health care
Government shutdown pushes jobless rate up
November 8, 2013WASHINGTON - The federal government shutdown for the first half of October, imposed by tea party Republicans who refused to fund the government unless they could kill the Affordable Care Act, pushed the nation's jobless rate...
Read morePrivate contractors rip off Medicaid
October 31, 2013In yet another attempt to derail implementation of Obamacare, House Republicans questioned representatives of IT companies about the failure of healthcare.gov.
Read moreMedia aids Republican attack on Affordable Care Act
October 30, 2013The media seems to be working overtime to spread mass confusion on the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreJudge tosses key part of Texas anti-abortion law
October 29, 2013Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that restrictions affecting abortion clinic physicians placed an undue burden on women seeking access to such facilities.
Read moreWhite House issues update on HealthCare.gov
October 22, 2013In response to mounting problems swirling around the Affordable Care Act's new website to buy health insurance, the White House issued an email update announcing "the best and the brightest" in technology are fixing the bugs.
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