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Centrist senators say healthcare bill needs major changes
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 21 hours ago
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Only a day after Senate Democrats voted to move into a historic debate on overhauling the nation's healthcare system, key centrists made it clear today that the party is still a long way from delivering on its promise to provide near-universal insurance...
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Some states already poised to opt out of public plan
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Their efforts could be a harbinger of trouble for the staple feature of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) newly unveiled healthcare plan: a public option that allows states the ability not to participate. Starting as early as this summer,...
Tags: public option, Senate Democrats, New Jersey, public plan, Washington, United States Senate, Public health insurance option, Healthcare reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, Democratic Party, Health insurance, Politics, Social Issues
2 Arkansas men reflect national health divide
Lincoln :: AR :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Aisha's Fish and Chicken is named for Stanley Walker's 16-year-old daughter; it's a small family business known for its wings, catfish and signature sauce. Walker's daughter, wife, Demetria, and cousin, Andrew, keep the restaurant running, and in this...
Tags: health care, Blanche Lincoln, Larry Levy, University of Arkansas, Obama, Stanley Walker, public option, care debate, Lincoln, Democratic Party, Blanche Lincoln, Political positions of Barack Obama, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, Barack Obama, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma, Politics
Is Obama's healthcare plan opposition about socialism or capitalism? -- 180 degrees
Road Town :: British Virgin Islands | 2 days ago
Credibility Is Obama's healthcare plan opposition about socialism or capitalism? Saturday, September 26th 2009 President Obama's Healthcare Reform has headlined just about every major and minor national media outlet for the past 2 to 3 weeks. We have heard and seen...
Tags: American, public option, Obama, British Virgin Islands, Road Town, Health care reform in the United States, Healthcare rationing in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health insurance, Insurance
Doctors wary about insurers
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility U.S. physicians are torn over what the government should do to make health care more available and affordable, but they're surprisingly like-minded about one perceived scourge — the insurance industry...Senate considers the health care bill that narrowly...
Tags: AMA, U.S. Senate, White House, public option, health care, ama members, John Maris, insurers companies, Philadelphia
Senate health care plan will cost $849 billion and include public option
The CBO report released today says the senate version of the health care reform plan could cost $849 billion and would cover 98% of Americans factoring in Medicare and would reduce the deficit by $127 billion dollars over ten years. It does not...
Tags: Health care reform, Patty Murray, Congressional Budget Office, public option, Harry Reid, insurance, Medicare, Obama, politics, deficit, economy, abortion
Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes
Hyde :: PA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The Senate health-care bill unveiled Wednesday night by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is not exactly the cure for all of what ails America. But the 2,074-page document significantly expands access to medical care for Americans who currently lack...
Tags: health care reform, abortion, public option, insurance, care reform, Bart Stupak, abortion coverage, House of Representatives, Senate Health Bill Rejects, Hyde, Women's rights, Pro-choice, Abortion in the United States, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Gender studies, Human rights, Hyde Amendment, Social Issues, Democratic Party, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Stupak
Poll: Most adults don't want H1N1 shot
Washington :: WA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility More than half of all adult Americans say they don't want to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to a new national poll. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday also indicates that the number of adults who have tried to get the...
Tags: public option, federal funding, Washington, Health insurance, Insurance, Public health insurance option, Healthcare in the Netherlands, Health care reform in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Types of insurance, Healthcare in the United States, Labor, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma, Surtax, Taxation in the United Kingdom, Taxation in the United States, flu pandemic, Influenza, Influenza vaccine, flu pandemic vaccine, Swine influenza, Vaccines, Pandemics, Immunology, Democratic Party, United States National Health Care Act, Abortion in the United States, Abortion, Politics, Pregnancy, Abortion in Canada, Fertility, Gynecology
Democracy for America sponsors health care forum
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Activists and organizers agreed, federally-mandated health insurance without a public option is “just a windfall for the insurance industry.” About 50 area citizens gathered in the Vigo County Annex on Tuesday evening for a health care forum sponsored...
Tags: health care, American, U.S. House of Representatives, health insurers, public option, insurers industry, care plans, panel member, nationalized health, care forum, Terre Haute, Healthcare, Publicly-funded health care, Health insurance, Health care system, United States National Health Care Act, Labor, Politics, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health economics, Health policy, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
How would government-run health insurance affect California?
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility With a huge number of residents who buy health care on their own and relatively few companies selling them coverage, California is just the kind of market in need of a new government-run insurance plan, supporters of the controversial proposal dominating...
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