Z

Congressional budget scorekeepers say a Medicare fix that Democrats included in earlier versions of their health care bill would push it into the red.

The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that rolling back a programmed cut in Medicare fees to doctors would cost...

Health care bill putting TitusÕ future on the line WHAT THE POLLS SAY The Independent Women Voters poll indicates that 49 percent of Nevada voters would support their member of Congress if they switched from yes to no on health care reform. A U.S. Chamber

2010-06-26T03:14:36Z

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As Democratic Rep. Dina Titus faces a challenging health care vote, how she eventually sells her position to voters could be as important to her political future as whether she votes yes or no.
House Democrats are nervous about voting for a bill that polls show majorities of Americans do not support. Yet Democrats are equally worried about heading into re-election campaigns without accomplishing health care reform...

Kucinich will support Obama health overhaul

2010-06-26T03:12:03Z

Liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill when the House considers it.

The Ohio Democrat opposed the bill when the House voted on it last year. But he has been lobbied hard by the president himself, as Democratic leaders try to corral the 216 House votes they need to approve the nearly $1 trillion package.

Health Bill: From Reconciliation to 'Deeming'

2010-10-25T11:36:48Z

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Obama demands 'courage' as health care vote looms

2010-03-15T19:15:41Z

US President Barack Obama has called for "courage" from Democratic lawmakers unnerved by looming final votes on his historic health care plan in a pivotal political week that may shape his presidency.

Obama made a lightning trip to Ohio to showcase the plight of a cancer-stricken woman deprived of health insurance, while a game of political brinkmanship unfolded in Fast-track process should ease health bill passage, but GOP will still score political points

Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments ...

Obama turns up the heat for health care overhaul

2010-03-07T00:00:25Z

Facing election-year politics, Obama pitches health overhaul that GOP says must start anew

President Barack Obama is trying to persuade a weary public and wavering Democrats to get behind his frantic, late-stage push on health care, while Republicans dig in and demand starting from scratch after a year's worth of work.

"Now, despi...

Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats

2010-03-05T10:00:57Z

Obama's final push for health care votes could falter in battle over abortion coverage

Just when President Barack Obama is striving to unite Democratic lawmakers for one last push to pass his health care overhaul, the divisive politics of abortion threaten to tear the party apart.

At issue is a Senate health care bill House Democrats are being asked to approve in a complicated maneuver seen as Obama's l...

Kaine not worried about politics of health care

2010-06-26T01:29:55Z

Democratic Party chairman Tim Kaine said Wednesday he expects the health care overhaul will be passed and he's not worried about Republican threats to make it a premier issue in this year's midterm elections.

In a nationally broadcast interview, the former Virginia governor said, "If they want to run a campaign of bring back the day of kicking people off because of pre-existing conditi...

Midterm Trade Rage

2010-10-30T02:33:17Z

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2010 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., listens to a reporters question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In these angry political times, Democrats and Democratic Party, walks along with party members during the party's campaign for upcoming general elections Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Copyright 2010 Priscilla Smith reviews menu changes at her cafe in Denver. The cafe is located just a short walk from where President Barack Obama signed the stimulus package into law last year. Smith keeps a picture of Obama on the wall of her cafe but says she hasn't noticed any changes from the st...

Rebounding Democrats

2010-10-08T09:27:20Z

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2010 file photo in Los Angeles, United States Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., right, greets union members at a Labor Day Breakfast. While Democrats across the country appeared to be struggling in their election bids, Boxer and others nationwi...

Arkansas Going Red

2010-10-01T13:30:32Z

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, is interviewed in his Little Rock, Ark., campaign headquarters. The sagging fortunes of major Democratic campaigns in Arkansas _ highlighted by Sen. Blanche Lincoln's uphill struggle to save her job _ ar...