Content about Presidency of Barack Obama

April 10, 2013
Obama budget proposes increasing tobacco taxes

President Barack Obama has proposed increasing federal taxes on cigarettes, drawing criticism from tobacco companies and praise from anti-smoking groups.

March 12, 2013
Health reform 'czar' Nancy-Ann DeParle to be NACDS-PAC breakfast keynote speaker at Annual

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced that Nancy-Ann DeParle, former deputy chief of staff for policy for President Barack Obama, will be the keynote speaker at the NACDS Chain Members and Political Action Committee (NACDS-PAC) breakfast, which will be held on April 22 during the NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

February 13, 2013
State of the Union address draws mixed responses from drug industry

Some people liked President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, and some people didn't, and the response from the drug industry was no less mixed.

November 29, 2012
Health reform stands as justices, voters ratify Obamacare

The Obama administration’s ambitious overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system weathered some significant challenges in 2012 and came through relatively unscathed.


November 12, 2012
Obama win solidifies health reform’s future

It looks like health reform is for keeps.

November 7, 2012
Retail, pharmacy groups respond to election results

Americans woke up Wednesday morning to the news that Barack Obama had won a second term as president of the United States. DSN examines what it means for retail pharmacy.

September 13, 2012
NRF warns of 'regulatory train wreck' with healthcare regulations

The National Retail Federation told a congressional panel Wednesday that the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury have used too much informal guidance and not enough formal rule-making in developing regulations to implement the new healthcare reform law, complicating retailers' and other employers' ability to plan for what will be required in 2014.

February 10, 2012
Reports: Obama administration offers compromise on birth control requirements

Controversy over a plan by the Obama administration to require health insurance plans to provide free contraception to women has led the administration to seek a policy that it is calling a compromise with conservative groups opposed to the measure, according to published reports.

November 28, 2011
Berwick steps down from post as CMS administrator

The Obama administration confirmed last week that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Donald Berwick will step down from his post on Dec. 2.

October 21, 2010
AP poll finds Americans evenly divided on impact, benefits of health-reform law

Seven months after President Obama signed the massive health-reform bill into law, Americans remain deeply...

September 12, 2010
HHS: States must ask for more Medicaid funds

When President Barack Obama signed an emergency federal spending bill Aug. 13, it gave cash-strapped...

August 26, 2010
More progress needed in health information technology

Since the turn of the 21st century, community pharmacy and its technology allies have waged...

August 19, 2010
HHS Secretary says states must ask for additional Medicaid funding help

Enactment last week of a supplemental federal spending bill gave cash-strapped states a chance to...

January 31, 2010
FDA seeks budget increase from Obama administration

The Food and Drug Administration hopes to “transform” its oversight of medical product and food...

January 28, 2010
With health reform outlook dimmed, pharmacy can’t abandon its agenda

Was the massive effort by the White House and congressional Democrats to overhaul the nation’s...

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