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Health Care Reform

Cartoon View: A woman's choice

Opinion Brief: The failed Blunt amendment: Is the contraception fight finally over?

The List: 3 reasons voters have soured on 'ObamaCare'

The Bullpen: The arrogance of Obama's 'accommodation'

Burning Question: Time for Big Pharma to disclose its payments to doctors?

Instant Guide: The 'permanent patients' in America's hospitals

In-depth briefing: The individual mandate: Health-care's inherent controversy

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Health Care Fury

Cartoon View: GOP's magic Medicare act

Opinion Brief: Missouri's health care bombshell

Best Column: Forcing Americans to buy health insurance: Not so fast

Instant Guide: Inside the health-care 'terrorism' wave

The List: Health care fury: 5 most unhinged video moments

Health Care Reform : Opinion Brief

The failed Blunt amendment: Is the contraception fight finally over?

Posted on March 2, 2012, at 9:39 AM

In Washington's latest culture war battle, the Senate scraps a GOP attempt to let employers ignore birth-control coverage mandates they disagree with

Health Care Reform : The List

3 reasons voters have soured on 'ObamaCare'

Posted on February 28, 2012, at 1:23 PM

A new poll reveals that nearly three-fourths of Americans believe Obama's health-care reform law is unconstitutional — including 56 percent of Democrats

Health Care Reform : The Bullpen

Edward Morrissey: The arrogance of Obama's 'accommodation'

Posted on February 14, 2012, at 4:09 PM

No one elected Barack Obama to be pope. So why on earth is he forcing Catholics to violate their religious doctrines?

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Health Care Reform : Opinion Brief

Catholic bishops furious over a federal birth-control mandate want President Obama to offer an exemption to any American who objects to the rule on religious grounds.

Will Obama's contraception compromise help his campaign?

Posted on February 13, 2012, at 3:39 PM

The president tries to appease Catholic leaders by revising a controversial birth-control mandate — and may have won over independent voters in the process

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Health Care Reform : Opinion Brief

President Obama announces changes to his birth control mandate Friday: The rule change has failed to satisfy some Catholic leaders.

Obama's birth control compromise: 'Still unacceptable'?

Posted on February 10, 2012, at 3:41 PM

The president offers an olive branch on his new contraception law — but Catholic bishops aren't exactly thrilled by his overture

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Health Care Reform : The Bullpen

Edward Morrissey: Obama's boneheaded health-care fight with Catholics

Posted on February 7, 2012, at 4:20 PM

The president desperately needs to woo Catholic voters in key swing states. So why on Earth is he picking a culture-war fight with them?

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Health Care Reform : Opinion Brief

The Catholic Church says President Obama violated the Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom by requiring religiously affiliated institutions to offer insurance coverage for birth control.

The Catholic Church vs. 'ObamaCare'

Posted on January 31, 2012, at 9:46 AM

The feds will soon require religiously affiliated hospitals and colleges to offer insurance coverage for contraception. Does that violate the first amendment?

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Health Care Reform : Burning Question

The Obama administration is calling for more transparency in the relationships between doctors and drug makers, and will soon require pharmaceutical companies to disclose their payments to physicians.

Time for Big Pharma to disclose its payments to doctors?

Posted on January 18, 2012, at 12:28 PM

The feds plan to force drug makers to tell the public about the perks they offer health-care providers. What will it mean for patients?

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Health Care Reform : Instant Guide

Big-city hospitals are seeing a growing number of patients sticking around long after their care is complete, simply because they have no other place to go.

The 'permanent patients' in America's hospitals

Posted on January 4, 2012, at 5:46 PM

Urban health-care facilities sometimes wind up caring for people for years after they have recovered — because no one else will take them in

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Health Care Reform : In-depth briefing

President Obama's health care bill requires all Americans have health insurance or else face a tax penalty; Conservatives say that infringes on individual liberty.

The individual mandate: Health-care's inherent controversy

Posted on December 16, 2011, at 12:19 PM

President Obama's health-care bill requires that every American have health insurance. Is that constitutional?

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Health Care Reform : Opinion Brief

Cameras are banned from Supreme Court proceedings, but now C-SPAN and lawmakers from both parties are demanding that the nation's highest court televise its 5 1/2 hours of arguments on "ObamaCare."

Should the Supreme Court's 'ObamaCare' arguments be televised?

Posted on November 17, 2011, at 10:54 AM

C-SPAN wants the court to break precedent and let Americans see 2012's historic court drama for themselves. Will the justices object?

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Health Care Reform : Controversy

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who was President Obama's solicitor general, may be too close to the president's health care law to objectively weigh in on its constitutionality, say conservative critics.

The 'ObamaCare' case: Should Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas sit out?

Posted on November 16, 2011, at 10:34 AM

The president's signature legislative achievement heads to the Supreme Court, and the Left and Right both accuse justices of conflicts of interest

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Health Care Reform : Fact Sheet

President Obama signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act into law on March 23, 2010: Now, the Supreme Court will decide whether "ObamaCare" is even constitutional.

The Supreme Court and 'ObamaCare': A concise guide

Posted on November 15, 2011, at 10:02 AM

The Roberts Court will rule on a complex, politically explosive issue in the middle of a heated presidential campaign. Here's what all the fuss is about

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Health Care Reform : Opinion Brief

The Supreme Court reserves a record 5.5 hours to hear arguments on the Affordable Care Act next spring, assuring that a ruling on President Obama's signature achievement will come just months before voters head to the polls.

The Supreme Court takes on 'ObamaCare': Will it hurt the president?

Posted on November 14, 2011, at 4:06 PM

The nation's highest court will weigh the constitutionality of the president's signature achievement — and the 2012 election could hang in the balance

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Health Care Reform : Analysis