Topic: U.S. Republican Party

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official who helped lead President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will step down from the helm of the Medicare program after Republicans blocked his Senate confirmation for the job.Obama appointed Dr. Donald Berwick as U.S. government insurance ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new congressional "super committee" will face tough choices on politically popular government health and retirement programs as it tries to draft a plan to reduce deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over a decade.The panel has until November ...

The Republicans really don't want to lose again.It's not just about halting their special election losing streak, which has seen them go down to defeat in what should have been safe Republican districts.They are waging a message battle to gain the upper ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare, comparative research made physicians realize that inducing early childbirth in healthy women created unnecessary and costly risks for newborns.Artificially induced deliveries had become an accepted way to make childbirth fit busy personal schedules. The practice ...

The US Senate's top Republican predicted Friday that voters in the 2012 election won't punish his party for demanding huge spending cuts to reduce the US deficit."We don't know what the issues are going to be in next year's election, it's a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Wednesday stuck by their plan to privatize the Medicare federal health insurance program for the elderly despite a rebuke from voters in a special congressional election in New York state."We can no longer let politicians in Washington ...

The US Democrat Party was jubilant Wednesday after an upset victory in a congressional by-election seen as baring a potentially fatal weakness in Republican strategy ahead of 2012 national polls.The immediate battle in upstate New York's 26th Congressional District was to fill ...

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 ...

The Democratic Party appeared to have 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 polls.The race in western New York state's 26th Congressional District saw Democratic ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the government's most popular programs for the elderly, Medicare and Social Security, will run out of money sooner than thought earlier as a slow-growing economy saps revenues, a report Friday said.Trustees for the two funds said the ...