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Contraceptives remain most controversial health care provision
By Nancy Watzman Mar 22, 2013 12:02 p.m.
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After health care, what will happen to Dodd-Frank?
By Nancy Watzman Jun 28, 2012 4 p.m.While the U.S. Supreme Court has now upheld the health care reform law as constitutional, conservative groups still are on a legal attack on the constitutionality of one of the other signature achievements of President Barack Obama’s term in office: the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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What's in a name? A look at how 'health reform' became 'Obamacare'
By Kathy Kiely Jun 28, 2012 9:35 a.m.
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Guess who's giving to lawmaker trying to repeal tax on medical devices?
By Nancy Watzman Jun 7, 2012 6:52 a.m.The Minnesota congressman leading the charge to repeal a medical device excise tax that is meant to generate a big chunk of funding for the health care reform law has taken the most campaign money--more than $64,000--from medical device manufacturers this election cycle.
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Super Committee, Boehner speech protests linked to major labor group
By Chris Zubak-Skees Sep 16, 2011 12:03 p.m.Our DC, a SEIU-linked protest group that stopped the first Super Committee meeting, has been regularly delivering a pro-jobs message to congressional Republicans: with some 100 protesters outside House Speaker John Boehner's speech at the Economic Club of Washington yesterday, according to organizers, who said the protest was in support of the American Jobs Act.
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New GOP wave could slow the pace of healthcare reform
By Sarah Dorsey Nov 4, 2010 12:50 p.m.House Republicans will begin planning their agendas this week. Many of these candidates made their opposition to the President's health care law a central issue in their campaigns. But to what extent will Tuesday's elections actually affect the course of reform?
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Lobbying dollars continue to flow toward health care reform
By Sarah Dorsey Aug 31, 2010 12:22 p.m.The President signed the health care reform bill in March, but over $125 million in lobbying dollars continues to flow to the issue, lobbying disclosure forms show. Total dollars spent lobbying on health care issues remained high in the three months after the reform bill was passed, dipping by only $16 million since the first quarter of the year.
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