FACT CHECK: Coverage requirement enforced with tax (AP)

Obama to urge lawmakers to fix health care system (AP)
AP - Vowing to deliver the changes he promised, President Barack Obama urgently implored Democrats and Republicans in his State of the Union address Wednesday night to overcome a "deficit of...

Obama, other Dems praise new health compromise (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama as well as Democratic liberals and moderates all found something to like Wednesday in an emerging compromise to expand the role of government in the nation's...

Is a Federal Mandate Constitutional?
Journalist Ezra Klein has come out in favor of the proposition that a federal health insurance mandate is constitutional, but the question remains a thorny legal problem. If a reform bill is...

Health Care Legislation Continues To Move Forward
Slowly, but surely, we’ll be getting health care reform in a matter of months. That is, if Democrats don’t overplay their hand. From NY Times: The Senate Finance Committee...

CBO: Baucus Health Care Bill Slashes Deficit By $81B Over Next...
Not only that it’s fully paid for. That’s the latest report from the CBO and it’s encouraging to say the very least. Here’s more from The Hill: The Congressional...