Health Care Reform

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March 25, 2012

Supreme Court health care hearings are critical for both Obama, millions of African-Americans

OPINION - Health care reform is perhaps the signature legislative achievement of the president's tenure. The court gutting the law…
March 21, 2012

The Affordable Care Act: Making a difference for African-Americans

OPINION - It has been two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, and already, the new law…
February 10, 2012

White House to make announcement on controversial birth control policy

WASHINGTON (AP) - A person familiar with the decision says President Barack Obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious…
January 9, 2012

Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan and the battle over who gets to rule

From Color Lines: Justice Thomas claimed he wasn't even aware that he had to report his wife's income and corrected…
January 1, 2012

Barack Obama's 10 biggest challenges in 2012

OPINION - Now that 2011 has faded to black, let's explore some of the major issues President Barack Obama will…
November 26, 2011

Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and…
November 15, 2011

Clarence Thomas: The elephant in the room on health care reform

TheGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court, has decided to hear arguments next March on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's…
November 8, 2011

US appeals court upholds Obama health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative-leaning panel of US appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama's health care law as…
October 17, 2011

Medicaid cuts would affect blacks and Latinos most

theGRIO REPORT - Cutting Medicaid as a cost-saving measure would overlook a large majority of blacks and Latinos with serious…
September 30, 2011

Can the Supreme Court sabotage Obama's health reform?

theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans are one of the largest populations of uninsured and could be among the most affected if…
September 28, 2011

Obama appeals health care setback to high court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Destined from the start for a high court showdown, the health care law affecting virtually every American…
August 22, 2011

Will Clarence and Virginia Thomas kill Obama's health care plan?

In several of the most important areas of constitutional law, Thomas has emerged as an intellectual leader of the Supreme…
August 1, 2011

Coverage with no copay extended to birth control

WASHINGTON (AP) - A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change…
July 12, 2011

Contrary to popular opinion: Deficit cuts are colorblind

OPINION - Most Americans, believing the mythology of rugged individualism and bootstrap levitation, refuse to believe they benefit from government…
June 30, 2011

Obama reaps victory as judges uphold health law

CINCINNATI (AP) - A panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory Wednesday by agreeing that the government can require…
June 9, 2011

Judges raise pointed questions about health law

ATLANTA (AP) - Three federal appeals judges expressed unease with a requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance or…
March 9, 2011

Is 'racial resentment' behind health reform backlash?

OPINION - An interesting study was released suggesting that white opposition to heath care may be racially motivated...
February 17, 2011

Sen. Harry Reid: Let’s not go backwards this Black History Month

OPINION - The economic recovery is still taking root, and African-Americans still face unemployment at a rate far above the…
February 7, 2011

Obama says people who hate him don’t know him

WASHINGTON (AP) - And the thing he dislikes most about being president is the constant, intense scrutiny...
February 2, 2011

Senate Republicans lose vote on health law

WASHINGTON (AP) - Moments earlier, the Senate had agreed to make one relatively minor change in the law, voting to…