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House Votes to Delay ObamaCare (for 38th Time)

Republicans say they've got momentum, thanks to White House backsteps

(Newser) - House Republicans voted today to delay core provisions of ObamaCare, emboldened by the administration's concession that requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers next year may be too complicated. After a day of heated rhetoric, the House voted largely along party lines, 264-161, to delay by one year...

What&#39;s a 4-Letter Word for Military Ouster?
What's a 4-Letter Word
for Military Ouster?
OPINION
Jul 10, 2013 12:04 PM CDT

What's a 4-Letter Word for Military Ouster?

You won't catch the White House saying 'coup': Dana Milbank

(Newser) - Here are some of the words the White House has used to describe the situation in Egypt, as rounded up by Dana Milbank in the Washington Post : incredibly complex, uncertain, polarized, challenging, transitional, and fluid. And here's the one word the administration keeps avoiding: coup. Because if it's...

GOP Loves Stalled ObamaCare, Wants Repeal

The gloating, and calls to ditch it, commence

(Newser) - Republicans are in elephant heaven today over the Obama administration's decision to postpone the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act, gloating that it proves what they've been saying all along: that the law is, to quote Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, "unaffordable, unworkable, and unpopular."...

Big Part of ObamaCare Postponed One Year

Employers won't be required to provide coverage until 2015

(Newser) - ObamaCare is still going into effect in 2014, but one key component of it is being temporarily shelved. The White House today postponed by one year a rule requiring employers to either provide coverage to employees or face hefty fines, reports the Wall Street Journal . The rule will take effect...

Gov't: Religious Schools, Hospitals Still Have to Cover Birth Control

Rules for nonprofit, religiously affiliated institutions finalized; for-profit businesses hit back

(Newser) - Religious leaders may not like it , but the Obama administration is going ahead with its plan to require religiously-affiliated nonprofits like schools and hospitals to provide employees with insurance coverage for birth control, the New York Times reports. The Washington Post breaks down the final, slightly convoluted regulations on how...

NFL: We're Not Going to Promote ObamaCare

Statement comes after Senate Republicans sent letter to sports leagues

(Newser) - The latest political skirmish over ObamaCare comes in the unlikeliest of places: the world of sports. As in, the NFL has found itself compelled to issue a statement saying it doesn't plan to help the White House promote the plan. How did it come to this? As Talking Points...

ObamaCare Blowing Deadlines
 ObamaCare Blowing Deadlines 
Jun 19, 2013 11:15 AM CDT

ObamaCare Blowing Deadlines

Small-business exchanges are especially behind: GAO report

(Newser) - The dog appears to have eaten the Affordable Care Act's homework. It's looking increasingly unlikely that federal and state health officials will be able to set up the new health insurance exchanges—arguably the centerpieces of ObamaCare—in time for their scheduled October debut, the Wall Street Journal...

Now GOP Wants an Individual Mandate
Now GOP Wants an Individual Mandate
May 29, 2013 12:06 PM CDT

Now GOP Wants an Individual Mandate

... but only for undocumented immigrants

(Newser) - House Republicans drafting new immigration reforms are in talks over a rule that would require undocumented immigrants to buy their own health insurance before they can gain citizenship, reports Politico . It seems a surprising about-face from a party that has been so vehemently opposed to an individual mandate for citizens—...

NY Archdiocese Covers Workers' Birth Control

...Despite Cardinal Timothy Dolan's fight against Obama rule

(Newser) - The country's top Catholic bishop hasn't taken kindly to ObamaCare's call for employers to fund birth control—but his own archdiocese has been paying for the coverage for years, the New York Times reports. For more than a decade, the Archdiocese of New York, headed by Cardinal...

In Some States, Poorest Out of Luck on Health Care Reform

Governors didn't expand Medicaid

(Newser) - As the full rollout of ObamaCare draws near, the New York Times reports that millions of the nation's poorest citizens will remain ineligible for help getting insurance even when the new laws go into effect. It all depends on where they live: More than two dozens states—including Rick...

GOP Makes Attempt No. 37 to Repeal ObamaCare

House has spent 15% of its time on this issue since 2011

(Newser) - You've got to give the GOP credit for its sheer tenacity: This week will mark the 37th time House Republicans have tried to repeal ObamaCare. And, likely, the 37th time they will fail, reports the New York Times . And there are at least another 15 additional Republican bills attempting...

No, America Doesn't Have a Skilled Worker Shortage

Robert Samuelson thinks a prevailing explanation for unemployment is a lie

(Newser) - Employers have been complaining for years now that the US is short of skilled workers, which is fast becoming the conventional wisdom explanation for persistently high unemployment. After all, there are currently more job openings than our current unemployment rates would suggest there should be. "There's only one...

ObamaCare to Cost Part-Time Workers Hours

Even as they benefit from premium support, Medicaid expansion

(Newser) - Employers across America are dialing back hours for their part-time employees, as a presumably unintended side effect of the Affordable Care Act. The new health care law requires large and medium-sized employers (any with more than 50 full-time employees) to provide health insurance for part-timers who put in more than...

Washington State Looks to Force Abortion Coverage

It's a twist on the usual debate, observes the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - Washington state is in the midst of an abortion debate—but this one is swimming against the current. While at least 17 states have passed legislation that clamps down on abortion coverage in the wake of ObamaCare, Washington is debating a bill that would force health insurance firms to cover...

If He&#39;s Not Careful, Perry Might Turn Texas Blue
If He's Not Careful, Perry Might Turn Texas Blue
analysis
Mar 22, 2013 1:30 PM CDT

If He's Not Careful, Perry Might Turn Texas Blue

Ronald Brownstein: Opposition to ObamaCare might energize Hispanics

(Newser) - Texas in the blue-state camp? If that turns out to be the case years from now, Republicans will be able to trace it back to 2013 and Rick Perry's stubborn refusal to accept federal money to expand Medicaid, writes Ronald Brownstein in the National Journal . Other GOP governors have...

CVS to Workers: Disclose Weight or Pay $600 Fine

Privacy group cries foul

(Newser) - CVS has touched a nerve with a new policy requiring workers to disclose a host of health data—including their weight, body fat and glucose levels, and blood pressure—or else pay an extra $50 a month for their health insurance. The move has drawn outrage from at least one...

Companies Fume Over Unnoticed ObamaCare Fee

New fund will cost employers $63 per worker they insure

(Newser) - Firms are lashing out against a fee they will face next year under the new health law: Most big employers will owe $63 for every person they insure, with the money going into a $25 billion fund, reports the Wall Street Journal . That fund, built up over three years, will...

Ryan's New Budget Axes ObamaCare, $5T in Spending

Would balance over 10 years

(Newser) - Paul Ryan is unveiling his latest budget proposal, and this time, he says, it'll balance in 10 years—half the time he claimed for his previous budget, NPR notes, because he's including new revenue from the fiscal cliff deal. As promised, the new plan calls for repealing ObamaCare,...

Christie Backs Key Part of ObamaCare

He also approves Internet gambling for New Jersey

(Newser) - Chris Christie today became the latest Republican governor to embrace an expansion of Medicaid as part of President Obama's heath care overhaul, reports the Star-Ledger . The New Jersey governor said he is "no fan of the Affordable Care Act," but acknowledged "it is now the law...

GOP Governors Are Coming Around on ObamaCare

How lobbying, politics are making them change their tune

(Newser) - Rick Scott's stunning about-face on expanding Medicaid in Florida made him the seventh Republican governor to back the ObamaCare provision, a trend delighting the law's supporters, the New York Times observes today. "I think this means the dominoes are falling," says the head of one consumer...

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