Politics Mar 28 Supreme Court Reviews Health Reform Law: a Guide to Day 3 Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images As Day 3 of the health reform hearings get under way, some things are already starting to seem routine. Outside the Supreme Court, the protesters arrive, the cameras roll, the health care reform debate is…
Health Mar 27 Why I Support Health Care Reform: Voices of the Defense They came marching, chanting, stomping to the beat of drums and the blare of a brass band -- doctors, nurses, the elderly and the chronically ill. After two years of watching people protest a piece of legislation they had struggled…
Politics Mar 27 Supreme Court Reviews Health Care Reform Law: a Guide to Day 2 Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images For more than two years now, it's been the nation's multibillion-dollar question: Can the federal government force Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine if they don't? Banking that the answer is yes,…
Health Mar 26 Health Care Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 1 Audio and Transcript Court sketch by William J. Hennessy Jr. Even the overflow section at the Supreme Court was overflowing Monday as the justices began hearing the first day of oral arguments in the health care reform law suit. Up first for their…
Health Mar 26 Why I’m Protesting Health Care Reform: Voices of the Opposition They came early. They came angry. They came from Georgia, Texas, Ohio, New Jersey and nearly every state in between. Hundreds of Tea Party Patriots gathered Saturday on Capitol Hill to officially voice -- once again -- their revulsion for…
Health Mar 26 Health Care Reform Heads to the Supreme Court: A Guide to Day 1 Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images It's all come down to this day. All the passion, politics and propaganda. Starting today, the frenzied national debate that's divided the nation since the passage of the health care reform law --…
Health Mar 23 Confusion, Division Run Deep as Health Care Reform Goes to the Supreme Court Tea Party supporters attend a rally in Searchlight, Nev., in 2010. Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images. Love it or hate it, most Americans don't understand the health care reform law. As the Supreme Court prepares for next week's arguments on…
Health Mar 12 New Health Reform Rules Issued as Supreme Court Review Nears Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, middle, makes her way to a news conference in July to announce a preliminary framework on health insurance exchanges. She issued the final regulations Monday. Photo by Tom Willaims/Roll Call. Just two weeks…
Health Mar 08 Report: 1 in 3 Americans Burdened With Medical Bills Photo by Nancy R. Cohen. It's clear this election season that the politics of health care costs and coverage remains a major lightning rod. But a study published Tuesday shows that some grim statistics continue to bind Americans of…
Health Jan 13 Health Reform: Changing the Game for Pediatric Cancer Patients? // It looked like someone was hurting Cooper Cochran. The bruises seemed to be everywhere when Cherie Trout picked up her two-year-old from daycare one day. Then came the fevers and distended stomach. And finally, test results: He had…