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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a press conference. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In health care mess, Obama reaps what he sowed

Byron York · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

A recent report by the IRS inspector general says the agency has given out somewhere between $110 billion and $132 billion in improper Earned Income Tax Credit payments in the last decade. In that time period, between 21and 30 percent of tax credit payments went to people who didn't qualify for them. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Arrival of Obamacare puts focus on IRS tax-credit scandal

Byron York · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Under Obamacare, the Internal Revenue Service will determine who is eligible for health insurance subsidies, and it will deliver those subsidies, in the form of tax credits, to millions of individual Americans.

IRS tax-credit scandal a bad omen for Obamacare

Byron York · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama reaches back for a woman who began to lose her balance during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday,on the initial rollout of the health care overhaul. (AP/Evan Vucci)

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At the White House: Obamacare success stories that aren’t

Byron York · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama delivers remarks about the error-plagued launch of the Affordable Care Act's online enrollment website in the Rose Garden of the White House Monday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

President leads a surreal pep rally for ailing Obamacare

Byron York · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (AP Image)

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Left demands: Charge Ted Cruz with sedition

Byron York · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

Written off for dead, immigration reform could still live on

Written off for dead, immigration reform could still live on

Byron York · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

GOP dilemma: House majority failure means best hope is weak Senate minority

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GOP dilemma: House majority failure means best hope is weak Senate minority

Byron York · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

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End of the road for House GOP’s Obamacare strategy

Byron York · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

In an effort to quell criticism of the lack of transparency surrounding the troubled rollout of President Obama's health care program, the Department of Health and Human Services promised to provide regular "operational updates" to the press. But the first such update, a conference call held on Thursday afternoon, didn't provide Americans with much insight. (Screenshot: Healthcare.gov)

Obamacare meltdown triggers congressional investigations

Byron York · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Republican senators, from left, Ted Cruz of Texas, John McCain of Arizona, David Vitter of Louisiana, and Richard Shelby of Alabama, walk in the rain back to their bus at the North Portico of the White House in Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

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GOP seizes advantage on Obamacare, White House struggles to defend: An alternative history of the past two months

Byron York · October 13, 2013 4:00 am

If the defunders are still in control, there will be no deal. because when it comes to Obamacare, they would not accept anything Obama would offer, and Obama would not offer anything they would accept. (Photo by Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Hold the optimism: Why a shutdown settlement might not be near

Byron York · October 12, 2013 4:00 am