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White House Works to Shape Debate Over Health Law

March 9th, 2012

The Obama administration has begun an aggressive campaign to use approaching Supreme Court arguments on the new health care law as a moment to build support for the measure…….click here to continue reading

Health Care: Clinton Says he Was Wrong on Polls

September 19th, 2010

Health care reform has not been a popular topic within much of the U.S., but former President Bill Clinton thought that would change. On Sunday, Clinton said he was wrong in his prediction that, once President Barack Obama signed the health care bill into law, the popularity of the measure would go up. “I was wrong about that for two reasons,” Clinton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “First of ………click here to continue reading

Obama administration asks judge to dismiss Virginia suit against health-care law

May 25th, 2010

RICHMOND — The Obama administration asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss Virginia’s challenge of the health-care overhaul law, arguing that the state has no standing to sue over the law and that Congress’s power to regulate interstate trade makes the measure constitutional. Health care - United States - Virginia - Health - Politics……click here to continue reading

Sources: Obama, Dems to sidestep GOP on health care (CNN)

January 7th, 2010

President Obama met Wednesday with House Democratic leaders who face the likelihood of having a final health care bill look much more like the Senate’s version than their measure…….click here to continue reading

GOP leaps on study of rising health care costs (AP via Yahoo! News)

November 15th, 2009

Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees Medicare…….click here to continue reading