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It's touted as the biggest one-time rollback of domestic spending ever, but most folks will be hard-pressed to notice. After all, it's just 1 percent of what the government will lay out this year.

President Barack Obama, risking liberal anger and Republican scorn, is turning his attention to the nation's crushing debt with an anti-deficit framework that tackles politically sensitive health care programs while also increasing taxes.

Legislation that would allow Georgians to purchase insurance across state lines has cleared the Senate.

In a speech Wednesday, President Obama unveiled his deficit reduction framework, vowing to curb health spending with changes to Medicare and reforms to the Affordable Care Act, which he says would save an additional $340 billion by 2021.

Five years ago, Gov. Mitt Romney championed health care reform for Massachusetts, promising universal coverage and lower costs.

In the five years since Massachusetts' landmark health care initiative was signed into law, it has served as a blueprint for national health care, a political football in last year's elections and a talking point in the 2012 presidential contest.

Last week the Senate approved a bill that would eliminate the controversial 1099 provision from the Affordable Care Act, and just three days later another important piece of the legislation went down with Friday night’s budget agreement. This time the “employee free choice” voucher program emerged in the cross-hairs.

There are a few instances where an HSA account holder might be required to pay a penalty, and they all have to do with contributing more than the allowed amount to the account.