Health Care Reform: News, Analysis and Opinion from POLITICO

• 6 cleverest SCOTUS headlines

  By PATRICK GAVIN | 6/29/12 7:15 AM EDT
  For newspaper editors, it wasn’t hard to choose the lead story for Friday’s edition. But which paper had the...
  
  
  

• The Republican recipe for repeal

  By MANU RAJU and JAKE SHERMAN | 6/29/12 4:44 AM EDT
  Republican hopes to repeal the health care law may come down to a bank shot: A GOP sweep in November and a simple Senate...
  
  
  

• GOP sees down-ballot gold in decision

  By CHARLES MAHTESIAN | 6/29/12 4:44 AM EDT
  When President Obama said Thursday that he didn’t pursue health care reform “because it was good...
  
  
  

• Romney cash intake tops $3 million

  By ALEXANDER BURNS | 6/28/12 9:11 PM EDT
  The Romney campaign has raised $3.2 million online since the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Affordable Care Act, a...
  
  
  

• 5 myths of the individual mandate

  By JOANNE KENEN | 6/28/12 6:50 PM EDT
  The individual mandate, the centerpiece of the health care law, is contentious, unpopular — and misunderstood. So...
  
  
  

• Santorum: Obama arrogant

  By MJ LEE | 6/28/12 5:50 PM EDT
  Rick Santorum on Thursday attacked President Barack Obama for displaying “arrogance” that...
  
  
  

• Bipartisan shock on Hill at ruling

  By KATE NOCERA | 6/28/12 4:41 PM EDT
  It was the ruling no one was expecting. So when the Supreme Court upheld the the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 vote, the...
  
  
  

• A SCOTUS for the 21st century

  By WILLIAM YEOMANS | 6/28/12 4:04 PM EDT
  In the wake of this momentous week for the Supreme Court, it is time to assess the institution entrusted with deciding...
  
  
  

• GOP's path post-health care ruling

  By FRANK DONATELLI | 6/28/12 3:18 PM EDT
  The Supreme Court’s historic ruling today upholding the key provision of “Obamacare” — the...
  
  
  

• CNN, Fox fool Obama on SCOTUS

  By GLENN THRUSH | 6/28/12 2:38 PM EDT
  President Barack Obama was standing outside the Oval Office shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, when he saw CNN and Fox...
  
  
  

• Poll: Health care not top problem

  By TIM MAK | 6/29/12 6:14 AM EDT
  Even as the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Affordable Care Act loomed, only six percent of Americans in...
  
  
  

• John Roberts recasts his legacy

  By JOSH GERSTEIN and DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 6/29/12 4:44 AM EDT
  Chief Justice John Roberts promised not to pitch or bat, but he sure threw a curve ball Thursday. By voting to uphold...
  
  
  

• 'What Congress calls a penalty, we call a tax'

  By BRETT NORMAN | 6/28/12 11:26 PM EDT
  The statement Justice Anthony Kennedy read from the bench Thursday shows just how close the Affordable Care Act came to...
  
  
  

• How Dems could blow it

  By DAVID NATHER | 6/28/12 7:18 PM EDT
  The Supreme Court just handed the Democrats a huge gift — the John Roberts seal of approval on the health care...
  
  
  

• Health win just first step for Obama

  By GLENN THRUSH and REID J. EPSTEIN | 6/28/12 6:41 PM EDT
  One victory on health care won’t quite cut it for Barack Obama in 2012. Obama and his political team know they...
  
  
  

• 'Appalled' GOP fundraises off DNC tweet

  By CHARLES MAHTESIAN | 6/28/12 5:26 PM EDT
  Thanks to the wonders of Internet fundraising, every news event, utterance, statement or opposition gaffe is a potential...
  
  
  

• Pols dissect ruling on POLITICO Live

  By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 6/28/12 4:08 PM EDT
  Members of Congress stuck to their stark partisan lines on Thursday while discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling...
  
  
  

• Perry: 'Stomach punch' to economy

  By WILLIAM BERGSTROM | 6/28/12 3:36 PM EDT
  Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday called the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act a...
  
  
  

• Palin: 'Thank God' for SCOTUS

  By KYLE CHENEY | 6/28/12 3:04 PM EDT
  Sarah Palin says Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling will be a boon for conservatives — because it will get them...
  
  
  

• Pence likens health care ruling to 9/11

  By JAKE SHERMAN | 6/28/12 2:28 PM EDT
  In a closed door House GOP meeting Thursday, Indiana congressman and gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence likened the...