Barack Obama, Health Care | featured news

A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to sink the legislation.

Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

The battle over health care shifted back to the Senate as President Obama prodded lawmakers on Sunday to push ahead one day after ...

After earlier fits and starts, legislation to insure nearly all Americans is approaching votes in the House and in the Senate.

Health care legislation taking shape in the House carries a price tag of at least $1 trillion over a decade, significantly higher than the target President Obama has set ...

Their plan is estimated below Obama's $900-billion price tag. House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their healthcare bill below President Obama's price tag by giving the government a strong hand in selling insurance in competition with the private market.

While Obama believes a gov't-run health care would best meet his reform goals, aides say he's not demanding it.

U.S. President Barack Obama hit back at the health insurance industry on Thursday, accusing it of trying to deceive Americans about healthcare reform and vowing to overhaul the industry in Congress.

What was a tenuous truce between White House and industry turns quickly into an all-out battle, with both sides ratcheting up hostilities, rhetoric.

A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.