With the full implementation of Obamacare looming on the horizon, the White House and Republicans are engaged in an epic public relations battle over the perception of the health law. “It’s a very important battle and both sides are trying to come out on top,” said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University historian and CNN contributor. [...]
CNN Poll: Most Americans Still Oppose Obamacare
May 27, 2013 | Posted by
A majority of Americans still oppose the nation’s new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey. But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates that more than a quarter of those who oppose the law, known by many as Obamacare, say they don’t support the measure because [...]
Dems, GOP Proposed Budgets Reveal Vast Differences
March 13, 2013 | Posted by
House Republicans and Senate Democrats unveiled budget proposals that display their radically different outlooks on the American economy and what steps need to be taken to bring the country to fiscal stability. While neither plan has any chance of passing into law because they require the approval of the other side and President Barack Obama, [...]
Obama Health Care Compromise Allows Religious Groups to Avoid Birth Control
February 2, 2013 | Posted by
The Obama administration yesterday released more details of a compromise that allows women to receive free birth control under the health care reform law, while providing a way for religious-affiliated organizations to avoid paying for the coverage. The compromise was lauded by many women’s rights groups, liberal religious organizations and The New York Times editorial board, [...]
Whole Foods CEO Regrets Calling Obamacare Fascism
January 17, 2013 | Posted by
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has gone back on his comments likening Obamacare to “fascism,” softening his message during an interview with CBS This Morning. During an interview with NPR Wednesday, Mackey suggested that President Obama’s healthcare reforms were a form of fascism, restricting open market healthcare. Thursday morning, he acknowledged the strength of the [...]
Republican Governors Reluctantly Support Obamacare
December 12, 2012 | Posted by
In the case of Obamacare, Republicans appear to be split. Though the Washington GOP sits in staunch dissent, Republican governors have embraced the Affordable Care Act. Under Governor Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania has become the 22nd state to allow the federal government authority in the state’s health care laws. Starting in 2014, Americans in those states [...]
After Election, Boehner Calls Obamacare ‘Law of the Land’
November 9, 2012 | Posted by
President Obama‘s decisive reelection appears to have brought about instant change in Washington, as House Speaker John Boehner yesterday told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that repealing Obamacare would no longer be a priority of House Republicans. Leading up the election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said at least a dozen times a day that his first order [...]
Now Re-Elected, Obama Will Have an Easy Time Making Major Changes
November 9, 2012 | Posted by
In some ways, the hardest thing President Obama had to do was get reelected. Ezra Klein, a business columnist for The Washington Post, wrote Wednesday that “President Obama’s reelection, ironically, isn’t about hope and change. The hope is largely gone, but the changes are already happening.” Klein pointed out that health care reform had passed [...]
Plan to Temporarily Raise Doctors’ Medicaid Fees Causes Confusion
October 24, 2012 | Posted by
To recruit more doctors to treat the poor, President Obama’s health-care law took a simple approach: temporarily pay doctors more money. Starting Jan. 1, primary-care doctors when treating patients on Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for the poor, will get the same rates they are paid when caring for seniors in the Medicare program. [...]
Obamacare A Big Help for Black Women with Breast Cancer
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
As the nation is still in the midst of celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a number of websites are focusing on how the disease affects black women in the United States. On BET.com, a story by Jonathan Hicks highlighted the ways in which President Obama‘s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, [...]
