Category: Healthcare
The elections won’t create a new middle ground on health care
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say President Obama has proposed a $700-billion-plus cut to Medicare, to which Obama’s supporters reply: But those same cuts are in the Paul Ryan budget!
Obama trumpets healthcare law on battleground swing
Obama trumpets healthcare victory
President Obama this week gave the type of enthusiastic shout-out to healthcare reform that many supporters have been awaiting for two years. But Friday’s disappointing jobs report makes clear that the president’s electoral fortunes hang on employment — and offering a vision for future economic strength.
Hashtag War over SCOTUS Ruling on Health Care
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold essentially all of the Affordable Care Act, Speaker Boehner and the House GOP have launched a full-scale Twitter campaign using the hashtag #FullRepeal [LINK: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23fullrepeal].
Supreme Court upholds healthcare law, hands issue back to the voters
The Supreme Court today upheld the Affordable Care Act, handing President Obama his third major legal victory in the course of a tumultuous week. The high court earlier sided with the Obama administration in striking down key aspects of Arizona’s tough-on-immigrants law, while a U.S. court of appeals rejected industry arguments against the Obama EPA’s climate change program.
A wild day is coming on Capitol Hill: health, contempt and highways
Thursday is shaping up as a historic day on Capitol Hill, as the Supreme Court rules on President Obama’s healthcare law and, across the street, the House votes on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress.
