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White House press secretary Jay Carney says the GOP favors "reduced economic growth, reduced job creation" over wealthy jet owners. (Associated Press)

Long-term care looks doomed as federal program

The Obama administration this week is shutting down the office charged with carrying out a long-term-care entitlement program included in last year's health care law, according to a departing employee who said the staff has been reassigned to other projects.

September 22, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to reporters May 8, 2007, in Austin, Texas, after letting stand a bill that blocked state officials from following his executive order requiring an anti-cancer vaccine for sixth-grade schoolgirls. Some of the women in the background on the left had contracted the human papillomavirus (HPV). (Associated Press)

Cancer vaccine directive dogs Perry campaign

When Rick Perry signed an executive order in 2007 mandating young girls be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV virus, the Texas governor brushed aside questions over the science underpinning his decision, concerns about parental rights and accusations of cronyism between him and the drug's manufacturer.

September 20, 2011
**FILE** U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (Associated Press)

Medicare premiums to drop in 2012, rolls will rise

The Obama administration said Thursday that premiums for seniors in the Medicare Advantage program will shrink and enrollment will rise next year, citing the new data as evidence that the president's new health care law won't push seniors out of the supplemental plan as some have feared.

September 15, 2011
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Proposal gives patients access to own lab results

Patients would be allowed direct access to lab results under a new rule proposed by the Obama administration that is part of a broader effort to nudge the health care industry away from paper-driven systems and toward technologies that make it easier to access and share records.

September 12, 2011
Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II

Court dismisses Virginia challenge to Obama health reform

A panel of three federal judges on Thursday dismissed two challenges to President Obama's landmark health care law — including one spearheaded by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli — on procedural grounds, becoming the third appeals court to rule on a case likely headed to the highest court in the land.

September 8, 2011

Medicare testing new way to distribute funds to providers

In an effort to nudge the health care industry toward more cost cutting and efficiency, Medicare is testing a new way of reimbursing doctors, hospitals, therapists and other providers through bundled payments intended to prompt more coordinated care.

August 30, 2011

Oklahoma’s Fallin resists ‘Obamacare’

Having already rejected a multimillion-dollar federal grant because of a fear of entangling regulations, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said in an interview she hopes to keep President Obama's health care law at bay while cultivating her state's own path to expanded insurance coverage.

August 18, 2011
**FILE** U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (Associated Press)

HHS releases simpler health insurance forms

Standardized forms intended to make shopping for health insurance easier for consumers were released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services.

August 17, 2011
**FILE** Former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts (Associated Press)

Health coverage, rates rise in Massachusetts

Five years after Gov. Mitt Romney signed Massachusetts' groundbreaking health care legislation, it has met its chief goal of extending insurance coverage to most residents — but with costs rising faster than inflation, lawmakers face the challenge of how to pay for it all.

August 16, 2011

Appeals court nixes part of Obama health law

An appeals court struck a blow to a controversial part of President Obama's health care law requiring individuals to either buy health insurance or pay a penalty, ruling Friday that the mandate was unconstitutional but allowing the rest of the law to stand.

August 12, 2011
** FILE ** President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Obama admin proposes new insurance regulations

The Obama administration on Friday released a batch of rules governing the new, state-based insurance exchanges mandated under the sweeping health care law passed last year.

August 12, 2011
**FILE** This image provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows the packaging for the "Plan B" pill. (Associated Press)

White House: Insurers must cover abortion pill

Insurance companies must fully cover contraception, HIV and HPV screening and a handful of other women's health services under new guidelines released Monday by the Obama administration.

August 1, 2011

Unions, left rally for hiking taxes on rich

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has long abandoned hopes of including any tax increases in ongoing debt-ceiling negotiations, but that didn't stop labor unions and left-leaning groups from calling for a final plan that raises taxes on the wealthy and doesn't cut any entitlement programs.

July 28, 2011
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, said of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report, "Simply put, this report states the obvious, that Americans have known for more than a year - the $2.6 trillion law only makes the fundamental problem of skyrocketing health care costs worse." (Associated Press)

Health care law won’t rein in costs, study says

Despite President Obama's promises to rein in health care costs as part of his reform bill, health spending nationwide is expected to rise more than if the sweeping legislation had never become law.

July 28, 2011
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EPA’s funding facing rollback

House Republicans are attempting to slash funding for climate-change programs and reduce the power of regulatory agencies in a spending bill for next year that Democrats call an assault on the environment.

July 25, 2011

Prescription drugs debate continues on Capitol Hill

The battle over reducing Medicare's cost for prescription drugs flared up on Capitol Hill on Thursday as lawmakers continued to debate deficit-reduction plans that could curb the program's growth.

July 21, 2011

Health law may include birth control

Free birth control, including the controversial "morning-after" pill, could soon be added to a list of services insurers must fully cover under President Obama's health care law.

July 19, 2011

Nonprofits getting loans for health insurance

In the latest step to implement health care reform, federal officials on Monday rolled out $3.8 billion in loans for nonprofits so they can offer less-expensive plans within the new health insurance exchanges.

July 18, 2011