News Source: Associated Press
| about 1 month ago
Executive Vice President John Rother told reporters Monday. "If anyone believes it, that's a problem." The study commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans put the White House, congressional Democrats and their allies on the defensive on the...
News Source: Daily Breeze
| about 1 month ago
Schwarzenegger urges GOP to help get a bill passed this year. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised President Barack Obama's drive to overhaul the nation's health care system Tuesday and urged fellow Republicans to join in efforts to finish...
News Source: Daily Southtown
| about 1 month ago
The health insurance industry is warning that a comprehensive Senate bill would increase the cost of a typical policy by hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars a year after lawmakers eased up on the requirement that all Americans get coverage. The...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| about 1 month ago
The Senate Finance Committee is likely to pass its bill on Tuesday while the Congressional Budget Office reviews House legislation with three variations on a government-run insurance plan. "We are coming around the curve," said House Speaker Nancy...
News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 1 month ago
Despite repeated promises by President Obama and Democratic leaders that their health care overhaul would lower costs, the proposals before Congress would probably not cut overall US health care spending significantly anytime soon, health policy...
News Source: Truthdig
| about 1 month ago
Democrats have such lousy timing, according to the AP : “Under the Democratic bills, federal tax credits to help make health insurance affordable for millions of low- and middle-income households won’t start flowing until 2013—after the next...