Topic: United States

Democrats celebrate: Happy birthday, Romneycare!

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 ...

Obama administration appeals healthcare ruling

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)94174100&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Top News

Obama urges entrepreneurial focus on America

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 ...

Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional

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, appointed to the ...

Judge may escalate battle over healthcare reform

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida judge could on Monday become 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.The judge, Roger Vinson of the U.S. District ...

MDs fear healthcare reform: Thomson Reuters survey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors surveyed fear healthcare reform could worsen care for patients, by flooding their offices and hurting income, according to a Thomson Reuters survey released on Tuesday.The survey of more than 2,900 doctors found many predict ...

Ohio becomes 25th state to contest healthcare plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ohio is joining a multistate lawsuit over the federal healthcare reform plan passed less than a year ago because the law "tramples on the rights of Ohio's citizens," the state's new attorney general said on Monday."We need to defend ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...