health-care law

• Congress Extends Payroll Tax Cut

  By Steven Sloan, Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  February 17, 2012

  GOP and Democrats unite to pass measure; cut extended through year-end.

• Congress Votes on Payroll Tax Cut

  By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  February 17, 2012

  Deal cuts emergency jobless benefits to 73 weeks, from 99.

• Congress Set for Payroll-Tax Fight

  By Richard Rubin and James Rowley, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2011

  House Republicans balk at the deal worked out in the Senate.

• Houses Passes Payroll Tax Cut

  By Steven Sloan and Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  December 14, 2011

  Senate Majority Leader Reid rejects House version, which includes changes to unemployment benefits.

• U.S. Ends Retiree Health Subsidy

  By Alex Wayne, Bloomberg  |  December 9, 2011

  $5 bln set aside to help pay for health insurance for early retirees almost gone.

• Court Upholds Healthcare Law

  By Tom Schoenberg and Andrew Harris  |  November 9, 2011

  Requiring individuals to have medical coverage is constitutional, court says.

• White House Appeals Health-Care Ruling

  By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg  |  September 29, 2011

  Administration asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling invalidating individual mandate.

• States Appeal Health Law to High Court

  By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg  |  September 28, 2011

  Entire healthcare reform measure should be invalidated, 26 states argue.

• Health Benefit Costs Up Most Since '05

  By Jeffrey Young, Bloomberg  |  September 27, 2011

  Average cost of family policy increases 9% to exceed $15,000, survey shows.

• Court Throws Out Health-Care Challenges

  By Tom Schoenberg, Andrew Harris, Bloomberg  |  September 9, 2011

  Federal appeals court says it lacks authority to decide if law is constitutional.