After a yearlong tsunami of controversy about health care reform, the first significant wave of new provisions are broadening opportunities for insurance coverage and medical care six months after President Barack Obama signed the legislation.

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The Obama administration this week plans to revive its pitch for the health-care overhaul, hoping that a slate of consumer-friendly provisions will boost public support before midterm elections.

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The White House and its allies are plotting campaigns they hope can bolster public opinion of the health care overhaul and improve the Democrats’ chances at the polls this fall.

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The Senate rejected an amendment Tuesday that would have cancelled a new requirement of the health care overhaul. And so a little-noticed provision of the law lives on: Small businesses must file a 1099 form with the Internal Revenue Service if they buy supplies or services worth more than $600 from a vendor.

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Sept. 23 marks the six-month anniversary of the new health overhaul law. It's also the day several key provisions of the law take effect.

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When a government report found that President Barack Obama's health overhaul would modestly raise the nation's total health care tab, the White House responded with a statistic suggesting costs would go down.

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Health reform will put insurance cards in the hands of tens of millions of previously uninsured Americans. Many will need physicals, immunizations, preventive screening tests and care for chronic health conditions.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is burnishing his standing among Republican primary voters who overwhelmingly oppose President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The law is likely to be a central theme in the 2012 presidential race.

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As a widely-watched survey shows support for the new health care reform law slipping, the leader in the reform effort says the administration has “a lot of reeducation to do” to reverse the trend.

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Stepping up a concerted, election-year effort to highlight aspects of the big health care law enacted earlier this year, the Obama administration on Monday announced that more than one million Medicare beneficiaries had received $250 rebate checks as part of the provision to close the gap in prescription drug coverage known as the doughnut hole.

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