Apr 02 Obama Leading Romney Among Women in Swing States By PBS News Hour President Obama leads Mitt Romney by 2-to-1 among women under 50, according to a new Gallup/USA Today poll. Continue reading
Mar 30 Read, Listen and Even Translate The Supreme Court's Health Care Hearings By Joshua Barajas Opponents and supporters of the health care reform law gather outside the Supreme Court on Monday. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images In a wood-paneled conference room on the main floor of the Supreme Court, the justices gathered Friday for a… Continue reading
Mar 29 CDC: Diagnosis of Autism Rising in U.S. Autism rates in the United States have risen dramatically in recent years, jumping 23 percent between 2006 and 2008 and a full 78 percent between 2002 and 2008, according to new figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control… Continue reading
Mar 29 Webcast: Health Reform And The Court Wrap-Up By Kaiser Health News After six hours of historic arguments on the health law, the Supreme Court now begins its deliberations. What were the key moments in the debate, and how might they affect the outcome? Our partners at Kaiser Health News hosted a… Continue reading
Mar 28 Minus a Mandate, Health Law Would Still Affect Millions By Julie Appleby Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call If the Supreme Court strikes down the requirement that most Americans carry health insurance - along with related provisions that insurers must sell to people with pre-existing conditions and not charge the sick more… Continue reading
Mar 28 Medicaid Expansion: Good or Bad for America? By Jason Kane It's slated to be an expansion of epic proportions. If the health care reform law pushes forward as planned, 16 million more Americans will receive health care coverage through the federal Medicaid program between 2014 and 2019. As the Supreme… Continue reading
Mar 28 Health Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 3 Audio, Transcript By Jason Kane Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Updated at 5:15 p.m. with Medicaid expansion analysis. In this third and final day of Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the health care reform law, two major questions remain before the Court: If… Continue reading
Mar 28 Supreme Court Reviews Health Reform Law: a Guide to Day 3 By Jason Kane 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… Continue reading
Mar 27 Health Care Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 2 Audio and Transcript By Vanessa Dennis Court sketch by William J. Hennessy Jr. On day two of arguments before the Supreme Court about the health care reform law, the justices tackled the central question of whether it's constitutional to require most Americans to either buy health… Continue reading
Mar 27 What Is the Individual Mandate and What If It's Declared Unconstitutional? By Susan Dentzer Photo by Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call Today the Supreme Court waded into the legal arguments about whether Congress acted within its constitutional authority when it adopted the Affordable Care Act's "minimum coverage requirement" -- the so-called individual mandate. Health policy… Continue reading