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• Cost estimate for insurance aid prompts questions

  March 2, 2012 in Nation/World Cost estimates for a key part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year’s budget, and a senior Republican lawmaker today demanded … 8

• Health care law looms over new Supreme Court term

  October 3, 2011 in Nation/World 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. … 18

• Justices say McKenna can challenge health care law

  September 1, 2011 in Region Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna legally can challenge the federal health care reforms, but can’t refuse to represent Land Commissioner Peter Goldmark in a separate case. 5

• 20 states ask judge to throw out Obama health law

  December 16, 2010 in Nation/World Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law told a judge today it will expand the government’s powers in dangerous and unintended ways. 22

• Big legal setback for Obama’s health care overhaul

  December 13, 2010 in Nation/World A federal judge declared a key provision of the Obama administration’s health care law unconstitutional today, siding with Virginia’s attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately … 39

• Health reform challenge proceeds

  October 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Florida handed opponents of the new health care law an early procedural victory Thursday, rejecting a bid by the Obama administration to throw out …

• Judge: Suit over health overhaul can go to trial

  October 14, 2010 in Nation/World Crucial pieces of a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s health care overhaul can go to trial, with a judge ruling today he wants to hear more arguments over whether it’s … 10

• Regence BlueShield dropping child-only health plans

  September 28, 2010 in City, Region Regence BlueShield, one of the state’s largest health insurers, will no longer offer child-only individual plans, a move that state insurance officials fear may trigger other insurers to drop similar … 47

• Q-and-A: Does the health law help me?

  September 22, 2010 in Nation/World The nation’s new health care law turns 6 months old Thursday and starts delivering protections and dollars-and-cents benefits that Americans can grasp. But it won’t affect all consumers the same …

• Obama faults himself for not selling health law

  September 22, 2010 in Nation/World Blaming himself for coolness to his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is seeking to reintroduce the law to voters who don’t much like or understand it six months after … 5

• Missouri tests health reform

  August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Striking a largely symbolic blow at President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday challenging the new law’s requirement that Americans buy health …

• Judge OKs challenge to health reform law

  August 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration lost an early legal skirmish over the new health care law Monday when a federal judge declined to dismiss the state of Virginia’s lawsuit challenging … 7

• Stopgap health plan’s premiums could hurt

  June 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is launching a special coverage program for uninsured Americans with medical problems this week, the most ambitious early investment of President Barack Obama’s health care … 5

• Murray threat defendant pleads guilty in Seattle

  June 10, 2010 in Region A man accused of threatening to kill Sen. Patty Murray over her support for sweeping federal health care legislation has pleaded guilty. 7

• Judge to speed federal health care challenge

  April 14, 2010 in Nation/World, City, Idaho A federal judge intends to fast track a lawsuit by at least 18 states, including Washington and Idaho, that seeks to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, he told … 20

• Selah man charged with threatening Sen. Patty Murray

  April 6, 2010 in Region A Washington state man has been charged with threatening to kill Democratic Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform, leaving voicemail messages at her office saying she … 38

• Idaho lawmakers slashed spending, assailed federal initiatives

  April 4, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers’ session this year was one of slash and bash – slashing deeply into state budgets for everything from schools to health care while passing measure after … 4

• Washington state files for federal health care reform aid

  March 30, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Washington state may be first in line for one aspect of the new federal health care reform law – submitting a request for some $180 million in federal … 5

• Industry agrees to fix gap in kids coverage

  March 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After battling President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul the better part of a year, the insurance industry said Monday it won’t try to block his efforts to fix … 4

• Reform backers cite court ruling

  March 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Defenders of the newly enacted national health care law and its rule that all Americans get health insurance have a powerful and recent Supreme Court precedent on their … 3

• Hundreds gather to support Wash. attorney general

  March 27, 2010 in City Hundreds of people turned out Saturday to show their support for state Attorney General Rob McKenna and his decision to join a lawsuit with a dozen other states trying to … 45

• Health overhaul finished

  March 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After a final surge to overcome Republican opposition, Congressional Democrats approved the last piece of their health care overhaul Thursday night, sending President Barack Obama a package of … 13

• Congress completes overhaul of health care

  March 25, 2010 in Nation/World Congressional Democrats applied the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to campaign for repeal in the fall election season, … 37

• David S. Broder: Dingell championed reform

  March 25, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 No one waited longer for the passage of health care reform than John Dingell, so it was only right that no one smiled more broadly than the 83-year-old congressman while …

• Idaho joins lawsuit testing constitutionality of reforms

      March 24, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 As Idaho joined a national lawsuit against the new health care reform law Tuesday, Washington’s attorney general was both blasted and praised for jumping into the litigation a day before. … 32

• Kathleen Parker: Stupak trips; a principle falls

  March 24, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 Stupak. Etymology: Eponym for Congressman Bart Stupak. 1

• Editorial: Court needs to examine federal health reform now

  March 24, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna caught a lot of people off guard Monday when he said he’ll take part in a multistate lawsuit challenging the federal health care reform legislation …

• Idaho, Wash. AGs sue over health care overhaul

    March 23, 2010 in Nation/World, City, Idaho As Idaho joined a national lawsuit against the new health care reform law, Washington’s attorney general was both blasted and praised for jumping into the litigation Monday. 33

• Q & A: Health care overhaul

  March 23, 2010 in Nation/World Some questions and answers on the health care bill.

• Texas Republican says he shouted ‘baby killer’

  March 22, 2010 in Nation/World Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer acknowledged Monday that he is the lawmaker who shouted out “baby killer” during a floor speech by Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat whose vote … 3

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