Health Monday, November 14th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape as voters are deciding if Obama deserves another term.
Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare
Health Monday, October 31st, 2011
Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.
Obama opposes repeal of healthcare program suspended last week
Health Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
President Obama is against repealing the health law’s long-term-care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the government’s announcement Friday that the program was dead in the water.
Health Friday, October 7th, 2011
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP WASHINGTON – The federal government is taking on a crucial new role in the nation’s health care, designing a basic benefits package for millions of privately insured Americans. A framework for the Obama administration was released Friday. The report by independent experts from the Institute of Medicine lays out guidelines for [...]
Number of Brits waiting more than 18 weeks for health care rises 26%
Health Friday, May 20th, 2011
Doctors are blaming financial pressures on the NHS for an increase in the number of patients who are not being treated within the 18 weeks that the government recommends.
Mitt Romney to give big health care speech in Michigan
Health Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Mitt Romney’s major health care speech on Thursday has a single goal: ending the current fixation on “RomneyCare.”
Colorado latest state to test rejecting federal health care law
Health Thursday, April 28th, 2011
DENVER — Colorado Republicans are the latest state lawmakers to test ideas challenging the new federal health care law. But the proposal that advanced in the GOP House Tuesday faces long odds in a divided Legislature.
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines Friday, March 18th, 2011
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) “would never consider” endorsing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president again in 2012 unless Romney repudiates the health reforms he sought as governor, a source close to DeMint said Thursday.
Health Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
By Julian Pecquet, The Hill Republicans should refuse to “reward collaborators” by not helping industry groups that supported the healthcare law unless they support its full repeal, the conservative FreedomWorks organization told House leaders in a confidential memo sent Monday. “Don’t reward collaborators,” the memo states. The memo suggests repeal is within reach, and advises [...]