Anthem Blue Cross prez quits after rate hike fight
The president of Anthem Blue Cross in California announced her resignation Tuesday after the insurer’s attempted rate increase became President Barack Obama’s poster child for out-of-control health care costs. Leslie Margolin said Tuesday she is leaving the… Barack Obama – California – WellPoint – Health care – [...]

SEIU Members Make Health Care Deciding Issue For Uncommitted Voters. Over the past year and a half, SEIU members have made health care a central issue in the presidential election: • In March, 2007, SEIU and the Center for American Progress Action Fund hosted the first presidential forum focused on health care; • In August, [...]

U.S. can’t wait on health care reform: Obama
Saying Americans cannot afford to place off an overhaul of health care, President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to break the political stalemate that has blocked past efforts and pass a comprehensive plot this year

White House backs S.F. in health coverage suit
The Obama administration took San Francisco’s side Friday in a legal dispute over the city’s groundbreaking health coverage law, urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal by restaurant owners who objected to paying part of the cost. In a long-awaited… White House – Law – San Francisco [...]

Ezra Klein: On Hill, understated productivity
The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 — that is to say, the financial-regulation bill — passed the Senate last night. That adds one more achievement in what has been an extraordinarily productive Congress. Since Barack Obama’s inauguration, we’ve seen passage of the $800 billion stimulus bill, the most [...]