Topic: U.S. Republican Party

We are just beginning to see the real cost of health care reform in this country. Gibbs, the presidential spokesman, told everyone the bill closed a ?loophole?. Hey, at least it kept the government from having to pay all the cost of ...

Obama to bypass Senate to fill Medicare post: White House

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 ...

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 highlighting ...
Snap, Kellogg has agreed not to make a health claim about a food unless the claim isn't misleading and there's scientific evidence to back it up, the WSJ reports. ) The new restrictions are part of an expanded settlement Kellogg reached with ...

Republicans Taking Aim at Medicare Nominee Berwick

Donald Berwick, the nominee to head up Medicare and Medicaid, is being criticized by Republicans for his stance on cost controls and physician incentives, the Boston Globe reports.. " Berwick has focused on patient safety and gets a shout-out in the acknowledgments ...

Dean vs. Rove at UNLV debate

Howard Dean has been chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a governor and presidential candidate. Yet the physician has had some unflattering things to say about his partyÕs health care reform bill.Still, Dean will defend it and DemocratsÕ positions on other issues ...
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 ...

Doing the right thing

Needed health care reform legislation should gain swift, final approval Forty-five years ago Sunday, John Lewis joined a group of people peacefully marching through Alabama to support civil rights. The group faced not only the taunts and jeers of those opposed to ...

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 ...