Day: August 20, 2009

The concerns of many older Americans as they look at the health overhaul bills in Congress focus on the savings intended to come from Medicare.

Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security, says he was pushed to raise the threat level before the election.

Eight months into the year, Obama’s health care reform effort is in serious trouble. What went wrong?

Some in Florida fear that health care reform would reduce the Medicare benefits they depend on.

Says pressure to adjust threat levels was politicized.

Despite their own complaints, the British don’t like it when their system is cited as an example of the failures of socialized medicine.

His PAC bring in its worst monthly haul of the year.

The details of a death at a private immigration jail where two earlier deaths had been tied to poor care show the difficulties facing the Obama administration.

Supporters of a public option in the current health care debate head to Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Obama manages to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants’ rights advocates.