The organic foods company is facing angry customers after it sued over the Affordable Care Act's contraception requirements.
Local lawmakers have the right to refuse -- but businesses, poor residents and political careers may suffer as a result.
Moviegoers are vowing to boycott the country's biggest theater chain after it slashes employees' hours to avoid the new law.
They're grappling with whether to continue offering employee health insurance -- and many are saying they won't.
Bernie Marcus, who co-founded Home Depot in 1979, says the massive health care insurance overhaul will 'kill off small business.'
Health care advocates hope a hike would prompt smokers to quit, while opponents say it would place too heavy a burden on the poor.
By getting its brokers to renew clients by year-end 2013, the insurer can put off the new mandates until nearly 2015.
The mandatory budget cuts are forcing chemotherapy clinics to make a difficult choice: Turn away patients or risk bankruptcy.
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