Health Care
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Obama's health care law: House subcommittee examines impact on doctors, patients
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A House subcommittee will examine the impact of President Obama’s health care law on doctors and patients at a hearing on Tuesday.
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Health care jobs expected to increase in region
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Virginia, Maryland and D.C. will see a surge in health-care jobs in the next decade, according to a new report.
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Some small business owners fear impact of Affordable Care Act
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While many are pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the bulk of the president's health care bill, many small business owners are concerned the ruling could hurt them.
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Supreme Court health care ruling: Mandate constitutional
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By the narrowest of margins in a 5-4 vote, President Obama's health care legislation, including the individual insurance requirement, has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Healthcare supporters, opponents square off at Supreme Court
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By 10 a.m. when the ruling was announced, First Street SE was a circus -- with Obamacare supporters in one ring, tea party activists in another. There were also dozens of reporters, pro-life and pro-choice protesters, even belly dancers.
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Supreme Court health care ruling: CNN, Fox err in reporting mandate ruling
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In the mad dash to report the outcome of the Supreme Court's ruling on President Obama's landmark health care ruling, a pair of media giants got it wrong.
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Supreme Court health care ruling: Do you agree with the decision? (poll)
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The ruling hands Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in approving the plan. What do you think?
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Supreme Court health care ruling live blog from Politico
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Another important day at the Supreme Court is afoot Thursday, as the justices are set to issue their pivotal ruling on President Barack Obama's health care legislation. Politico is tracking all the latest developments in their live blog.
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Supreme Court to make decision on Obama's health care law
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Americans are anxiously waiting Thursday in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether or not to uphold the controversial health care law signed into law by President Obama in March 2010.
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SCOTUS: Supreme Court rules on health care reform, Arizona's immigration law
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The Supreme Court is meeting this week to issue rulings on whether President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is constitutional and the legality of Arizona's immigration law.
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Supreme Court health care ruling analysis
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Some are already anticipating the Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health care law as the "decision of the century." Read an analysis on what can happen in any circumstance.
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Vincent Gray wants United Medical Center to pay back federal funds
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According to Ben Fischer's report, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and the city's Health Care Finance department will seek to recoup $11 million in federal funding that United Medical Center in Southeast has reportedly already spent.
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Routine prostate cancer screenings unnecessary for healthy men
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Despite strenuous protests from urologists, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is sticking by a contentious proposal it made last fall. A final guideline published Monday says healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings.
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Catania: illegal immigrant health care deal closer
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The District of Columbia councilman at the center of the debate with the mayor's office over funding health benefits for illegal immigrants says the two sides are closer to reaching an agreement.
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Study: Obama's health care law would raise deficit
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A leading conservative economist estimates in a study to be released Tuesday that President Obama's health care overhaul will add at least $340 billion to the deficit, not reduce it.
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Lobbying justices, Obama makes his health law case
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President Obama issued a direct challenge to the Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care overhaul on Monday.
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Supreme Court health care arguments enters third day
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Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg - and even conservative Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia - seemed open to the idea that the law contains provisions that can be saved even if the mandate to buy health insurance is struck down.
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Supreme Court takes up Obama health care law
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Arguments at the high court focused on whether the mandate for virtually every American to have insurance "is a step beyond what our cases allow," in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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