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As Sarah Palin sipped her Big Gulp at CPAC over the weekend, I thought it was a subtle nod of solidarity to Marco Rubio, who infamously leaned off-screen for a tasty beverage during his State of the Union response.

Small business groups are fighting back against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts health insurance tax and throwing their support at new legislation that would repeal it, arguing that the tax will kill a lot of private sector jobs.

More than 300,000 uninsured Minnesotans will have a route toward health coverage under a bill the state Senate passed Monday, the final legislative step toward implementing one of the major features of the new federal health care law.

As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act turns three this week, the Obama administration is praising the law for slowing down health costs while providing more value for consumers.

New Hampshire's House is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would prohibit the state from expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law.

The director of the new state health insurance exchange being created as part of the federal health overhaul says that it is on track to begin enrolling Rhode Islanders this fall and that it should offer patients a larger role, additional choice and more affordability in their health care.