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The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is implementing a 14-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to amend regulations executing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which requires most federal contractors and subcontractors to ensure equal employment opportunity for qualified...

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) took to the Senate floor today to voice his opposition to President Obamas health care mandate that he says fails to respect the conscience rights of religious institutions.

Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.

A political firestorm over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.

A new report from actuarial consulting firm Milliman, Inc. shows a provision of the health reform law intended to tax health insurance companies to help fund coverage expansions will be paid entirely by state Medicaid programs for the portion assessed to Medicaid managed care organizations.

A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.