Obamacare: Thousands of blacks may not benefit

theGRIO REPORT - Republicans in seven of the ten states in the country with the highest percentage of African-Americans have declared they won't participate in the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act...

Make the Affordable Care Act pay off for you

Candace Y.A. Montague

theGRIO REPORT - Now that the Affordable Health Care Act is law, consumers can start exploring health insurance plans that will suit their needs and budgets, protect their rights, and lower the cost to tax payers...

How Republicans could deny millions health care

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - About 4.7 low-income million Americans who would be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 live in the states where Republican governors have already declared they will not accept the new funding...

Racial segregation linked to lung cancer deaths

Dr. Tyeese Gaines

theGRIO REPORT - How segregated a neighborhood is may determine who dies from lung cancer, according to a new study...

Olive Garden, Red Lobster opposition to Obamacare backfires

Candice Choi and Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - After new ad campaigns touting the quality of its food failed to spark sales, the parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster is retooling its strategy to attract diners with more promotional deals...

Obamacare saves consumers $1.5 billion

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - 'Obamacare', President Barack Obama's controversial health care reform law, has already saved consumers over $1 billion according to a new study from the Commonwealth Fund...

Food chains still fighting 'Obamacare'

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - Franchise owners of restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are promising to take drastic measures to avoid the cost of Obamacare, including cutting employees' hours to part-time...

Some Denny's restaurants to bill customers for 'Obamacare'

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - John Metz, the owner of 40 Denny's restaurants, is pushing back against Obamacare by planning to add a 5 percent surcharge to customers' bills...

Romney: Uninsured don't 'die in their apartments'

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - People without health insurance don't lack access to care, and aren't at risk of 'dying in their apartments,' according to Mitt Romney...

Big gaps in Romney plan on pre-existing conditions

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's plan to help people with pre-existing medical conditions: Hang on to your health insurance if you want to be protected....