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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul can survive if the court declares unconstitutional the law's centerpiece provision requiring h… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-six states challenging President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul filed a Supreme Court brief on Tuesday arguing the law unconstitutionally expands the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled. By thr… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

Oral arguments on President Barack Obama’s sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the Supreme Court said on Monday. The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear the 5-1/2 hours of oral … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oral arguments on President Barack Obama's sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the Supreme Court said on Monday. The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear th… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday accepted an invitation by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner to deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 24. The formal invitation… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

President Barack Obama said Thursday it was just common sense to keep girls under the age of 17 from being able to buy a morning-after contraceptive pill off a drugstore shelf. Citing his own two daughters, Obama said: “I think most parents would … View full post on Yahoo! Health News

The Supreme Court on Thursday set the schedule for briefs to be filed ahead of hearing arguments in late March over President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul law. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary’s decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he supports a controversial decision by the U.S. health secretary to overrule government scientists about access to an emergency contraceptive known as the morning-after pill. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked tobacco companies from having to display graphic images on cigarette packs and advertising, such as a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat. View full post on Yahoo! Health News