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Obama mocks Republicans for 'crazy' predictions

By Darlene Superville / Associated Press | September 26, 2013 | Basic Web

President Barack Obama on Thursday ridiculed Republican opponents for "crazy" doomsday predictions of the impact of his signature healthcare overhaul.
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GOP's latest plan would fund government but defund ACA

By Jessica Zigmond | September 18, 2013 | Basic Web

House Republican leaders on Wednesday promised to vote this week on a budget bill that would temporarily fund the government after Sept. 30 but also defund the healthcare reform law.
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Ark. lawmakers divided on health defunding idea

By Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press | September 01, 2013

After elections where Republicans took all but one of Arkansas' seats in Washington by campaigning against the federal health overhaul, the state's GOP congressmen and senator are now split over whether to tie that law's defunding to budget negotiations this fall.
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S.C. gov. doesn't support shutdown to stop law

By Seanna Adcox / Associated Press | August 31, 2013

While South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley tells voters she wants Congress to "defund Obamacare," her campaign spokesman said Friday she doesn't support shutting down the federal government to do so.
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Healthcare, spending fight looms for Congress

By Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press | August 31, 2013

Stand by for one of the nastiest and, perhaps most economically dangerous U.S. political fights in recent memory.
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Immigration safety net | Overhaul not likely to improve healthcare access

By Joe Carlson | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine

If legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system ever becomes law, it's still likely to leave millions of citizens-to-be relying on safety net healthcare providers for years to come.
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Vital Signs
Private insurance realities hit Congress personally

By Harris Meyer | August 09, 2013

The New York Times ran a quietly subversive news story Wednesday about how members of Congress and their aides will receive health coverage under the Office of Personnel Management's new proposed rule interpreting a controversial Obamacare provision.
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Healthcare fight a major obstacle to averting shutdown

By Andrew Taylor / Associated Press | July 26, 2013

Conservatives' last stand against the healthcare reform law will be a major obstacle as top lawmakers try to come up with must-do legislation to keep federal agencies running after Sept. 30.
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Postponing the reckoning | Employer-based coverage is falling—a fact overlooked in latest controversy

By Merrill Goozner | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

The Obama administration's one-year delay in the employer mandate continues to generate confused and contradictory responses that ignore the collapse of the employer-based insurance system.
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Boehner asks about mandate reprieve for individuals, families

By Jessica Zigmond | July 09, 2013

A week after the Obama administration announced a yearlong delay in the healthcare reform law's employer mandate, House Republicans are demanding that the White House explain why it hasn't extended the same reprieve to individuals and families.
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