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Six Health Care Changes That Go Into Effect Soon
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Sept. 22) -- The wait is over. A new era of health care coverage in America is set to begin this week, when some provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act officially begin to be enforced by law. Many of the changes will be phased in over the next several years, but the debate over whether the legislation is good for the country continues to rage on, especially as the November midterm elections draw near. President Barack Obama spent much of Wednesday touting the legislation's new "Patient's Bill of Rights," and, via the White House website, attempted to combat what the ...
Barbara Bush Backs 'Obamacare' on Fox News
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyAt least one of the Bush daughters has strayed from the Republican party line -- not to mention her own father's stance -- and endorsed the Democrats' $800 billion health reform package. Barbara Bush, the 28-year-old daughter of former President George W. Bush, told Fox News she was "glad" to see the health reform bill passed. "Health care should be a right for everyone," she told Fox host Chris Wallace. In an interview with the Washington Times last year, President Bush expressed "worry" over the prospect of "encouraging the government to replace the private sector when it comes to ...
Memo to the Left: The Public Health Insurance Option Is Dead, Get Over It
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyAs the climactic votes approach this week on health care, some groups on the left seem more interested in throwing a wrench into the process than putting a landmark law on the books. MoveOn.org is in the latter camp. It is asking its 5 million members to back primary challengers to Democrats who don't support the reform package, and at least one union is sending similar signals. MoveOn also is running an ad featuring Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Which side of history will you be on?" it asks. The spot starts Tuesday on ...
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