health care system

Even the wonkiest among us rarely refer to the law by its given name: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

So what should we call the law remaking the nation's health care system?

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President Obama says the political cost of overhauling the health care system turned out to be higher than he had expected.

And he admits that he gets discouraged at times when dealing with the economy.

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As a candidate in 2007, Barack Obama outlined his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system in a speech in Iowa City.

He promised to sign a comprehensive bill into law in his first term. President Obama returned to Iowa City on Thursday to celebrate the health care law he signed this week.

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It's crunch time in Congress: Democrats in the House are nearing the finish line Sunday on their efforts to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Host Guy Raz gets the latest from NPR's Andrea Seabrook, who's in the Capitol.

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The president denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government's health care system on Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan.

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President Obama traveled to Acadia University in suburban Philadelphia on Monday to make the case one more time for Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

He went after Republicans for their unified opposition, and attacked big insurance companies.

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President Obama appealed directly to senators' desire for history-making change and their short-term political fears Sunday in urging them to stand together and overhaul the nation's health care system.

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House lawmakers on Saturday passed a sweeping bill that would overhaul the nation's health care system. The measure, supported mostly by Democrats, contained an abortion amendment that required the party to make a significant shift to the right.

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The majority leader says states will have the prerogative of opting out of the program if they choose. He noted that polls show widespread public support for giving the government a role in the overhauled health care system envisioned by President Obama and his allies in Congress.

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A top-to-bottom remake of the U.S. health care system along the lines sought by President Barack Obama moved a step closer to reality Tuesday as the Senate Finance Committee approved a 10-year, $829 billion plan that would extend coverage to millions more Americans and seek to hold down spiraling health costs over the long term.