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Obama offers states health care leeway
February 28, 2011 10:39 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is offering to let states unhappy with his health care overhaul design their own plans as long as they fulfill the goals of his landmark law. The law already allows states to submit their own plans, but not until 2017. A White House proposal... more » -
Obama open to 'tweak' of health care, not repeal
January 28, 2011 9:36 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama ridiculed lingering opposition to his 10-month-old health care law Friday and vowed to oppose efforts to repeal it, underscoring his commitment to his signature legislative achievement despite the new reality of a divided Congress. Days after delivering a State of the Union message in... more » -
GOP to reveal 'Pledge to America' today
September 23, 2010 8:46 AM
Republicans are making their final argument to voters six weeks before congressional elections with a campaign manifesto designed to show they're listening to an angry public and focused on creating jobs. GOP lawmakers on Thursday were to roll out their "Pledge to America" - a 21-page document filled with... more » -
States continue legal battle against health care law
August 6, 2010 8:19 AM
Twenty states and the nation's most influential small business lobby are about to respond to the federal government's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The states, the National Federation of Independent Business and several individual taxpayers will file their response Friday. A key... more » -
President Obama pushes health care in Ohio
March 15, 2010 1:57 PM
President Barack Obama is delivering a new appeal to Congress on health care - "we need courage." Addressing a crowd in Ohio on Monday, Obama was briefly interrupted by a woman who shouted, "We need courage." He quickly adopted the line and repeated it. Obama had used his speech... more » -
Obama: Health overhaul will stop insurers' abuses
March 8, 2010 10:35 AM
President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul plan is needed to stop insurance companies from raising prices and refusing to cover people who are already sick. Obama says insurers believe they can continue raising rates and refusing to cover the ill because there is so little competition among health... more » -
Obama turns up the heat for health care overhaul
March 6, 2010 9:40 AM
President Barack Obama is again using his weekly radio and Internet address to try to convince a skeptical public of the need for his health care overhaul plan. Facing a tough political environment, Obama also targeted Democratic lawmakers who are wavering. Republicans are repeating their call to start from scratch... more » -
Obama: Senate vote on health care a `big victory'
December 21, 2009 12:43 PM
President Barack Obama is hailing a Senate vote to propel health care legislation toward final passage, calling it a "big victory for the American people." By the thinnest possible margin, all 58 Democrats and the Senate's two independents held together early Monday in a crucial test vote against unanimous Republican... more » -
Obama meets with Congressional leaders on health care
September 8, 2009 8:29 AM
On the eve of his big health care speech, President Barack Obama is meeting with the top Democrats in Congress. The meeting today with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid comes as the president seeks to recapture his springtime momentum. Pelosi is convinced she's got the... more » -
White House: Obama weighing own health care bill
September 6, 2009 12:11 PM
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama is considering his own health care legislation to cut through the stalemate on Capitol Hill. Gibbs says Americans will know exactly where the president stands after his speech to Congress on Wednesday night. He says Obama is ready to "draw some... more » -
Obama to deliver health care address to Congress
September 2, 2009 4:47 PM
President Barack Obama has set a major address on health care for Sept. 9 before Congress. The speech will come a day after lawmakers return from an August recess in which critics of Obama's health proposals have dominated many public forums. Some Democrats feel Obama has been too vague... more »
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