Topic: U.S. Democratic Party

ObamaCare 2010: Costs To Go UP!

Let the floodgates of truth about the new health care law open!. The President promised that those 85% could keep their plans and their doctors if they so chose. He only later admitted, late in 2009, that the reform would in fact ...
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 is a ...
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 year ...
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 cheered ...
The election of Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) to fill the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's (D-MA) seat put the future of health care reform in doubt because it meant Democrats had lost their supermajority in the Senate, thus allowing Republicans to block ...
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.With the marathon policy debate ...

We Don't All Want the Same Thing From Health Care Reform

We all want the same thing," Tom Coburn, the Republican Senator/physician from Oklahoma, said near the end of the long, long health care summit at the White House Thursday (Feb. 25). A little later, President Obama chimed in that he and Coburn ...

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."We all know this is urgent," Obama said._MEDICAL MALPRACTICE This is a long-running dispute between Democrats and Republicans ...