All posts tagged "Health Care Reforms"

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney vowed Thursday to dramatically cut government spending and forgo tax hikes if elected, pinning his fiscal politics firmly to his party's conservative base.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry tried to score a few points on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's health care reforms during Tuesday's The Washington Post/Bloomberg Republican presidential debate, but the plan quickly backfired.

WASHINGTON — Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled a bill Thursday that would block funding for President Barack Obama's health care reform as long as it is contested in the courts.

Even as most Americans said they did not believe Fox News employee Sarah Palin was in any way responsible for the recent mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, the former Alaska governor's poll numbers have taken such a significant hit in recent months that they've finally reached the lowest point in her career as a national figure.

Republican lawmakers who oppose the Democrats' health reforms should give up their taxpayer-subsidized health insurance and pay for their own coverage, say a group of progressive House Democrats.

WASHINGTON — In the first quarter of 2010, some 59.1 million people in the United States reported having no health insurance for at least part of the preceding 12 months, a study published Wednesday says.