DC on fast track to decriminalizing pot possession
By Ben Nuckols This photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 shows marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana displayed under a light, at The Joint, a medical marijuana…
Health issues
MEDICARE CHIEF GETS ‘OBAMACARE’ GRILLING
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE – In this April file photo, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner speaks during a news conference at the…
ANALYSIS: GOP AIMS AT WEBSITE, HOPES TO HIT LAW
By DAVID ESPO FILE – In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional Republicans…
OBAMA: ‘NO EXC– USE’ FOR HEALTH CARE SIGNUP PROBLEMS
By JULIE PACE and JACK GILLUM President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, on the initial rollout…
A BUMPY FIRST DAY FOR NEW INSURANCE MARKETPLACES
By CARLA K. JOHNSON Doug Carmichael, worksite coordinator for Marketplace Nebraska, a health insurance broker under the new Affordable Care Act, explains to citizens the health insurance enrollment process and…
HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS OPEN; SUCCESS TO BE SEEN
By CARLA K. JOHNSON FILE – In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Laura Leon, project director for the navigator program at Sinai Community Institute of Chicago, speaks at a…
COUNTDOWN: GOP UNITY FRAYS AS SHUTDOWN GROWS NEAR
By DAVID ESPO Speaker of the House John Boehner, R- Ohio, pauses during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting about the ongoing budget fight on Capitol Hill…
HEALTH CARE LAW REUNITING OBAMA, BILL CLINTON
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by former President Bill Clinton are seen at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte,…