Tag: Affordable Care Act

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and other Republicans wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday to say they'd seek spending cuts as part of any agreement to increase the debt ceiling. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

GOP vows to get more answers on Obamacare website security

Susan Crabtree · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

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Drug Industry Briefing: 52,500 bought insurance on state exchanges

Timothy P. Carney · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

After a week and a half of withholding details about the "tech surge" meant to fix problems plaguing the rollout of President Obama's health care law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services disclosed on Thursday that the reinforced team includes workers from technology companies Google, Oracle and Red Hat. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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CMS says experts from Google and Oracle part of Obamacare ‘tech surge’

Philip Klein · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

This screenshot made shows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' main landing web page for healthcare.gov. With website woes ongoing, the Obama administration Monday granted a six-week extension until March 31, 2014 for Americans to sign up for coverage next year and avoid new tax penalties under the president's health care overhaul law. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Obama-don’t-care that his signature program uses deceptive advertising

Shikha Dalmia · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. When it comes to the Internet, the Obama administration appears simultaneously to be a bungling amateur and a stealthy wizard. The same federal government that apparently intercepted communications to and from Google and Yahoo data centers without leaving a trace is facing scorn because it can't put together a working website for health care. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Experts from Google, Oracle aiding Obamacare ‘tech surge’

Meghashyam Mali · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius yesterday endured three-and-a-half hours of often intense cross-examination by House Energy and Commerce Committee members. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Five little words that say it all about Obamacare

Mark Tapscott · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

The state of Oregon, faced with limited Medicaid funds, held a lottery in which the winners got Medicaid coverage and the losers did not. This provided the opportunity to conduct a randomized study of the effects of Medicaid coverage.

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Is Obamacare based on a false assumption?

Michael Barone · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama tried to log on to the glitch-filled Obamacare website, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday. (AP/Eric Gay)

Joe Biden: President tried to log on to Obamacare website

Meghashyam Mali · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

While premiums may go up under Obamacare, some families will receive subsidies, creating a new tax burden. (Thinkstock)

‘Affordable’ care depends on the size of your Obamacare subsidy

Byron York · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Partisan sparks were flying in Congress on Tuesday as Sebelius, President Barack Obama's top health official apologized for wasting consumers' time as they tried to use the crippled website that allows them to buy government mandated health insurance under the overhaul known as Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Pat Roberts: Kathleen Sebelius testimony ‘shocking and sad’

Susan Crabtree · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Obama approval rating hits record low

Meghashyam Mali · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

There are examples galore of government's inability to do things well and at reasonable cost, but that doesn't deter those who continue to believe government can solve every problem and run Obamacare functionally. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Obamacare is government’s solution to problems it created

Veronique de Rugy · October 31, 2013 4:00 am