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Abortion

Hundreds in Congress back Little Sisters before high court

WASHINGTON – The Little Sisters of the Poor found out it has 205 Republican and 2 Democratic friends in Congress after the members filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday on behalf of the religious order in the U.S. Supreme Court case Zubik v. Burwell. The case will decide whether the government

Massachusetts

Obamacare, prescription drugs drive up costs, state insurers say

BOSTON — As health insurers sat before state officials Monday to explain the math behind their rate increases, several pointed to an Affordable Care Act program and pharmaceutical spending — including six-figure price tags for annual supplies of some specialty drugs — as major cost drivers. The Division of Insurance called on Massachusetts

Barack Obama

Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law, cut Planned Parenthood funding

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed Republican-inspired legislation to repeal his health care law, saying to do so "would reverse the significant progress we have made in improving health care in America." Republican lawmakers have pushed many repeal measures since 2010,

congress

Vote to repeal Obama’s health law marks testy start to 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is poised to send a bill to President Barack Obama's desk repealing his signature health care law, a sharply partisan start to a presidential election year in which legislating may take a back seat to politics on Capitol Hill. The legislation will be the

Pro-life

Judge rules pro-life group exempt from Obamacare contraceptive mandate

Written by Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sided with an anti-abortion group in its challenge of a key birth control provision of the Obama administration's health care overhaul.

boston

Device makers bid good riddance to job-killing Obamacare tax

BOSTON – A budget deal reached in Congress temporarily shelved a controversial tax on medical devices that industry leaders in Massachusetts claim has cost jobs and slowed innovation. The medical device excise tax, enacted as part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, imposes a 2.3 percent surcharge on sales of

Massachusetts

Report breaks down health care cost trends in Massachusetts

Ongoing market consolidation and higher U.S. health care spending growth rates are identified as reasons for concern in the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission's 2015 cost trends report, which concludes that a low rate of growth in hospital and physician services, a well-functioning Connector Authority website, and stabilized

Republicans

House delays vote targeting Planned Parenthood, health law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders have decided to delay until January a House vote to unravel President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and block federal money for Planned Parenthood, hoping to increase attention on their drive against two of conservatives' favorite targets. The measure has already cleared the