Private Health Care

By Christi Parsons and Mark Silva OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- President Barack Obama, praising Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for resolute handling of the worst economic crisis in decades, said today that he will nominate the appointee of his Republican.....

by Mark Silva Despite whatever "signals'' the White House may have given about giving up on the so-called "public option'' in health-care reform, the White House has not given up, the White House says. Nevertheless, the signal has been sent......

by Mark Silva and updated The great health-care debate of August closes, from the vacationing president's perspective, with a White House attempt to dispell some of "the more outrageous myths'' that have built up around the health insurance overhaul the.....

by Mark Silva Misinformation has taken hold in the health-care debate. Most people surveyed by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal say it's likely that the president's health-care plans will provide insurance coverage to illegal immigrants, lead to a.......

by Michael Muskal As President Obama steps up his push for health-care reform, the latest poll continues to raise questions about his trademark call for a bipartisan approach to politics. An increasing number of Americans say they believe that Obama......

by Jim Tankersley With Americans so worried about the struggling economy and Congress prepping for a host of major legislative battles this year, President Barack Obama should scale back his health-care reform push and settle for a smaller, bipartisan...

by Christi Parsons As the going gets tougher for President Obama's plans to overhaul health care, the president this week is launching a renewed effort to build grassroots support for his plan, supplementing his tour of town hall meetings with......

by Mark Silva Introducing: Soon to be, the newest member of the United States Senate. George LeMieux. But don't worry about remembering the spelling. He won't be there for long. The appointee of Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida to......

by Mark Silva ` "Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy,'' President Barack Obama said today at the public funeral for the last of the three Kennedy brothers who held or sought the presidency.......

by Mark Silva with contributions from Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas, and updated at 1:45 pm EDT President Barack Obama, calling the "public option'' for those who cannot find health insurance privately only part of his proposals for a health-care.......

by Mark Silva and updated at 2 pm EDT In political circles, there is a term for the tactic that the Republican National Committee is deploying with a new run of national cable ads and TV ads airing in Florida:......

By James Oliphant A wave of bleak news about the stagnant economy promises to give opponents of President Obama's expansive domestic agenda more ammunition to argue that this is an inopportune time to enact overhauls of the nation's health-care and......