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In 2009, President Obama said, "What's most telling is that some of the people who are most supportive of reform are the very medical professionals who know the health care system best." While the health care reform law eventually gained the backing of the American Medical Association, surveys and physician commentary over the past five years provide a striking contrast to Obama's assertion. (Drost, 6/17)

The federal agency in charge of Obamacare paid insurers almost $2.8 billion last year without adequate controls in place to make sure the money was being properly disbursed, according to an internal watchdog. Without such "effective internal controls ... a significant amount of federal funds are at risk," said the report issued by the inspector general of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday. (Mangan, 6/17)