by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Health Care, Politics
In an announcement on Friday, however, the Obama administration revealed that it would be significantly reducing funding for Medicare, a move that one health insurance analyst said “would turn almost every plan in the industry unprofitable.” Health insurance stocks...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care, Politics
Dunkin’ Brands — the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts — is working to overturn a major provision of Obamacare. The company,based in Canton, Mass., is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week, CEO...
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2013 | Health Care
Senate Republicans reintroduced a bill Thursday to repeal the controversial cost-cutting board in President Obama’s healthcare law. The bill, sponsored by 30 Republican senators including John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), would repeal the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 11, 2013 | Health Care
As the state moves to expand healthcare coverage to millions of Californians under President Obama’s healthcare law, it faces a major obstacle: There aren’t enough doctors to treat a crush of newly insured patients. Some lawmakers want to fill the gap by...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Health Care
A growing bipartisan cadre of Congressional lawmakers is behind an effort to repeal a component of the Affordable Care Act they say will adversely impact manufacturers of heart valves, cardiac defibrillators, knee implants and other medical devices. Lawmakers say that...
