Team Obama start implementing Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is ramping up its plans to implement the so-called Obamacare health care law, with speeches from the president, new aides tasked with selling the law to the public and a broad push to get people to enroll...

Saying no to Medicaid expansion may backfire

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as 'Obamacare'...

10 reasons to feel good about paying taxes

Shartia Brantley

SLIDESHOW - Whether you are planning how to use your tax refund, writing a check for 2012 tax payments or filing an extension, here are some of the programs funded by your tax dollars..

Obamacare: Thousands of blacks may not benefit

Perry Bacon Jr.

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...

The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'

Bill Barrow, Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South

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...

Christie agrees to expand Medicaid in NJ

Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie says New Jersey will join a growing list of states expanding Medicaid to more low-income people...

Florida to expand Medicaid under Obamacare

Gary Fineout and Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul...

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...

Ohio GOP governor backs federal Medicaid expansion

Ann Sanner, Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's Republican governor announced Monday he will push for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law, a move that would give many more poor people access to government care...

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