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- Obama in Boston: Does Massachusetts prove Obamacare will work?
On Wednesday, the president will defend Obamacare at Faneuil Hall in Boston – the site where in 2006, then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed similar health-care reforms into law for Massachusetts.
- It's budget crunch time. If lawmakers say no 'grand bargain,' then what?
A 'grand bargain' that cuts entitlement programs and raises revenues, thus whittling the deficit in a big way, is not a likely outcome of House-Senate budget negotiations that begin Wednesday. The best hope is for a modest deal that averts another government shutdown. Is that doable?
- Obamacare fiasco: Was building HealthCare.gov really that hard?
Many experts say the Obamacare website HealthCare.gov, in many ways, is trying to do something unprecedented: unveil an enormously complicated site all at once and in the media spotlight.
- Obamacare website: Is one month enough time to fix it?
The Obamacare website will work 'for the vast majority of users' by Nov. 30, the White House says. No one's saying that's impossible, but hitting the deadline will be a tough task, it seems.
- NSA revealed: When a spy agency comes under public scrutiny
For years, the National Security Agency did its spy work out of public view. Now, with revelations and allegations coming almost daily, that’s no longer true for the NSA.
- Kathleen Sebelius prepares to face the music on Obamacare
Dozens of Republican lawmakers have demanded that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resign over Obamacare glitches. She'll appear before a congressional panel this week, where she's likely to stand her ground.
- With computer glitches, has GOP finally found a way to kill Obamacare?
Since it first was proposed, Republicans have been saying they'd 'repeal and replace' the Affordable Care Act. Massive computer problems with Obamacare's roll-out may have given them their best chance to do that.
- Obamacare website: Does it violate privacy rights?
At a congressional hearing Thursday, Republicans implied that the Obamacare website violates a federal privacy law – a characterization that prompted one Democrat to say, 'I will not yield to this monkey court!'
- Obamacare 101: Enroll by March 31 to avoid penalty, White House clarifies
'If you sign up for insurance by the end of March, you will not face a penalty,' the White House said late Wednesday. Originally, the Obamacare law had been interpreted as giving people until Feb. 15, 2014, to have health coverage. Calls mount, including by Democrats, to give folks more time.
- Obamacare Web troubles: what’s known so far – and what big questions remain
Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are likely to ask some pointed questions Thursday about why the rollout of Obamacare website has gone so badly.