Health Care

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Gingrich’s Health Care Group Supports a Mandate

The GOP candidate attacks Romneycare, but his for-profit policy shop backs its most controversial provision.

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| Thu Nov. 17, 2011 4:00 AM PST
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Birth Control: Not Just About Sex

Less than half of women using the pill said they do so just to prevent pregnancy.

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| Wed Nov. 16, 2011 2:51 PM PST
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Zygote "Personhood" Heading to Georgia

Undeterred by Mississippi's failure, Georgia lawmakers are planning their own constitutional amendment.

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| Wed Nov. 16, 2011 12:10 PM PST
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How Pot Could Save Obamacare

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges to Obama's landmark health care. If they uphold it, we could have marijuana smokers to thank.

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| Tue Nov. 15, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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How the Supreme Court Could Delay Ruling on Health Care Reform

If the high court doesn't want to decide a potentially election-swaying case during the height of the presidential campaign, here's the path forward.

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| Mon Nov. 14, 2011 11:00 AM PST
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Why Mississippi's Personhood Measure Failed

Fifty-eight percent of Mississippians voted against the country's most radical anti-abortion law.

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| Wed Nov. 9, 2011 12:11 PM PST

Health Care Reform: The Calm Before the Storm

Health care reform was an animating force for the tea party movement. But lately, the issue has all but disappeared from the political discussion. That could change this week if the Supreme Court agrees to take up the law.

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 1:36 PM PST
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ACA Defenders Still Can't Answer "The Gotcha Question"

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 11:49 AM PST
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Health Tab for Climate Change: $14 Billion

A new paper looks at how much climate change may cost our health care system.

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 7:32 AM PST
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Kansas Medical Board Investigates Dr. George Tiller's Colleague

It's been more than two years since Tiller was killed. But abortion foes are still after his former colleague.

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| Thu Nov. 3, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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The Ohio Tea Party's Big "Obamacare" Fail

How a battle to block the individual mandate and galvanize conservative voters backfired in the Buckeye State.

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| Thu Nov. 3, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

California Cuts Medicaid Payments to Doctors

Physicians are likely to ditch Medicare patients in droves.

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| Fri Oct. 28, 2011 10:05 AM PDT
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What the 2012 Election Is Really About

Republican activists have settled on a litmus test for GOP presidential contenders.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 8:44 AM PDT

Obamacare Opponents' Unhealthy Attack on the CLASS Act

In the long run congressional Republicans will regret the failure to adequately take care of America's elderly.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 9:18 AM PDT

A Womb With a View

On Thursday, anti-abortion groups conducted live ultrasounds to the Capitol to advocate for a controversial new law.

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| Thu Oct. 13, 2011 2:42 PM PDT

Congress Contemplates Brutal Anti-Abortion Law

The Protect Life Act would permit hospitals to let women die rather than perform life-saving abortions.

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| Wed Oct. 12, 2011 5:49 PM PDT

Repealing Obamacare is Harder Than Mitt Romney Thinks

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| Wed Oct. 12, 2011 2:21 PM PDT
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VIDEO: Mitt Heaps Praise on Romneycare "Parent" Ted Kennedy

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| Wed Oct. 12, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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Herman Cain: Alive Because He's Rich

It's awesome that Herman Cain survived cancer. It helped that he could pay for the treatment.

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| Tue Oct. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

GOP Congressman Equates Purchasing Health Insurance With Buying an Expensive Vacation Home

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| Thu Oct. 6, 2011 10:22 AM PDT