Health Care Blog

Joanne wrote in a letter to the President. "I'm telling everyone I know that Obamacare literally saved my life."

Susan F. from Grover Beach, California, wrote the President last November to tell him how she's benefited from the Affordable Care Act.

Today, the President will be speaking in Nashville, Tennessee to talk about the ways health care reform is continuing to help millions of Americans. On his way over, he picked up Kelly Bryant to thank her for the letter she wrote him about the Affordable Care Act and to hear directly from her about how it changed her life.

In this week's address, the President called the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act a victory for hardworking Americans, whose lives are more secure because of the passage of the ACA.

Hear from the President on the significance of the King v. Burwell decision, which preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act.

The LGBT community has contributed so much to the rich tapestry of our history, and over the past few years, we have taken historic steps to protect the health and well-being of our family, friends and fellow Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Today, the Obama Administration is launching the “Healthy Self” campaign, to encourage healthy lifestyles, and connect people to the coverage and care they need.

Speaking from the Catholic Health Association's annual assembly in Washington, D.C., President Obama told the story of Debra Lea Oren of Palmer, PA. Here's what she wrote him.

For nearly 100 years, American Presidents from both political parties tried to reform our health care system. Take this quiz to test your knowledge about what past Presidents have said about the need to fix our health care system. You might be surprised by some of the answers.

This week's White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship was a landmark event. In support of a Presidential Memorandum supporting responsible antibiotic-use policies in meats and poultry, the Forum spotlighted more than 150 unprecedented Federal and private-sector commitments that will help preserve antibiotic effectiveness by reducing the unnecessary uses that promote resistance in human and animal pathogens. OSTP Associate Director for Science Jo Handelsman shares why these actions are so important to her personally.

The White House hosts a forum on curbing antibiotic resistance with government, business, and agricultural leaders.

Read a note thanking President Obama for all the ACA has done from Siobhan F. in McKinney, Texas.

The Obama administration issued guidance to ensure that most insurers cover, without cost-sharing, at least one form of contraception for women in each of the 18 methods that the FDA has identified.