Axelrod:Obama opposes abortion restrictions

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Obama confers with David Axelrod

U.S. President Barack Obama remains opposed to prohibiting abortion coverage in plans offered through a new health insurance exchange,an adviser says.

Obama adviser David Axelrod said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union”that the president hasn’t wavered in his opposition to the Stupak Amendment,[...]

Obamacare would reduce senior care

By Lori Montgomery,Washington Post

Grandma's care will be deeply cut under Obamacare

A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama’s proposed overhaul of the nation’s health-care system — would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could [...]

House Healthcare Bill Has Nowhere to Go in Senate

NewsMax

The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote,[...]

It’s officially safe to criticize Barack Obama

By:BYRON YORK,Washington Examiner

Obama celebrates Halloween

There’s a lot of buzz on Capitol Hill about a new health care memo,by strategist/communicator Frank Luntz,which is filled with advice for opponents of the Democrats’reform legislation. The memo analyzes the public’s concerns that national health care will result in lower quality [...]

Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare Moves Forward

By Nicholas Ballasy,CNSNEWS

A senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CNSNews.com that it is “likely” that Reid will use H.R. 1586—a bill passed by the House in March to impose a 90-percent tax on bonuses paid to employees of certain bailed-out financial institutions—as a “shell” for enacting [...]

Privately,Barack Obama strongly backs public option

By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook,Chicago Tribune

Despite months of seeming ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan,the Obama White House has launched an intensifying behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided Senate Democrats to take up some version of the idea in the weeks just ahead.

Firms tied to Obama make millions from health push

By SHARON THEIMER,Associated Press

It is profitable to work for Obama

President Barack Obama’s push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers.

Coalitions of interest [...]

Obama repeats false healthcare claims

By Steven Thomma,McClatchy Newspapers

Obama repeats lies to religious leaders on Healthcare conference call

President Barack Obama participated in a scripted online discussion of his health care overhaul with a friendly audience of religious voters and pastors Wednesday. It ended with him bemoaning those who bear “false witness”against his [...]

Obama Gets Poor Grade On Health Care

By RAGHAVAN MAYUR Investors Business Daily

President Obama has yet to sell health care reform convincingly to Americans. The public is skeptical about whether an overhaul of the health system is in its best interests. One indicator of the skepticism is the poor grade Americans give the president for his handling [...]

Obamacare:The Cartoon

BY Gary McCoy,Cagle Cartoons