WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, emboldened by the Supreme Court's affirmation of his health care overhaul, is now embracing the law while campaigning for re-election, just as Republican rival Mitt Romney steps back from it. Obama sees a second chance to sell voters on the issue despite deep skepticism about it from many people. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' budget scorekeepers are taking a new look at President Barack Obama's health care law — and they still say it is expected to reduce federal deficits. It's the first in-depth look by nonpartisan experts since the Supreme Court upheld most of the law last month. The court made one exception: States […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Gov. Rick Perry, saying "no" to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state. Gov. Chris Christie not only would be saying "no" to President Barack Obama, but to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican congressional leaders said Sunday that voters — not the Supreme Court — will have the final word on President Barack Obama's health care law come November. And they are betting that the law's unpopularity will be enough to drive Democrats from power. The White House's response? Bring it on. "We've got […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts could have taken down the entire, massive health care law that his fellow Republicans deride as "Obamacare." He could have prevented the Supreme Court decision that largely disabled the most disputed aspects of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. He didn't do either, and in the process surprised (or […]
Roland Martin talks with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on African Americans and more.
Yesterday’s Supreme court decision is a huge Victory for Americans across the country, especially the 7 million African Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act in 2014. Right now: o 5.5 million African-Americans with private health insurance WILL KEEP their coverage for preventive services without paying an extra penny at their doctor's office o More […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is promising that he will repeal the federal health care law the Supreme Court just upheld. He called the decision incorrect and said Thursday that it is "bad law." He says it raises taxes and cuts Medicare. Romney says that, if elected in November, he will work to repeal […]
Here is a look at where each of the 50 states stand on implementing President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul, which the Supreme Court ruled Thursday can go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. ___ ALABAMA NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 720,000 state residents are uninsured, or about 15.4 percent. […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved President Obama’s health reform plan in one of the most significant cases in its history. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the biggest accomplishment of Obama’s presidency. Obama’s goal is to ensure medical coverage to nearly everyone, including the 50 million uninsured—19 percent of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” sent conservatives scrambling Thursday. Conservative blog sites ConservativeBytes and Vision to America each posted a story with a headline that read as if Chief Justice John Roberts had abandoned conservatives: SCOTUS Rules ObamaCare Lives! Roberts Joins Liberal Left! The Republican-controlled House […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospital stocks rose sharply Thursday after the Supreme Court guaranteed them millions more paying customers by upholding the core of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Insurance company stocks fell in choppy trading as investors fretted about the costs of rules included in the law. "For the hospitals, it means that they […]
