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Kathleen Sebelius

Search for ‘Obamacare’ Funding Angers Lawmakers

Margot Sanger-Katz | May 14, 2013
With money and time running out to implement the president’s health care law, administration officials are looking for funding wherever they can find it—and angering members of Congress along the way.
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How Much Big Insurance Paid a Small-Business Group to Fight a Premium Tax

Chris Frates | May 13, 2013
The nation’s leading health insurance industry group gave $850,000 to a top small-business trade association as part of a campaign to repeal a key provision of President Obama’s health care law, National Journal Daily has learned.
Reconcile Restaurant

The Cajun Comeback

Adam B. Kushner | May 2, 2013
Eight years after Katrina, New Orleans is finding new ways to address old problems. Scenes from a turnaround. 
American dream

The American Dream, Downsized

Amy Sullivan and Sophie Quinton contributed | April 25, 2013
The middle class now worries more about holding on for dear life than about climbing the ladder to riches. 
Aerospace

Five Cool Innovations to Lift Workers Into the Middle Class

Sophie Quinton | April 25, 2013
From rent-subsidized apartments for single moms to an online medical clinic that saves $88 per diagnosis, American ingenuity works. 
Gov. Brian Schweitzer

Brian Schweitzer, the Great Progressive Hope?

Elahe Izadi | April 24, 2013
Montana's former Democratic governor is liberal on health care, but more conservative on guns.
Brandielee Marendo

No, Oncologists Are Not Going Broke

Margot Sanger-Katz | April 18, 2013
Cancer doctors say the sequester forces them to turn away dying patients. Nonsense.
Bottles of drugs

Health Care Interests Have Much to Monitor

Margot Sanger-Katz | April 17, 2013
Because entitlement reform could touch nearly every medical lobby, all will keep eyes and ears on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s doings.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley

The O'Malley Factor

Ronald Brownstein | April 11, 2013
Can Gov. Martin O'Malley ride his Maryland success to the White House? 
Stormy Bradley, Maya Bradley

Why Those Wellness Programs Don't Work

Margot Sanger-Katz | April 11, 2013
Obama's workplace health incentive was supposed to save money and make you fit. Instead it penalizes the poor. 
cigarette

Proposed 'Sin Tax' on Cigarettes Sparks Hope for Preschools

Cory Bennett | April 11, 2013
But given the partisan climate and belt-tightening rhetoric in Washington, not to mention tobacco lobbyists, implementation will be a slog.
President Obama's budget

A New Budget for a New Party

Ronald Brownstein | April 11, 2013
Obama's fiscal proposal aligns him with the politics of minority, millennial, and college-educated voters.
President Barack Obama

GOP Health Experts Agree: Don't Count on 'Obamacare' to Fail

Jill Lawrence | April 8, 2013
Is the Obama administration totally bungling implementation of its signature universal health care law? The White House gets some surprising backup from top health officials from two GOP administrations.
Mitch McConnell

The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal 'Obamacare'

Chris Frates | March 27, 2013
Mitch McConnell knows how to unwind Obamacare. And he doesn't think it's too late to do it.  
Obamacare Proponent

Obamacare Is a Prescription for a Democratic Headache in 2014

Alex Roarty and Beth Reinhard | March 21, 2013
With key provisions of "Obamacare" set to take effect in 2014, both parties are assessing the potential political fallout from the seismic changes coming to our health care system.
MinuteClinics

Picking Up a Diagnosis With Your Doritos

Sophie Quinton | March 21, 2013
With retail clinics at a growing number of neighborhood convenience stores, you may not have to wait for a doctor's appointment.
Health Care

Obamacare at Age 3: Still Too Young for Prognosis

Margot Sanger-Katz | March 19, 2013
Most major components of the Affordable Care Act don't go into effect until next year.
Trader Joe's

Why the Trader Joe's Model Benefits Workers--And the Bottom-Line

Sophie Quinton | March 18, 2013
Companies that invest in higher salaries for low-level employees find success in a competitive market.
Paul Ryan budget

House Republican Budget Offers More of the Same

Nancy Cook | March 12, 2013
By unveiling a budget blueprint that would erase the deficit in just 10 years, House Republicans sought on Tuesday to make that goal the gold standard and bare minimum for all future budget battles between the two parties.
Busboys and Poets

Citizenship Isn't Always Foremost What Undocumented Workers Want

Fawn Johnson | March 8, 2013
They just want to do their jobs, cash their paychecks, and be left alone. Here's a view of the immigration debate from the kitchen of your favorite restaurant.  
Busboys and Poets

What Undocumented Workers Really Want

Fawn Johnson | March 7, 2013
It's not always citizenship. They just want to do their jobs, cash their paychecks, and be left alone. A view of the immigration debate from the kitchen of your favorite restaurant.
Gov. Mike Beebe

Why the Republican Plan to Reform Medicare Could Really Make It More Expensive

Margot Sanger-Katz | March 7, 2013
Republicans like Paul Ryan want more market competition in federal health care programs. Trouble is, those plans don't save money.
President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Paul Ryan

House Budget Chairman's Track Record on Medicare Belies His Rhetoric

Margot Sanger-Katz | March 6, 2013
Paul Ryan's plans for current seniors in Medicare are not much different from President Obama's.
Gov. Mike Beebe

The Obama Administration's Super-Expensive, Legally Dubious Medicaid Plan

Margot Sanger-Katz | March 5, 2013
Arkansas is a test case for a new privatization plan that could win support from GOP politicians in other states.

Full Text: Marco Rubio's 2013 State of the Union Response

National Journal Staff | February 12, 2013
The Office of Speaker Boehner released a transcript of Marco Rubio's State of the Union speech (as prepared for delivery). Read the full text of the rebuttal below:
Nemo

The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You

Coral Davenport | February 7, 2013
While policymakers fiddle, the threat of economic harm posed by rising sea levels, devastating storms, and drought is growing every day.
Jan Brewer and Barack Obama

Why the GOP's Resistance to Medicaid Expansion Is Eroding

Ronald Brownstein | February 7, 2013
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wants her state to join the expansion, key to Obama's health care reform. Will other Republican governors follow suit?
Pittsburgh

Health Care: Great for the Economy Today, Terrible Later

Margot Sanger-Katz | January 31, 2013
Hospitals like Pittsburgh’s UPMC created enough jobs to end the recession. If they keep it up, they’ll wreck the economy.
Man sitting at a bar drinking

A 12-Step Program for the Republican Party

Tim Alberta and Jim O'Sullivan | January 24, 2013
The GOP has finally admitted it has a problem winning over voters. Here’s a 12-step program to get the party back on track.
Obama Boehner

How the Fiscal Cliff Battle Is Really Just a Battle of Demographics

Ronald Brownstein | December 20, 2012
Washington’s battle over the fiscal cliff is best understood as a confrontation not only between Democrats and Republicans, but also as an early skirmish in what could be a decades-long struggle for resources and influence between the Brown and the Gray.
John Boehner

Behind the Fiscal Cliff is a Demographic Struggle

Ronald Brownstein | December 20, 2012
Washington’s battle over the fiscal cliff is best understood as a confrontation not only between Democrats and Republicans, but also as an early skirmish in what could be a decades-long struggle for resources and influence between the Brown and the Gray.

What Changes Will Survive the Supreme Court?

June 26, 2012
The countdown to the Supreme Court's decision in the health care case is on. Chief Justice John Roberts said Monday that the justices would be issuing rulings in the remaining cases on Thursday, which means, barring some extraordinary circumstance, that we will know then whether the Affordable Care Act will stand, fall, or move forward in some partial form.
KING KONG VS. GODZILLA

The New Goliaths

Margot Sanger-Katz | February 16, 2012
The health care reform law, which was designed to lower costs, could end up raising them instead. The law is triggering a wave of hospital mergers and acquisitions, and decades of data show that hospital consolidations almost always lead to higher prices for patients.
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