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Have you heard of the "Cadillac tax?" Despite the clever phrasing, it's not a luxury automobile tax aimed at the wealthiest 1 percent. The Cadillac brand has long been associated with affluence. In the 1950s and 1960s, owning a Cadillac signaled that a person had climbed
congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Openly welcoming a preordained veto, Republicans drove legislation to Senate passage Thursday aimed at crippling two of their favorite targets: President Barack Obama's health care law and Planned Parenthood. With a House rubber stamp expected in days, the bill would be the first to reach Obama&
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are pushing toward Senate approval of legislation demolishing President Barack Obama's signature health care law and halting Planned Parenthood's federal money, setting up a veto fight the GOP knows it will lose but thinks will delight conservative voters. The White House promised a
Obamacare
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health care spending last year grew at the fastest pace since President Barack Obama took office, driven by expanded coverage under his namesake law and by zooming prescription drug costs, the government said Wednesday. After five years of historically low growth, national health expenditures increased by
GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most ambitious "repeal and replace" health care plan from a presidential candidate comes from Sen. Bernie Sanders, not from a Republican. The Vermont independent who's seeking the Democratic nomination has been chastised by front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton for espousing an all-inclusive, government-run system.
Obamacare
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a challenge by an order of Catholic nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, to a federal regulation implementing the Affordable Care Act's (a.k.a Obamacare's) contraception mandate. Is the Little Sisters' case likely to
Obamacare
(RNS) — The Little Sisters will lose. In the Supreme Court, that is. How do I know this? OK, let's back up. In the biggest decision of its 2013-2014 term, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 that a for-profit corporation that objects to provisions of a federal law as impairing
Obamacare
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a well-known auto insurance commercial, a garrulous gecko promises you can save 15 percent if you switch insurers. It turns out something roughly similar is happening with the Obama administration's health insurance overhaul:
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