ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a potential GOP presidential candidate, stepped up his attack Thursday on President Barack Obama’s federal health care law with a court filing challenging its cost to states. (more)
DENVER | After taking a beating at the hands of Missouri voters in August, “Obamacare” could be roughed up once again at the ballot box in November. (more)
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald’s denies reports it’s considering dropping health care coverage for some employees in response to a provision of the health care overhaul. (more)
NEW YORK (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp may cut health insurance for its nearly 30,000 hourly workers unless U.S. regulators waive a requirement of new health care legislation championed by President Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal reported. (more)
DETROIT (AP) — Peggy Mashke tends to 12 children for 12 hours a day at her home, so she was surprised to get a letter welcoming her to the United Auto Workers union. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate Wednesday and appointed Dr. Donald Berwick, a Harvard professor and patient care specialist, to run Medicare and Medicaid. (more)
BERLIN (AP) — Faced with a ballooning deficit in Germany’s health care system, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government decided Tuesday to raise premiums and cut into the profits of doctors, dentists, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — If Chuck Lacasse had gotten his pink slip four days earlier, Uncle Sam would have covered most of his family’s health insurance while he looked for a new job. (more)
There’s a quiet revolution happening on the nation’s school and college campuses. While the students still live in a sex-saturated culture, and while researchers claim that at least 75 percent of college students are part of the “hook-up” generation, more and more students are opting out of the sex scene. It is far too early to declare a new trend, but there are encouraging signs of a new respect for abstinence and dating, instead of recreational sex. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law is getting a mixed verdict in the first comprehensive look by neutral experts: More Americans will be covered, but costs are also going up. (more)
WASHINGTON — The office of Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) received an enveloped today filled with a “suspicious white powder” as well as a letter that “could be interpreted as threatening,” according to the FBI. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats prepared for the worst and hoped for the best as the fate of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul hung on the outcome of a special Massachusetts election that was too close to call. (more)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A top lawmaker has asked West Virginia to re-examine its estimate that federal health care legislation could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars. (more)
BOSTON (AP) — A panicky White House and Democrats are scrambling to salvage their health care bill if a Republican wins Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a roller-coaster ride on its last twisting turns, President Barack Obama’s campaign to remake health care is barreling into final days of breathless suspense and headlong momentum. (more)
Some final steps involved in passing health care legislation: (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Massachusetts lawmaker says if Republicans win a special Senate election there next week, President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is dead. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats stand within days if not hours of striking final deals on historic health care legislation after key labor unions won concessions and pledged their support. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to close the deal on health care, President Barack Obama planned a trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday to urge rank-and-file House Democrats to yield on key issues still standing in the way. Democratic bargainers were considering raising more money from drug makers and other provider groups to help pay for care. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushed by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers plunged into marathon talks at the White House on Wednesday in a hurry-up bid for agreement on overdue health care legislation. (more)
