health care
July 13, 2012 -
The Affordable Care Act, called "Obamacare" by its opponents, provides for an expansion of the joint federal-state health care program for the poor. But many Southern governors say they will reject that expansion -- even though it would benefit their states' economies.
May 31, 2012 -
Research by the Urban Institute finds a high rate of veterans who lack insurance in states like Louisiana that have been slow to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
April 4, 2012 -
A new report on county health outcomes gets to the heart of the ideological debate.
March 29, 2012 -
A by-the-numbers look at what Americans stand to lose if the high court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.
September 29, 2011 -
At the same time Planned Parenthood faces a sweeping probe by House Republicans, states have passed an unprecedented number of laws seeking to restrict women's access to legal abortions.
August 5, 2009 -
Texas Congressman Lloyd Doggett held one of his regular community meetings th
July 17, 2008 -
There will be a grand-opening celebration next month for a new pediatric clinic in the impoverished and predominantly African-American community of West Anniston, Ala.
