OVERHAUL
Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum
The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws — a code that is so complicated most Americans buy commercial software to help them or simply hire someone else to do it all.By Associated Press , May 28, 2013
Some are overlooked in US immigration overhaul
Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border — and the wrong side of a proposed overhaul of the U.S. immigration system that would grant legal status to millions of people.By Associated Press , April 28, 2013
Judge: States must continue with health overhaul
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge who declared President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul unconstitutional ruled Thursday that states must continue implementing it while the case makes its way through the courts. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson was responding to a request from Obama administration attorneys who sought to ensure Florida and 25 other states follow the law until their challenge to it is resolved.By By Melissa Nelson, The Associated Press , March 04, 2011
Judge: Suit over health overhaul can go to trial
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge says some parts of a lawsuit by 20 states challenging the Obama administration’s health care overhaul as unconstitutional can go to trial. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled Thursday in Pensacola, Fla., that some parts of the lawsuit need to be heard. The administration had asked him to dismiss the entire lawsuit, which was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.By By Melissa Nelson, The Associated Press , October 15, 2010
No deal found on financial rules
The Senate’s top negotiators on financial overhaul legislation said Sunday they were not optimistic about striking a bipartisan agreement on key features of the sweeping bill before a showdown vote on Monday.By By Jim Kuhnhenn, The Associated Press , April 26, 2010
Health overhaul likely to strain doctor shortage
Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the landmark health overhaul that will bring them millions more newly insured patients in the next few years promises extra strain. The new law goes beyond offering coverage to the uninsured, with steps to improve the quality of care for the average person and help keep us well instead of today’s seek-care-after-you’re-sick culture. To benefit, you’ll need a regular health provider.By By Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press , March 30, 2010
Right’s anger could backfire
Talk about sore losers. Just when you think the health care debate can’t sink any lower, somebody manages to punch through the floor. The ink of President Barack Obama’s signature was hardly dry on his health care overhaul legislation before reports of vandalism and death threats against congressmen on both political sides threatened to upstage the bill that apparently sparked the anger.By Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune , March 30, 2010
Reform puts debt on future generations
The victory came ugly and it was narrow. But it was also sweet. It was historic and, politically, it was big. The question is: Will the passage of health care reform also prove a Pyrrhic victory for Democrats — one that will devastate the winners in the 2010 elections? Republicans think so, citing polls showing health care reform to be deeply unpopular.By Morton Kondracke, Roll Call , March 30, 2010
Premiums could increase 17 percent for young adults
Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans — a shift expected to raise insurance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect. Beginning in 2014, most Americans will be required to buy insurance or pay a tax penalty. That’s when premiums for young adults seeking coverage on the individual market would likely climb by 17 percent on average, or roughly $42 a month, according to an analysis of the plan conducted for The Associated Press. The analysis did not factor in tax credits to help offset the increase.By By Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press , March 30, 2010
Nine Dems who voted no on health bill may reconsider
Nine House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their “no” votes to “yes” on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, brightening the party’s hopes in the face of unyielding Republican opposition.By By Charles Babington, The Associated Press , March 02, 2010
Feds pledge overhaul of system
With some American Indian groups waiting decades for formal recognition from the U.S. government, federal officials Wednesday pledged to overhaul the cumbersome process but cautioned the changes could take two years to go into effect.By By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press , November 05, 2009
TV ad war begins over health overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring at the camera, Canadian citizen Shona Holmes says a brain tumor would have killed her had she relied on her government-run health plan that would have provided treatment far too late. “Now, Washington wants to bring Canadian-style health care to the U.S.,” a narrator says darkly.July 06, 2009
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