Healthcare Laws

Here's an assessment from the Republican co-chairman of Congress' unfortunate "super committee" of why the bipartisan panel failed to produce a deficit reduction plan last week: "We could not bridge the gap between two dramatically competing visions of...

Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee, won praise from his fellow Republicans this week for proposing a federal budget that would reduce the deficit by slashing spending in almost every domestic program. Some of the praise...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate panel examining implementation of Obamacare Monday rejected expansion of Medicaid under the federal health care law and debated a new proposal put forth by committee Chairman Joe Negron that would try to put low-...

TALLAHASSEE — Health insurance groups Friday told lawmakers that health insurance costs are going to go up no matter what under the federal health care law. “For any individual plan, any individual person, that overall effect on premiums is...

It's a GOP talking point, but it's false: From PolitiFact: Neither Obama nor his health care law literally cut a dollar amount from the Medicare program’s budget. Rather, the health care law instituted a number of changes to try to......

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he supports the legalization of marijuana in California. In a New York Times article about the fading stigma of the drug in the Golden State, Newsom told the New York Times' Adam Nagourney, "These laws......

TALLAHASSEE — The Senate has launched a website seeking public input over the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. The site will include links to information about the committee handling implementation, documents related to the act and...

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott, offering a more conciliatory tone, wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Friday saying he hoped the two could work together and reach common ground while implementing the new health care law....

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — During what he called a “hopefully productive meeting,” Gov. Rick Scott made a pitch to federal officials on Monday for a Florida proposal to serve the state’s 3.3 million...

In his column, George Skelton said he's concerned that the Affordable Care Act will end up costing California more than it can spend....

By Margie Menzel, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Continuing a national media blitz Tuesday against last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Rick Scott fielded some penetrating questions from radio hosts...

It's a well-established practice among reporters covering the Supreme Court to look for clues to the outcome in the justices' questions, even though it can be a fool's errand. So it wasn't surprising to see numerous articles Tuesday declaring the......