Obama promotes health overhaul

President Barack Obama on Saturday credited the health care overhaul with extending the solvency of Medicare and delivering new benefits and savings to senior citizens — a group of voters that remains deeply skeptical of the new law.
“We’ve made Medicare more solvent by going after waste, fraud, [...]

Obama takes credit for healthier Medicare

President Obama on Saturday took credit for placing Medicare on a more certain fiscal path and pledged to American seniors that they would see more help soon paying for drug costs in a direct appeal to an important segment of the midterm electorate.
Citing a report issued this week by [...]

Berwick’s Renomination Termed A ‘Technicality,’ Questions Remain

The White House hit the reset button Monday on Donald Berwick, renominating him for the post of CMS administrator after President Obama used a recess appointment to install the pediatrician as Medicare chief, with some observers speculating the move will help the controversial new CMS chief try to build a rapport with moderate Republicans as [...]

Americans Disapproving Obama May Enable Republicans

July 15 (Bloomberg) — Americans disapprove of U.S. President Barack Obama’s handling of almost every major issue and are deeply pessimistic about the nation’s direction, offering a bullish environment for Republicans in the November congressional elections.
A majority or plurality disapproves of Obama’s management of the economy, health [...]

Who Pays for ObamaCare?

Among Donald Berwick’s greatest rhetorical hits is this one: “any health-care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must—must—redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and less fortunate.” Count that as one more reason that President Obama made Dr. Berwick a recess appointee to run Medicare and Medicaid rather than [...]

Obama to Outline Plan to Cut H.I.V. Infections

WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil a new national strategy this week to curb the AIDS epidemic by slashing the number of new infections and increasing the number of people who get care and treatment.
“Annual AIDS deaths have declined, but the number of new infections has been [...]

OPINION: ObamaCare’s Ever-Rising Price Tag

Voters will understand plenty about the hidden costs of the law by November.

New Health Initiatives Put Spotlight on Prevention

WASHINGTON — Amid all the rancor leading up to passage of the new health care law, Congress with little fanfare approved a set of wide-ranging public initiatives to prevent disease and encourage healthy behavior.