A once-controversial provision of the Affordable Care Act that adds a ten percent tax to indoor tanning sessions will soon become permanent. Good news for Obamacare, which will garner an estimate $2.7 billion in revenue every ten years from the move. Bad news for people who don't want to pay slightly more for a tanning session.
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who everyone expects to run for president in 2016, has proposed a bill that would amend the Constitution of the United States to prevent the government from enacting Obamacare. It will never, ever happen.
At a GOP event in Iowa this month, Senator Paul did a bit about the scale of Obamacare's diagnostic coding. It killed. Except Paul's critique of the new Obamacare codes are a critique of codes that aren't new and aren't Obamacare. A lot of them aren't even American.
Because no Scandal Week would be complete without some good, old-fashioned tilting at the windmill of Obamacare, the House today voted (again) to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives will hold its 37th vote on curtailing the Affordable Care Act. A little clarification about what that means is in order.
It seems as if the battle over the IRS' improper focus on Tea Party groups has splintered into an attack on Obamacare. But it's simply the latest justification being used to attack the president's health-care legislation. Here's how the two are linked.
The implied insinuation of conservative media outlets is that a simple question in an online application for the Affordable Care Act is a backdoor effort by the administration to encourage people to register to vote. Which is partially right, but not unfamiliar.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Views on race impact Obama more than views on Mormonism impact Romney, Americans have mixed opinions on health care, and nothing's clear in swing states. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
It doesn't matter how rich Romney is except when it might, and some conflicting news for Obama when it comes to health care and immigration. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Republicans and Democrats are not about to make nice over health care reform anytime soon. Obviously. But in case you wanted more evidence, we present: Members of Congress and Other Political Figures on Sunday talk shows.
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled Obamacare constitutional, a growing chorus of Republicans, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, are urging states to simply refuse to implement the law. Do they actually have that chance?
Not willing to let a major event happen go by without turning it into a meme, the Internet has birthed a series of viral healthcare jokes, which appeared on Facebook and Twitter in the hours after news broke of the Supreme Court's decision.
In a 5-4 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Affordable Care Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
The nation was eagerly awaiting the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, which did not come today, but still shined a brighter light the other important decisions that were released today.
Everyone's waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act that's expected to come as early as tomorrow, so here's our guide to how you should be preparing of the Court's decision.
The Department of Education has been transferring large batches of federal student loans to new loan-servicing companies 2014 leaving in the lurch some borrowers who are suddenly encountering problems with their loans, such as payments that are mysteriously adjusted up or down.
It feels like political role reversal: A Democratic president complains about activist judges while the Republican contender sits piously by and advocates letting the Supreme Court do its work.
The Supreme Court justices are expected to vote on Obamacare Friday, but they won't announce it for weeks -- most people expect it sometime in June -- which makes the health care decision the most sought-after scoop in D.C.
Check out audio of the third and final day of oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Affordable Care Act. [SCOTUS]
The crowd outside the Supreme Court as it takes up the 2010 Affordable Care Act has been mostly quiet on Monday, but Sen. Rick Santorum hopes he can stir a few people up there with a noontime appearance to press his attack on Mitt Romney over healthcare.
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