Senate confirms former nurse to run Medicare
A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week ...
Fundraising from HHS secretary draws scrutiny
A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether ...
Utah to be first to use dual-model health exchange
The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal ...
Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul ...
AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it broad authority to conceal spending on the contractors that ...
Cruz urges GOP to work together for Senate control
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is urging Republicans to work together to help the party take back the Senate next year, telling South Carolina Republicans that, ...
Obama hints at potential military action in Syria
President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday he would consider U.S. military action against Syria if "hard, effective evidence" is found to bolster ...
Dems, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act
Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a ...
Health insurer WellPoint's 1Q profit rises 3 pct
WellPoint shares hit their highest level since the summer of 2011 on Wednesday after the nation's second largest health insurer trumped first-quarter ...
Under criticism, GOP puts off its health care bill
An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama's health care law by bailing out a program for people with ...
Montana Democrat Baucus rules out 7th Senate term
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of his term after a career of enormous power and ...
US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home
Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American ...
Arkansas approves Medicaid expansion alternative
Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a ...
Tracking Obama's health law in budget isn't easy
Next year is the year President Barack Obama's signature health care law goes into high gear, covering millions of uninsured Americans by a mix of ...
Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs
President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next ...
Okla. bill: Check here, fund fight vs. fed laws
Oklahoma residents might soon be able to direct a portion of their state income tax refunds to defend its laws against federal constitutional ...
Obamacare credits could trigger surprise tax bills
Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they ...
House passes GOP budget plan promising deep cuts
Moving on two fronts, the Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to keep the government running for the next six months while pushing through ...
Insurers warn of overhaul-induced sticker shock
Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's ...
Ryan's budget: GOP takes aim at Dem spending plans
House Republicans redoubled their efforts to roll back signature accomplishments of President Barack Obama on Tuesday, offering a slashing budget plan ...
Correction: Health Overhaul-Language Barrier story
In a story March 4 about the challenges of explaining health care reform to non-English speakers, The Associated Press relied on incorrect information ...
Military leaders welcome House GOP budget bill
A massive House Republican measure to keep the government operating would ease some of the pain of automatic spending cuts slamming the Defense ...
Romney: Heart told him he'd win, until he saw Fla.
Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.
Health care overhaul rolls on despite budget havoc
Airline schedules, food inspections, IRS taxpayer assistance and deployments of Navy ships could all be hampered by the government's automatic ...
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