Urges Organizing For Action group to pursue minimum wage hike and Obamacare enrollment
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Deficit Down But Health Costs to Bleed Red Ink Again
The Congressional Budget Office sees deficits falling in the short term but climbing over the next decade
Obamacare Voter Registration Criticized By Left and Right
Civil rights organizations say the healthcare website doesn’t fully comply with federal law and may miss registering millions of eligible voters. Some on the right think it shouldn’t register voters at all.
Study: Expanding Health Coverage Increases Emergency Room Use
If the finding holds true, it could undercut an argument for the new health care reform law
Obamacare Contraception Mandate Blocked at the Last Minute
Justice Sotomayor issued an emergency stay to delay the requirement that religious groups pay for birth control in employee health coverage
Lie of the Year: Obama Quote on Keeping Your Healthcare
“If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” wins dubious honor from political fact-checking site
No Thanksgiving Celebrations for Obamacare Website Team as Deadline Nears
The technology team working to fix computer problems hobbling the federal insurance website HealthCare.gov may not have time for turkey this week. Federal officials set a Nov. 30 deadline to expand hardware capacity and fix …
Obama Says Romney’s Example Shows Health Care Reform Will Work
Again holding up Romneycare as a defense of Obamacare
Trader Joe’s Explains Why It’s Cutting Health Benefits For Part Timers
Trader Joe’s announcement last week that it would do away with health insurance options for its part-time employees drew strong reactions from some.
The Huffington Post, which originally obtained the internal memo outlining …
The Future of the Affordable Care Act: Uncertain, At Best
There are two health care-related sideshows playing out in Washington. One is a semantic argument about whether the fine for not having health insurance under Obamacare is a “penalty,” as the law’s author’s originally …
Roberts Rules: What the Health Care Decision Means for the Country
You don’t have to love classical music to be amazed that Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony while deaf or be a fan of the old New York Giants to marvel at Willie Mays’ catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
The Mystery of Donald Verrilli’s Supreme Court Choke
After Donald Verrilli’s halting performance defending a national health-insurance mandate before the Roberts court on Tuesday, the White House Wednesday morning issued a statement of support for their beleaguered solicitor …
Inside the Supreme Court: Why Obamacare Supporters Are Getting So Nervous
For supporters of the two-year-old health reform law, Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing was supposed to be the day that the grownups took over. After the Affordable Care Act had been demonized and misconstrued and called a threat …