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July 18, 2013

Despite GOP opposition, Obama makes gains

theGRIO REPORT - As a gun control bill failed to even pass in the Democratically-controlled Senate and a spate of…
July 10, 2013

White House: Critics of health care bill delay are 'willfully ignorant'

NBC NEWS - The White House pushed back Wednesday on critics of its move to delay the implementation of a…
July 3, 2013

Raising awareness about the Affordable Care Act

OPINION - Right now the most daunting challenge facing full implementation of the Affordable Care Act is lack of awareness...
May 29, 2013

Michele Bachmann won't run for re-election: Remembering her most racially-tinged remarks (and more)

theGRIO REPORT - In honor of this moment theGrio has compiled some of the Minnesota representative's most provocative remarks on…
May 16, 2013

Why Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of 'Obamacare,' illustrating a determined campaign to…
May 13, 2013

Why the White House wants mothers to love ‘Obamacare’

ANALYSIS - The Mother Day's event at the White House on Friday, in which the president appeared with a group…
May 8, 2013

Team Obama start to implement Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is ramping up its plans to implement the so-called Obamacare health care law, with…
May 1, 2013

Poll: Many Americans uninformed about Obamacare

NBC News - A new poll indicates many Americans are still unclear about the details of the new law and,…
April 24, 2013

Max Baucus retires: Another Obama 'frenemy' bites the dust

OPINION - With friends like Sen. Max Baucus, does President Obama need enemies?...
April 22, 2013

Saying no to Medicaid expansion may backfire for states

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where…
April 4, 2013

Why thousands of African-Americans may not benefit from Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - Republicans in seven of the ten states in the country with the highest percentage of African-Americans have…
April 2, 2013

How Ben Carson bungled a potential political career

ANALYSIS - Carson could have smoothly entered politics in a number of ways, from appearing on television shows to talk…
March 31, 2013

The South: A near-solid block against ‘Obamacare’

ATLANTA (AP) — As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the…
March 21, 2013

Michele Bachmann claims Obamacare 'kills women, children, senior citizens'

theGRIO REPORT - Michele Bachmann was recently front and center on the floor of the House declaring her opposition to…
March 21, 2013

Is Ben Carson serious about a presidential run?

theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Benjamin Carson, the renowned neurosurgeon, has over the last two months attacked President Obama's policies at…
March 19, 2013

Allen West for Florida governor? Stranger things have happened

theGRIO REPORT - When Allen West lost his congressional seat to a 29-year-old newcomer, many Florida watchers wrote his political…
March 13, 2013

Why the Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - The inclusion of repeal in the House budget illustrates a broader problem for the GOP: a lack of…
February 27, 2013

Welcome to Obama's more progressive America

OPINION - The back and forth between the president and Republicans over the $85 billion in cuts due to go…
February 26, 2013

Christie agrees to expand Medicaid in NJ

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie says New Jersey will join a growing list of states expanding Medicaid to…
February 21, 2013

Florida to expand Medicaid under Obamacare

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