Fewer inductions also led to fewer caesarean sections. That reduced risk and brought even more savings because C-sections, the most common surgery in the United States, can cost twice as much as vaginal deliveries and lead to medical complications for children. Intermountain, which has 360 doctors delivering babies, said the reduced C-section rate delivered about $46 million in savings compared with...

House Republicans called Tuesday for repealing a panel created by the new health care law they say will lead to rationing – highlighting a controversy they hope to use against Democrats in next year’s elections. Democrats included an Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in the law as a way to rein in Medicare costs. But now, some are joining in GOP criticisms that the panel will make...

Parties Debate Whether Hochul’s Win in N.Y. is Referendum on Ryan Plan Democrat Kathy Hochul’s electoral coup in a reliably conservative New York district Tuesday sent shockwaves through both parties this week, as Democrats pushed hard to paint the win as a referendum on Wisconsin Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposed changes to Medicare. GOP leadership shot back that it was...

(Credit: CBS) Since its passage in March 2010, President Obama’s health care reform package has been controversial. The latest Associated Press poll, however, finds that the percent of Americans who approve of the way Mr. Obama is handling health care has hit a new high. The AP poll, conducted May 5-9, shows that 54 percent of Americans approve of Mr. Obama’s handling of health care, while...

House Democrats unveiled a bill Tuesday to force members of Congress to divulge whether they accept the government health care plan provided for them in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). “Constituents have a right to know just whose side their representatives are on” said New York Rep. Joseph Crowley. “They have a right to know if their representative is walking...

House Democrats unveiled a bill Tuesday to force members of Congress to divulge whether they accept the government health care plan provided for them in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). “Constituents have a right to know just whose side their representatives are on” said New York Rep. Joseph Crowley. “They have a right to know if their representative is walking...

March 14, 2011 1:45 PM ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Rep. Steve King is lobbying his colleagues to take their fight against President Obama’s health care law to a new level: He wants to cut off funding for the law as a condition for keeping other government funds in place. “We have a leverage point, and it is the funding for the government for the balance of the fiscal year 2011,” King, R-Iowa,...

RALEIGH, N.C. — An aggressive campaign by Republicans and their allies to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of a bill that would have the Tar Heel state join the legal challenge to the federal health care law appears to have fallen short of its goal. The battle, perhaps North Carolina’s first full-fledged veto fight, has been marked by pressure from the state Republican Party, robocalls...

RALEIGH, N.C. — An aggressive campaign by Republicans and their allies to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of a bill that would have the Tar Heel state join the legal challenge to the federal health care law appears to have fallen short of its goal. The battle, perhaps North Carolina’s first full-fledged veto fight, has been marked by pressure from the state Republican Party, robocalls...

The GOP knew this day would come. In May 2009, Republican message-maestro Frank Luntz released a polling memo warning that "if the dynamic becomes ‘President Obama is on the side of reform and Republicans are against it,’ then the battle is lost." Repeal, Luntz argued, wouldn’t be good enough. It would have to be "repeal and replace." And so it was. That, however,...