Topic: U.S. Democratic Party

Medicare rebate checks in the mail; nervous Democrats try to overcome mistrust of health lawA check from Uncle Sam gets your attention, even if the money doesn't help that much with the bills. More than 750,000 Medicare recipients with high prescription costs ...
Medicare rebate checks in the mail; nervous Democrats try to overcome mistrust of health lawA check from Uncle Sam gets your attention, even if the money doesn't help that much with the bills. More than 750,000 Medicare recipients with high prescription costs ...

Democrats launch push to promote Obama health law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats launched a new push on Thursday to promote U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, as the first $250 rebates were mailed to seniors to help plug gaps in Medicare prescription drug coverage. Democrats released a 60-second television ad ...
Democrats muscled legislation through the Senate on Thursday reshaping parts of the new health care overhaul law, sending it back to the House for what is expected to be final congressional approval. President Barack Obama dared Republicans to try to repeal the ...
While Democrats were shaping and delivering health care change, Republicans waged a skilled and largely successful campaign to demonize the whole business. They still are, still on message. That's not difficult when the central message is simple: No. Answering simplicity with complexity ...
Jubilant Obama signs historic health overhaul after long struggle _ political fight continuesIt was a day of history for the nation — and sweet vindication for President Barack Obama. His grin seemed wider than any in recent memory. After more than a ...
For consumers, passage of health care bill brings an array of new options and trade-offsPresident Barack Obama and the Democrats have overcome their doubts and divisions to pass landmark health care legislation affecting every family and one-sixth of the economy. The president ...

Pass health care reform

Analysis shows that Democratic bill would help Americans, reduce deficit Congressional leaders unveiled the latest version of the health care bill Thursday, and House Democratic leadership was ecstatic. After months of being hammered by Republicans with lies about the reform plans, Democrats ...
President Barack Obama argued Thursday that a sweeping overhaul of the nation's broken health care system is imperative for the nation's future economic vitality, clashing in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes. "We believe we have ...

Obama, GOP agree on some health areas

Democrats and Republicans found plenty areas of agreement at President Barack Obama's health care summit, starting with a shared belief that the system needs fixing. When they delved into the details, though, consensus evaporated in many cases. The dynamic illustrated the partisan ...
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