Tag: Obamacare
Catholics pressure Obama on contraception coverage
With the final decision on whether the Obama administration will keep its original policy requiring health insurers to cover contraception without co-payments looming, women’s health advocates fear the president will capitulate to the demands of one of the biggest opponents to the policy: Catholic bishops.
Gardner, Lamborn, Coffman support litigation against Affordable Care Act
Colorado U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner, Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman lent their names to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday arguing that the Supreme Court should rule the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional.
VIDEO: Bachmann touts far-right candidacy: ‘Why settle for a moderate?’
As her hopes sink lower by the day, Michele Bachmann goes on The O'Reilly Factor to stake her claim that a "true conservative" can win it all.
Study shows that all suffer in communities where there are lots...
A new study shows that a community that has a high rate of uninsured members affects the health care access and quality of those who actually have insurance.
Perry debuts ‘like a piñata’ at GOP debate, wins applause for...
All eyes focused on Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he made his debate debut Wednesday evening at the fourth GOP showdown, this one hosted by Politico and NBC.
Bachmann concludes Florida swing by vowing to repeal health reform
GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann concluded a weekend of Florida events with a Sarasota rally cosponsored by the local Republican Party and a handful of tea party and 912 groups, repeating her calls to eliminate both the EPA and the Department of Education and promising to lead the charge to repeal “ObamaCare.”
As Health Benefit Exchange meetings kick off, some Republicans still question...
Monday marked the first day of meetings to implement the new Colorado Health Benefit Exchange – one of the most controversial bills to make it through both chambers of the State Legislature last session. But it’s clear that Republicans, many of whom voted against the bill, still see it as a hedge against the evils of the federal Affordable Health Care Act, which they derisively refer to as “Obamacare.”
Five GOP presidential candidates participate in National Right to Life convention
Five Republican presidential contenders took part in a National Right to Life Convention forum Friday in Jacksonville. Only two (Herman Cain and Rick Santorum) appeared in person, while the other three (Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty) literally phoned it in — appearing at the panel via Skype.
American Medical Association members vote to endorse individual mandate
The American Medical Association’s delegates held their annual meeting over the weekend, at which the most contested issue under discussion was the individual mandate to purchase health insurance or pay a fee, and whether the AMA should continue, as it has since 2006, to officially support such a mandate. The mandate is a crucial component of the Affordable Care Act passed by the Democratic Congress last year.
VIDEO: Romney in CO: MA health plan is good; Obamacare is...
With Mitt Romney having come and gone (and collected a whole bunch of endorsements), Coloradans are left to wonder what it all meant.