Topic: Health Care Reform

Q&A: What is the future of healthcare law?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The future of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform will be at stake after Republicans take charge of the House of Representatives on Wednesday following their gains at midterm elections last year.Here are some questions and answers about the political ...

House Republicans eye quick repeal of healthcare law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to hold a vote in January to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul and say they have nearly enough support to override a presidential veto of the repeal, a top lawmaker said ...

US Republicans arm for Congress battles

Republicans eagerly geared up for a battle in Congress this week, warning Democrats of an aggressive push to slash spending and an early assault on President Barack Obama's signature health care reform.With most politicians already eyeing the 2012 presidential election, the US ...

Republicans gear up for Congress battles

Republicans Sunday eagerly geared up for a battle in Congress, warning Democrats of an aggressive push to slash spending and an early assault on President Barack Obama's signature health care reform.With most politicians already eyeing the 2012 presidential election, the Congress returns ...
New medicare regulation revives end-of-life planning derided by some as 'death panels'A new health regulation issued this month offers Medicare recipients voluntary end-of-life planning, which Democrats dropped from the monumental health care overhaul last year.The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary ...

Q&A-What is the future of U.S. healthcare after lawsuit?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The future of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform has been put in doubt after a judge ruled unconstitutional a key element obliging people to buy health insurance.The judge in Virginia ruled on Monday said the federal government cannot require ...
Judge throws Obama's health overhaul into uncertainty by declaring provision unconstitutionalPresident Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul was thrown into uncertainty Monday by a federal judge's decision to declare its central provision unconstitutional. Almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court, the issue ...

A Breaking Trend in U.S. Layoffs?

When we last looked at the trend in new unemployment claims, it was Election Day in the United States. We had also speculated, via the graph included with our last review, that the large number of waivers the Obama administration was granting ...

Health Care Reform and Hospice Care

In the run-up to health care reform, many citizens were consumed with the idea of "death panels"; government bureaucrats denying care to love ones if their care proved to be too costly. Under current Medicare rules, beneficiaries whose doctors determine that they ...

Insurers aren't supporting efforts to repeal health reform

The man who will become speaker of the House in January 2011, Ohio Republican John Boehner, has pledged to repeal the health system reform law. One reason was summed up by Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, professor of public health sciences at the University ...