Health Care Reform

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March 16, 2010

It’s ‘do or die’ week for health care reform – how did we get here?

OPINION - While it may feel like déjà vu all over again, democrats actually are closer than ever to passing…
March 15, 2010

Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care

VIDEO - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching…
March 15, 2010

A look at Democrats’ health care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and…
March 12, 2010

Pelosi promises swift passage of health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - At the White House, officials worked to maximize Obama's influence over lawmakers who control the fate of…
March 12, 2010

Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year to focus attention on the final…
March 11, 2010

Black Caucus wants more from Obama

VIDEO - Several caucus members feel strongly that the president is not listening to their concerns...
March 10, 2010

Obama enters home stretch on health care reform

VIDEO - President Obama is making his closing arguments for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan...
March 9, 2010

Obama supporters rally for health care reform votes

VIDEO - Protesters marched outside a Washington conference of the big insurance companies that are opposing reform on Tuesday...
March 9, 2010

10-year-old becomes health care reform lobbyist

VIDEO - Marcelas Owens has been campaigning for changes in the health care system since his mother died after she…
March 8, 2010

‘Fired up’ Obama pitches health care reform to public

VIDEO - Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage…
March 8, 2010

Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal

RICHMOND - Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has…
March 8, 2010

Obama to appeal for public support on health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Obama is taking his last-ditch…
March 4, 2010

Will Dems heed Obama’s eleventh hour call for health care reform?

OPINION - Obama has come closer than any president to passing comprehensive health care reform, yet he has much more…
March 3, 2010

Obama calls for final up-or-down vote on health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - "I don't see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren't starting over,"…
March 3, 2010

Obama’s health care reform efforts stymied by politics of prejudice

OPINION - At the heart of this debate is partisan politics, inept leadership and racial prejudice...
March 2, 2010

Obama to add some GOP ideas to health care plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will incorporate Republican ideas on medical malpractice reform and trying to rid the health care…
March 1, 2010

Can reconciliation resuscitate health care reform?

OPINION - Passing legislation has now become as difficult as a military operation - as President Obama will announce a…
March 1, 2010

3/1/10 – theGrio & CNBC Market Update

VIDEO - This week, attention shifts to labor and the consumer credit markets, and continuing reports on manufacturing and service...
February 26, 2010

Obama to announce way forward on health care next week

The White House will announce next week -- "probably closer to Wednesday" -- the president's preferred path forward for getting…
February 26, 2010

Obama outwits GOP on health care, now it’s Senate Dems’ turn

OPINION - This week's televised health care summit reminded America that President Obama is smarter than nearly every Republican on…