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Domestic Policy
Huge Drug Cost Disparities Seen in Health Overhaul
(WASHINGTON) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama‘s health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.
Where you live could make a huge difference in what you’ll pay.
To …
‘Bitter Pill’ Investigation Yields Better Bill Information
The White House announced Friday that there have been over 100,000 downloads of its Medicare hospital charge data in the first 24 hours of availability.
Minnesota Senate Next Stop for Gay Marriage Bill
Supporters already are celebrating the Minnesota House’s passage of a measure to legalize gay marriage, but there are a few more steps before it gets to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk.
Obama Wades Back into the Health Care Debate
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet …
The Gang Reaches Across the Aisle as Senate Immigration Debate Kicks Off
As they try to sell the bill to skeptics, the Senate’s immigration supporters are pitching it as a return to bipartisanship and regular order.
Obama, Perry And The True Source Of The Texas Jobs Miracle
There’s a scramble to claim credit for the Texas miracle, and now President Obama has jumped in with both feet.
Immigration Bill Faces First Major Test
Republicans will try to kill momentum for an immigration overhaul by drowning it in a flood of amendments
The Mission Continues
I spent last weekend watching 73 recent veterans, most of them wounded, begin a 6-month public service fellowship, sponsored by The Mission Continues, the excellent program run by former Navy SEAL, Rhodes Scholar and Time 100 …
Benghazi Again
The Republicans, apparently with nothing better to do, are still chasing their tails over the tragic events in Benghazi on September 11.
An End to Medical-Billing Secrecy?
In wake of TIME’s “Bitter Pill” special report, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reveals hospitals’ price lists and Medicare repayment rates for 100 inpatient procedures
Same-Sex Couples Welcome Delaware Gay Marriage Law
Delaware will become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriages.
Senior Female CIA Officer Bypassed for Top Spy Job
One of the CIA’s highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency’s top spy job.