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Supreme Court will hear health care case this term (AP)

AP – The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape just as voters are about to decide if Obama deserves another term.

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Health issues force Uncle Mo into retirement

Uncle Mo, the champion 2-year-old of 2010, has been retired after finishing 10th in Saturday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. The decision was made after blood tests taken on Sunday showed that the gamma-glutamyltransferase enzyme was elevated.

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Health overhaul law suffers first major casualty (AP)

AP – The Obama administration’s signature health overhaul law, under relentless assault by Republicans, has suffered its first major casualty — a long-term care insurance plan.

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House votes to stop health care law abortions (AP)

AP – The House on Thursday returned to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Barack Obama’s health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies.

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Feds to design health insurance for the masses (AP)

AP – The federal government is taking on a crucial new role in the nation’s health care, designing a basic benefits package for millions of privately insured Americans. A framework for the Obama administration was released Thursday.

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Health care law looms over new Supreme Court term (AP)

FILE -In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide whether to insert themselves into the center of the nation’s presidential campaign next year.  The high court begins its new term Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, and President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, which affects almost every American, is squarely in its sights.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide whether to insert themselves into the center of the presidential campaign next year.


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Gingrich calls for changes in taxes, health care (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting with employees at the Principal Financial Group, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa.  Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes and buy health care and would allow young people to opt out of the Social Security system. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP – Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes, buy health care and contribute to the Social Security system.


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