Health reform implementation

The department defended Sebelius's efforts to raise money for Enroll America, an organization promoting the healthcare law.

The Tennessee Republican compared the HHS secretary's requests for donations from insurance companies to the Iran-Contra scandal.

The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said he will investigate whether the HHS secretary's fundraising push is legal.

Nearly half of small businesses think President Obama's healthcare law will be bad for business, according to a new Gallup poll.

Forty-eight percent of the employers surveyed said they believe the healthcare law will hurt their businesses, compared with just 9 percent who said the law will be good for business.

President Obama addressed small businesses' concerns on Friday, saying employers have been led to believe ObamaCare is raising their premiums even though many of the law's key provisions haven't taken effect yet.

Obama says supporters "have an obligation" to make sure implementation moves forward.

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Well, there's at least one Democrat who's still saying good things about ObamaCare: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.). Pelosi on Thursday said the healthcare law will be a "remarkable" thing once it's implemented, and that Democrats will be happy once it's in effect next year.

Pelosi's upbeat tone is a departure from recent Democratic hand-wringing over the law and its implementation. Many Democrats, notably Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), have fretted openly about whether the White House is properly handling the law's rollout, and say they're afraid the law will be  a drag on the party in 2014.

Pelosi, though, said the healthcare law will be a good thing.

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The House minority leader rejected the notion Democrats fear healthcare implementation will be election-year fodder for Republicans. 

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) on Thursday said President Obama's landmark healthcare reform law would result in fewer “bad marriages.”

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) is worried that unaccountable and overly aggressive regulators will undermine the Affordable Care Act.