Topic: Barack Obama

More Americans than not want health law repeal: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, more Americans want to see it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows.A Gallup survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found ...

U.S. HHS says to further delay Sunshine Act rules

(Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Monday they were further delaying rules that would force drugmakers and device companies to report all payments and gifts to doctors.The Physician Payment Sunshine Act became part of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul last year, ...

Analysis: States lobby against Medicaid cuts in Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With billions of dollars in Medicaid spending at risk in Congress, states are forming a loose confederacy to oppose any federal cuts that could damage state budgets already awash in red ink.The "red" and "blue" states that mark America's ...

Analysis: Obama deficit plan unlikely to impress ratings firms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to tame U.S. budget deficits probably relies too much on ending wars and too little on tackling health care spending to impress Wall Street credit rating agencies.The United States is struggling to recover from a ...

Hospitals, drugmakers lash out at Obama deficit plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. hospital and drug industries lashed out at provisions of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan that would saddle them with more than $200 billion in federal healthcare spending cuts.Lobbyists vowed to fight proposals for Medicare, which covers ...

Top 11 Takeaways from the Debt Deal

A real solution to federal debt and deficit woes remains elusive. More pain ahead? The deal could hurt the U.S. economy.A real solution to federal debt and deficit woes remains elusive. More pain ahead? The deal could hurt the U.S. economy.Now that ...

Healthcare battle unfolds in Atlanta court

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lawyers for President Barack Obama sought on Wednesday to stave off the biggest legal challenge yet to healthcare reform, his signature domestic policy achievement.The administration presented oral arguments as it appealed a ruling by a Florida judge who declared ...

Democrats score upset victory in NY election

The Democratic Party scored an upset victory late Tuesday in a tight Congressional by-election seen testing Republicans' strategy on politically sensitive budget cuts ahead of 2012 nationwide vote.The race in western New York's 26th Congressional District saw Democratic challenger Kathy Hochul taking ...

Republicans gamble on long-term spending cuts

Republicans have gambled on a risky course to deny President Barack Obama reelection in 2012: deep long-term spending cuts that could cost them critical support from elderly voters.Republicans owed their November 2010 rout of Democrats in large part to Americans over 65, ...

Obama lays out vision for curing U.S. fiscal woes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday laid out his long-term strategy to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years.He proposed four steps: savings on the defense budget, elimination of waste in healthcare spending, control of domestic ...
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