Health Care Reform

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February 2, 2011

Senate Republicans forcing a vote on health law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The showdown approached as lawmakers in both parties agreed the law's fate rests with the Supreme Court,…
January 28, 2011

Obama open to ‘tweak’ of health care, not repeal

WASHINGTON (AP) - He stood up for the bill in his State of the Union earlier this week and reiterated…
January 28, 2011

What ‘shellacking’? Recent polls show major momentum for Obama

Just two months ago, President Obama was reeling from his party's massive defeat in the midterm elections...
January 20, 2011

Obama’s approval rating highest since July 2009

VIDEO - In a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, new numbers show that 53 percent of Americans approve of…
January 19, 2011

House votes to repeal Obama’s health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 245-189 vote was largely along party lines, and cleared the way for the "repeal and replace"…
January 18, 2011

House Republicans renew plan to repeal health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are set to resume their bid to repeal the health care reform law, a week…
January 4, 2011

UFC fighter wants to ‘knock some sense’ into Obama

After UFC's Jacob Volkmann beat Antonio McKee in a fight this weekend, Fanhouse's Ariel Helwani asked him who he would…
January 4, 2011

How health care repeal could backfire on blacks

OPINION - It's a fight that African-Americans, who remain the most needy when it comes to getting affordable health care,…
December 28, 2010

Slideshow: The top 10 civil rights conflicts of 2010

SLIDESHOW - The work of civil rights lawyers and advocates has not slowed in the wake of the 2008 presidential…
November 3, 2010

Republicans run the House — now what?

OPINION - They now have a responsibility for governing, and will share in the credit, and the blame, for the…
October 20, 2010

Make no mistake: Barack Obama is on the midterm ballot

OPINION - Those who say more should have been done or could have been done ignore the limits placed on…
August 4, 2010

Darts shot at Obama likeness in Pa. carnival game

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The game featured a large painted image of a black man wearing a belt buckle with…
August 4, 2010

Wave of health reform provisions coming in Sept.

(AP) - Insurance coverage that starts on or after Sept. 23 will have to comply with these changes and others…
July 9, 2010

Critics of tanning booth tax cry 'reverse racism'

theGRIO REPORT - This new tax, which is part of the new health care overhaul bill would charge tanning salon…
July 6, 2010

First health overhaul provisions start to kick in

WASHINGTON (AP) - The first stage of Obama's health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million…
June 28, 2010

GOP candidate compares 'tyrannical' health care bill to slavery in commercial

theGRIO REPORT - Republican Rick Barber is no stranger to controversial campaigning...
June 22, 2010

Obama unveils national ‘patient bill of rights’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and other senior administration officials met privately with state insurance commissioners, and CEOs of major insurance…
June 8, 2010

Obama defends health care reform bill to seniors

WHEATON, Md. (AP) - Obama's overall message: "What you need to know is the guaranteed Medicare benefits you've earned will…
May 24, 2010

Obama’s big wins on bills may not help Democrats

WASHINGTON (AP) - Anxious and angry, Americans are not in a congratulatory mood. That's bad news for President Obama and…
April 29, 2010

Texas ‘terrorist’ posts death threat against Obama

DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas man describing himself as a terrorist threatened to kill President Obama in an online posting…