Topic: The White House
New measures aim to reduce federal benefit payments to ineligible recipients. Vice President Joe Biden has announced the creation of a comprehensive federal Do Not Pay List of contractors and individuals ineligible to receive payments from the government.. The goal of the ...
Nebraska's Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot, while TN, ND make hay in revised health billBye 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 ...
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 "" Obama said, chuckling at his own joke during a rally in Saint Louis, Missouri.The president went on ...
The White House released a health care proposal that merges key aspects of the House and Senate plans, along with some new provisions. You can download the full summary at the White House website. Eliminate the now-notorious "Cornhusker Kickback" that earned Sen. ...
Final health care bill takes shape behind closed doors in White House talksC-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. Private insurance plans sponsored by ...
Squeezed from the right and left, White House battles critics of health care billThe 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 ...
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 ...
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. "In every state, premiums ...
Obama relies on some special interests, assails others in fight over his health care overhaulAs public pitchman, President Barack Obama accuses special interests of fighting to block his health care overhaul. "We have the American Nurses Association, we have the American Medical ...
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. Obama acknowledged that many people are uneasy about growing federal budget deficits and the ...