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President Barack Obama signed into law a sweeping health care system overhaul Tuesday that seeks to cover millions of uninsured Americans while reducing the federal deficit and driving health costs down.
The President will sign an executive order today at 2:30 p.m. in a much smaller ceremony than the one for the health care reform bill Tuesday.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Senate's health bill is now the law of the land just as its opponents continue to strategize about how to block it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office issues a statement challenging the GOP on its repeal effort.
The actions, being advanced in two separate lawsuits, argue the new law violates states' rights.
Two days after the measure was passed by the House of Representatives, President Obama signed the overhaul into law.
The health legislation creates a slew of winners and losers, as well as immediate effects while other changes arrive slowly.
Republicans are advancing an effort to repeal the health care reform that Democrats look poised to finish and defeat Democrats who supported the bill in the next election.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials.
Senate lawmakers will begin debate today on the reconciliation "fix-it" bill and hope to finish consideration of the legislation by Saturday.
Democrats and Republicans are preparing for a battle that could shape the country's politics for an extended amount of time.
President Obama is signing health overhaul legislation into law Tuesday, marking an accomplishment that has left the White House euphoric after the president staked his political fortunes on the measure.
The WHO on Monday advised developing countries to continue administering GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix vaccine
States handle several health care policy issues, including a decision in Arizona to get rid of a health insurance program for children, and react to national health care reform.
Marking World Water Day in a speech Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said tackling the world's water problems "represents one of the great diplomatic and development opportunities of our time," Inter Press Service reports. "It's not every day you find an issue where effective diplomacy and development will allow you to save millions of lives, feed the hungry, empower women, advance our national security interests, protect the environment, and demonstrate to billions of people that the United States cares," she said.
Physicians in the Palm Beach area have mixed reactions to the health care bill that passed the House on Sunday, and a doctors' group in Texas opposes the legislation.
A coalition of farmers from West Africa's Sahel region, known as Billital Maroobe, wrote an open letter to regional leaders Monday, appealing for help with drought and famine conditions that are affecting people and livestock, Agence France-Presse/IC Publications reports.
Industry groups are expected to profit from the health overhaul, which expands their customer base by offering coverage to 32 million people who are now uninsured.
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