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Bachmann: Blame Democrats if health care ruling makes costs rise
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is already pre-blaming Democrats if health care costs go up because the Supreme Court strikes down all or part of President Barack Obama’s health care reform law on Thursday. Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday asked the Minnesota congresswoman what Republicans were “going to say…
Palin: Everything I wrote about death panels was true
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Democrat’s health care reform law, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took to Facebook on Monday to resurrect her claim it created “death panels.” “I stand by everything I wrote in that warning to my fellow Americans because what was true…
Huckabee: Justices should strike down health care to improve their polls
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Sunday advised justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down President Barack Obama’s landmark health care reform law in order to improve their public approval rating. A New York Times/CBS News poll released last week showed that approval of the high court…
Pelosi: Constitutionality of health care reform ‘ironclad’
WASHINGTON — Top congressional Democrat Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she was confident that US President Barack Obama’s health care reform would be upheld by the Supreme Court, saying the law’s constitutionality was “ironclad.” A decision from the high court is due in June, and legal experts have been scrupulously studying…
What’s at stake for women if SCOTUS strikes down health reform.
Ok so here’s some really disturbing information of which I was unaware: The Center for American Progress is reporting that if the Supreme Court strikes down or guts health care reform — women will suffer disproportionately. Through a practice known as gender rating, women pay $1 billion more in premiums than men…
Republican bill would prohibit abortion coverage in multi-state health plans
Sixty House Republicans and one House Democrat have sponsored legislation that would block multi-state health plans from offering coverage for elective abortions. The Hill reported that the legislation, the Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-state Exchange Plans (SAFE) Act, would amend the new federal health care law to ensure that health…
Alabama House panel approves two anti-abortion bills
The Alabama House House Health committee approved two pieces of legislation on Thursday that would restrict women’s access to an abortion. The Montgomery Bureau reported that one bill would place new regulations on abortion clinics. The other would allow the state to opt out of providing health insurance for abortions…
Obama slams Republicans over War on Women
President Barack Obama took a jab at his Republican foes over women’s rights, saying they always wanted less regulation except when it comes to health issues. Defending his policies for women, Obama pointed to his signature health reform law, without mentioning that its fate hangs in the balance ahead of…
Maddow: People hate Obamacare, but love its provisions
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Wednesday night that although polls have found that most Americans have an unfavorable view of Obama’s health care reform, they overwhelming approve of the actual provisions of the law. “So, you ask people if they want the health care law and they say, ‘no, it’s…
Tea party leader at Supreme Court rally: ‘Obamacare is a cancer!’
Tea party groups and Republican politicians rallied outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, urging that the justices declare President Barack Obama’s health care reform law unconstitutional. Group leaders led chants of “Constitution, yes. Socialism, no” and “Real women buy their own birth control” while waiting for speakers to come to…
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