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Lawmakers present united Medicare plan

Two senior lawmakers offered a bipartisan plan to overhaul Medicare, the government health plan for the elderly

US court to rule on Obama healthcare law

’Enormously consequential’ decision on mandatory insurance expected from the Supreme Court in the middle of the presidential campauign next year

Obama risks healthcare showdown

The timing of the request for the Supreme Court to consider the law has surprised many

Healthcare reform looms over Romney campaign

Headed into a fight for the Republican presidential nomination Romney’s involvement in the legislation was seen as a black mark on his record

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With a vote of 219 to 212, the US House of Representatives gives final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul, handing Barack Obama a landmark victory

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Comment & Analysis

Obama’s healthcare reform in the dock

Should the nine US Supreme Court justices strike down the law, it could provoke a showdown between two of the three branches of US government

Healthcare redux

One can understand the administration’s desire to postpone this moment of reckoning, but that does not justify delay. Too much is at stake. The question should be resolved as soon as possible

Surpluses not sacrifice still sway US politics

Christopher Caldwell

The establishment has not changed to reflect the new post-crash mood. Almost all of today’s leaders are yesterday’s men. Their main skill is divvying up surpluses, writes Christopher Caldwell

US Republican healthcare reform

Healthcare investors should be wary as there is likely to be more confusion and underperformance because Republican plans are no clearer than the Democrats’ ones

    US healthcare – transparently opaque

    With work under way to implement Barack Obama’s voluminous reform measures, Americans find the cost is becoming clear sooner than the benefits

    US healthcare reform

    Massive investments and reordering of government activity will be required as the healthcare law takes effect. The legal challenges that could derail this need to be resolved quickly

    Health reform weighs down Obama

    Clive Crook

    As it became plain that the reform was failing to win the public’s confidence, they should have campaigned for it – as the president repeatedly promised he would. Instead, they ran away, writes Clive Crook

    Healthcare reform and the midterms

    Polls suggest that the public wants the US healthcare reform to be mended, not scrapped. That should indeed be the goal. Whether Democrats and Republicans can pursue it together will decide whether progress or paralysis marks the remainder of Mr Obama’s term

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      Obama secures his place in history

      It has taken the US much too long to do what other rich countries did decades ago and pass a healthcare reform. The Democrats have made history, but will they come to regret it?

      Obama’s gamble on healthcare

      The Democrats’ healthcare proposal, though flawed, would move the US much closer to universal health insurance and take steps towards better control of costs. Neither should be postponed

      US healthcare reform falls ill

      Sadly, it now looks too late for Barack Obama to exercise the leadership that was missing this past year – in guiding the effort, in uniting his own party around a plan, and above all in assuring the public that it all made sense

      The Democrats’ healthcare choice

      For some of them, supporting healthcare reform will mean losing in November. But, remembering what is at stake, it is a sacrifice they must be willing to make

      Medical miracle

      A possible Senate compromise has emerged on the bill to reform US healthcare. Democrats in the House of Representatives must choke down their reservations and go along

      US health reform clears first hurdle

      Reformers need to build US public support by acknowledging and responding to voters’ concerns, which they have patently failed to do. Until that changes, the project is in jeopardy

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