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Two months before open enrollment begins on the state insurance exchanges, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner downplayed concerns from GOP lawmakers that the 2010 healthcare law will hurt jobs and expressed confidence that the employer mandate delay won't affect the law's implementation.
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Bipartisan leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the latest iteration of a draft bill to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula. The plan calls for a five-year period of stable payment increases as physicians transition into new payment models. Still to come are...
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The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to delay core provisions of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, emboldened by the administration's concession that requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers next year may be too complicated.
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Two days after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) promised that U.S. taxpayers would not bear the cost of healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants who are on the path to citizenship.
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Senate leaders rushed to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find common ground after weeks of postelection gridlock.
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President Barack Obama, pushing for a deal to avoid the looming tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff," entered last-minute talks with Senate leaders Friday, saying he still believed an agreement could be reached before the Jan. 1 deadline.
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“Debates are what make America great,” Johnny Carson said on The Tonight Show 28 years ago this month. “The candidates stand before their electorate and reporters ask hard-hitting questions, and it's up to the people to decide which one evaded them more skillfully.”
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GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's choice of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate sent a clear signal that Medicare will be a major issue in this presidential election, and President Barack Obama's remarks Sunday indicate he got the message.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted again to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a 244-185 vote that received support from five Democrats.
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In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding much of the federal healthcare overhaul, Democrats and Republicans were anticipating a direct impact on both the law's popularity and the November election.
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