The victory has left Democrats vowing to hammer away at the controversial plan throughout the 2012 campaigns, which they hope will allow them to retain the White House and Senate and regain the House majority.

Ryan and other Republicans, on the other hand, say their message was distorted and demagogued, and that when people understand what the Ryan plan will actually do for the national

The victory has left Democrats vowing to hammer away at the controversial plan throughout the 2012 campaigns, which they hope will allow them to retain the White House and Senate and regain the House majority.

Ryan and other Republicans, on the other hand, say their message was distorted and demagogued, and that when people understand what the Ryan plan will actually do for the national

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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

WASHINGTON | A global flu pandemic loomed in 2009 the very day Kathleen Sebelius took command of Washington&#x92;s massive health care bureaucracy, and she had to quickly marshal a response.</p><p> A year later, when a BP drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, she had to deal with the medical fallout from the worst oil spill in U.S. history.</p><p> But throughout

WASHINGTON | A global flu pandemic loomed in 2009 the very day Kathleen Sebelius took command of Washington&#x92;s massive health care bureaucracy, and she had to quickly marshal a response.</p><p> A year later, when a BP drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, she had to deal with the medical fallout from the worst oil spill in U.S. history.</p><p> But throughout

Mitt Romney has a problem. As governor of Massachusetts he enacted health care reform virtually identical to the reform that President Barack Obama signed into law in early 2010. To distance himself from that reform, he promised – in a speech in Michigan and in a USA Today op-ed – that as president he will call on Congress to repeal health care reform. This is a terrible and cynical idea

WASHINGTON — The Medicare trust fund will last eight years longer than it would have without the passage of last year’s health care law, the program’s trustees announced Friday in a report.

The nonpartisan lead actuary for Medicare, Rick Foster, estimated that without the health care overhaul, the program’s trust fund would have run dry by 2016. With the law in effect, Foster

WASHINGTON — The Medicare trust fund will last eight years longer than it would have without the passage of last year’s health care law, the program’s trustees announced Friday in a report.

The nonpartisan lead actuary for Medicare, Rick Foster, estimated that without the health care overhaul, the program’s trust fund would have run dry by 2016. With the law in effect, Foster

“We are confident that providers’ decisions on whether to participate in the program will be made on the basis of the final rule, which will reflect the feedback we receive,” added Cook.

Many in the health care industry were silent partners backing Obama’s overhaul law, but disappointment over the accountable care rules has put a chill into the relationship. During

A California hospital chain under investigation for allegations of overbilling the Medicare system has inaccurately diagnosed patients with a blood infection known as septicemia, a complex and deadly condition that hospitals are paid a premium to treat, a state investigation has found.

California Department of Public Health inspectors examined records at four hospitals owned by Prime Healthcare