Today’s Headlines – March 28, 2012
Good morning! Last day of oral arguments on the health law at the Supreme Court. Here’s a rundown of what happened yesterday: The Washington Post: On Last Day Of Health Care Hearing, Supreme Court Considers Severability, Medicaid Expansion The Supreme Court will complete its review of President Obama’s health care law Wednesday by considering whether […]
Today’s Headlines – March 27, 2012
Good morning! It’s day two of the Supreme Court hearings on the health law. There’s lots to read — The New York Times: Most Oppose At Least Part Of Overhaul, Poll Finds Two-thirds of Americans want the Supreme Court to overturn some or all of the health care law, even though large majorities support a […]
Today’s Headlines – March 26, 2012
Today’s the first day of arguments in front of the Supreme Court on the health law’s constitutionality, as though you could forget. Here’s some headlines to read while you stand in that line — or watch people stand in that line — outside the Supreme Court: The Washington Post: Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On […]
Today’s Headlines – March 23, 2012
Happy Friday! It’s the anniversary of President Obama signing the health reform law — here’s what the news has to say this morning: The New York Times: House Votes To Kill A Medicare Cost Panel In a rebuff to President Obama, the Republican-controlled House passed a bill on Thursday to abolish a Medicare cost control […]
Today’s Headlines – March 22, 2012
Good Thursday morning! Tomorrow’s the anniversary of the health reform law signing, we’re all over it. But in the meantime, here’s your morning headlines: The Associated Press/Washington Post: House Floor Next For Contentious GOP Budget Plan That Cuts Social Safety Net, Tax Rates It’s on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan. […]
Today’s Headlines – March 21, 2012
The New York Times: House GOP Lays Down Marker With New Budget Plan House Republicans thrust their vision of a smaller government, a flatter tax code and a free-market Medicare system into the 2012 election season on Tuesday, banking that fears over surging federal deficits will trump longstanding voter allegiances to popular government programs (Weisman, […]
Today’s Headlines – March 20, 2012
The Washington Post: House Republicans To Propose Dramatic Changes To Tax Code Democrats have been gearing up to tackle other aspects of Ryan’s budget proposal — notably efforts to reshape Medicare and to slash federal agency spending beneath the $1.047 trillion level agreed to during the summer’s hard-fought battle over raising the debt ceiling (Helderman […]
Today’s Headlines – March 19, 2012
Good morning! Another week starts and more health policy news for you to read: The New York Times’ The Caucus: Health Care Debate Returns With Intensity This week is the two-year anniversary of Mr. Obama’s health care law, and Republicans in Washington are planning to celebrate with a series of attacks. Next week, the Supreme […]
Today’s Headlines – March 16, 2012
Here are your headlines for this fine Friday morning: The Wall Street Journal: Washington Elites Queue Up To See Nine Justices On Hot Seat The hottest ticket of the season isn’t for the White House Easter Egg Roll or Opening Day for the Washington Nationals baseball team. It’s for a spot inside the Supreme Court […]
Today’s Headlines – March 15, 2012
Good morning and good Thursday to you. Here are your morning headlines: The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire: Fight Breaks Out Over 2013 Budget Cuts A battle has erupted over House Republicans’ plans to offer a budget next week that will likely cut 2013 spending below the level the two parties agreed on last August. […]
Today’s Headlines – March 14, 2012
Good morning! Middle of the week and the health headlines don’t stop, here you are: The Wall Street Journal: Health-Law War Heats Up As Court Review Nears Democrats and Republicans are reviving their competing campaigns over the health-overhaul law in advance of the Supreme Court’s review of the measure this month. After largely avoiding the […]
Today’s Headlines – March 13, 2012
Good morning! Here are your A.M. headlines to get you going: The Associated Press/Washington Post: Ambitious Health Care Blueprint Stresses State Flexibility, Sets Up Huge Logistical Challenge Democratic state officials are praising the flexibility in federal rules issued Monday, a long-awaited blueprint for state health insurance markets where millions of consumers will shop starting in […]
Today’s Headlines – March 12, 2012
Happy Monday. We hope you had a good weekend and that you’re ready to read your morning headlines! Politico: On Health Care, Supreme Court’s Final Word May Not Be Final In two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the case that could lead to the biggest “I told you so” of 2012. The challenge […]
Today’s Headlines – March 9, 2012
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are your morning headlines to get your day started: The New York Times: White House Works To Shape Debate Over Health Law The White House has begun an aggressive campaign to use approaching Supreme Court arguments on the new health care law as a moment to build support for […]
Today’s Headlines – March 8, 2012
Good morning! Grab your coffee, here are your early a.m. headlines to get your day going: The Washington Post: New Front In Birth Control Rule Battle: The Courts Since November, at least eight lawsuits have been filed in federal district courts across the country challenging the constitutionality of the rule, which requires employers, including church-affiliated […]
Today’s Headlines – March 7, 2012
Good morning! Here are your headlines for Wednesday — halfway through the week! USA Today: Romney Takes 6 Of 10 Super Tuesday Contests Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, scored substantial wins in GOP primaries in Tennessee and Oklahoma and won easily in North Dakota’s caucuses, where Ron Paul finished a distant second and Romney finished […]
Today’s Headlines – March 6, 2012
Good morning, here are your morning headlines to get your day started: The Washington Post: In Ohio, Santorum Blasts Romney For Ad Spending, Says Voters Don’t Trust Him On health care, Santorum made the claim that Romney — because of his overhaul of Massachusetts’ health-care system while governor, which included an individual mandate to purchase […]
Today’s Headlines – March 5, 2012
Good Monday morning! Here are your headlines: The Wall Street Journal: Romney Advances As Obama Gains The resurgence of Mr. Romney, who hadn’t led the Journal poll since November, lays the path for a potential matchup against a president whose own position is strengthening. President Barack Obama’s approval rate hit 50% in the poll, its […]
Today’s Headlines – March 2, 2012
Happy Friday! Here are your headlines to start your weekend off right: The New York Times: Senate Rejects Step Targeting Coverage Of Contraception The Senate on Thursday upheld President Obama’s birth control policy, voting to kill a Republican effort to let employers and health insurance companies deny coverage for contraceptives and other items they object […]
Today’s Headlines – March 1, 2012
Good morning! Here are your morning headlines: The New York Times: Political Memo: Candidates Scramble To Create Differences Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum both support the repeal of President Obama’s national health care law. Mr. Santorum has criticized Mr. Romney for creating the Massachusetts plan that served as the federal model. Mr. Romney, meanwhile, recently […]
