The nation's health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest. The average annual growth in health care ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, frustrated by Republican obstruction of key administration staffing appointments, will use his power to appoint his pick to run Medicare and Medicaid while the U.S. Congress is in recess, the White House said on Tuesday. Obama will make the appointment on Wednesday of Dr. Donald Berwick, a healthcare expert he nominated in April to ...

Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota. Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska that has become a symbol of backdoor deal making. But ...

US President Barack Obama joked on Wednesday that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot." Tongue-in-cheek, the president remarked that his staff did not spare him the wrath of his correspondents -- selecting a representative portion of 10 letters for him to read when he returns to the White House ...

C-SPAN cameras haven't been allowed into the White House to record the final negotiations on health care overhaul, but details are starting to filter out. A look at what's likely to be in the final package, and what's likely out: IN: Private insurance plans ...

The White House and its allies scrambled Thursday to quash a growing liberal assault on a much-compromised health care proposal, hoping to keep President Barack Obama's top domestic priority from being crushed between the political left and right. In Senate speeches, TV appearances, blogs and ...

With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a compromise that drops a government insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday. Under the potential trade-off with party moderates, near-retirees beginning at age 55 or 60 who lack affordable insurance ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House kept insurance companies squarely in its sights Tuesday in the push for healthcare reform by releasing research showing that health insurance premiums have risen far faster than inflation in every U.S. state. U.S. states have experienced premium growth of 90 percent to nearly 150 percent in the past decade, while wages have risen ...

As public pitchman, President Barack Obama accuses special interests of fighting to block his health care overhaul. "They run their ads. And let's face it, they scare people," he told one weekend audience. Yet Obama has spent months assembling a formidable lineup of special ...

Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought to rally support for sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night as Congress struggled to find agreement on a historic overhaul. He vowed to reject any measure "primarily funded through taxing middle-class families." At a prime-time news conference, Obama defended his decision to set a midsummer deadline for the House and Senate to ...