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November 7, 2013

President Obama to Americans losing health coverage: 'I'm sorry'

NBC NEWS - Obama’s comments come 10 days after NBC News’ Lisa Myers reported that the administration has known since…
November 7, 2013

Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley mock Obamacare at Country Music Awards

theGRIO REPORT - Country music stars Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley seized the spotlight at last night's Country Music Awards…
November 6, 2013

Pastor bans fried chicken from church events

theGRIO REPORT - A Mississippi-based minister, inspired by the Obama White House's anti-obesity efforts, is trying to purge his flock…
November 6, 2013

The rise of Chris Christie and other lessons from Tuesday's results

theGRIO REPORT - The New Jersey governor didn't just win reelection easily, but built the kind of broad, diverse coalition…
November 5, 2013

Why today's elections in Virginia and New Jersey matter

theGRIO REPORT - In fact, Obamacare may get two political victories on Tuesday...
November 2, 2013

What's really happening with Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - The Affordable Care Act, as you have no doubt heard, has a really flawed website. But here's…
October 30, 2013

Kathleen Sebelius apologizes for Obamacare site

WASHINGTON (AP) — Partisan sparks were flying in Congress on Tuesday as President Barack Obama's top health official apologized for…
October 30, 2013

Why a bad start does not doom Obamacare

ANALYSIS - A complicated process for buying insurance is not a deal-breaker uninsured...
October 25, 2013

Obama administration taps contractor to fix health website

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration turned to a private contractor on Friday to take the lead in resolving the…
October 24, 2013

Healthcare.gov failures surface at Hill hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans were taking aim at the Obama administration's handling of its crippled health insurance website as Congress…
October 24, 2013

Attention Obamacare haters: Social security didn’t have a smooth rollout either

OPINION - As some Republicans gloat over the technical hiccups of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, more popularly…
October 21, 2013

Why Obamacare can still succeed

theGRIO REPORT - 'The product is good, the price is right," said one senior official, adding, "we feel good about…
October 21, 2013

Obama: ‘No excuse’ for health care signup problems

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to acknowledge that widespread problems with his health care law's rollout are…
October 20, 2013

476,000 applications filed for ‘Obamacare’ health insurance, sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the…
October 18, 2013

The Tea Party isn’t over: Why crisis politics is here to stay

OPINION - With the government reopened and a deal to avert a debt default in hand, some in Washington are…
October 17, 2013

Now, Obama needs to fix Obamacare

ANALYSIS - With the shutdown resolved, President Obama can now turn his attention to the implementation of the Affordable Care…
October 16, 2013

Congress votes to end shutdown, avoid US default

WASHINGTON (AP) — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night…
October 16, 2013

Obama’s big triumph on the shutdown, debt ceiling

ANALYSIS - if the country, congressional Republicans, congressional Democrats and President Obama all suffered from this 16-day impasse, the Republicans…
October 16, 2013

Obama health target: 500,000 signups by Oct. 31

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign…
October 16, 2013

John Boehner admits ‘we just didn’t win’ budget fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress raced Wednesday to approve a bipartisan deal to avert a U.S. default and reopen the federal…