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FACTBOX: Winners, losers in Senate health bill
New York :: NY :: USA | about 1 hour ago
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Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for sweeping healthcare reform on Saturday by voting to open debate on the historic legislation. The Senate debate due to start on November 30 is expected to last for at least three weeks. Senate Democrats want...
Tags: medicare, healthcare, medicaid, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democrats, U.S. House of Representatives, Independent Medicare Advisory Board, biologic drugmakers, New York, Pharmaceutical industry, Health care reform in the United States, Health care reform debate in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States National Health Care Act, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Senate gears up for important health care vote
Salem :: OR :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Sen. Max Baucus has helped carry health care reform this far. He's hoping he'll be in town today to make sure it moves forward in the face of fierce Republican opposition. Baucus and Sen. Jon Tester are part of a key bloc of centrist Democrats who are...
Tags: health care, Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, Max Baucus, care reform, Sen. Jon Tester, Salem
Congress targets senior abuse
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility When it comes to political, social or health causes, elder abuse has not had the star power of some other movements focusing on the rights of vulnerable people. Last month, actress Nicole Kidman headlined a congressional hearing on violence against women,...
Tags: elder abuse, financial exploited, Congress, Senate Finance Committee, justice act, Senate Special Committee, San Diego, Domestic violence, Gerontology, Elderly care, Politics, Elder law, Healthcare, Family therapy, Social Issues
Reid health bill helps chiropractors, drugmakers
Merced :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Chiropractors, sometimes criticized as unscientific by medical doctors, could join health teams designed to help primary care physicians coordinate the treatment of patients. Though the precise financial impact is unclear, the language would help steer...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, Health Insurance Plans, John Falardeau, Merced, American Chiropractic Association, Pharmaceutical industry, Tom Harkin, Medicare, Health insurance, Politics, Chiropractic, Healthcare reform in the United States, Manipulative therapy, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Reid scrambles for health bill votes
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., worked Thursday to nail down the votes to move to a final debate on health care legislation, but a tepid assessment of the public insurance plan he crafted emerged as the latest potential obstacle to the passage...
Tags: Senate Democratic, Senate Finance Committee, Harry Reid, health care, Mr. Reid, senate majority, Congressional Budget Office, care legislation, Washington, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Chuck Schumer, Video game censorship, Politics, Public health insurance option, Medicare, Healthcare reform, Insurance, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States National Health Care Act, Joe Lieberman, Social Issues, 111th United States Congress, Orrin Hatch, Barack Obama, Baalei teshuva, Olympia Snowe, Health insurance, Health care reform in the United States, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Health Medical Pharma, Ben Nelson, Kent Conrad, Dick Durbin
Medicaid generosity could cost Hawaii
Washington :: MA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Before health care reform dominated debate on Capitol Hill, Hawaii and several other states worked aggressively to increase the number of low-income residents covered by Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for the poor. Now, those efforts could...
Tags: health care, Hawaii, Senate Finance Committee, Harry Reid, expanding medicaid, poverty level, care bills, income residents, Washington, Health insurance, Massachusetts health care reform, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Labor, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Medicaid, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
State's budget worries CPAs
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Ohio's professional accountants are urging state leaders to look for efficiencies and cost savings beyond the two-year state budget, while saying that, regardless of the savings, future tax increases remain likely. As Senate Republicans continue to chew...
Tags: J. Matthew Yuskewich, tax increase, Senate Finance Committee, current budget, Columbus, Tax, David Paterson, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, Public finance, Tax cut, Deficit, Social Issues, Politics
Should employers be required to offer health insurance?
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Requiring employers to offer most workers health insurance has long been seen as a crucial piece of Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system, but legislation that the Senate's expected to consider soon is unlikely to include any...
Tags: health, senate, health care reform, individual, Senate Finance Committee, health insurance, health care, offer coverage, House of Representatives, offer health, Lexington, Health care system, Insurance, Massachusetts health care reform, Health care reform in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Uninsured in the United States, Labor, Social Issues
Iowa Poll: Grassley still popular amid political hubbub
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Sen. Charles Grassley's approval among Iowans has so far endured this fall's turbulent environment for elected officials, the new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows. The five-term Republican's approval held steady at 57 percent since September, while...
Tags: Chuck Grassley, Iowa Poll, health care, Roxanne Conlin, Senate Finance Committee, The Des Moines Register, Ken Fasano, Republicans, Des Moines, United States Senate Committee on Finance, United States Senate election in Iowa, Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Bob Krause, Politics
Health bill could hurt Delaware
New Castle :: DE :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Before health care reform dominated debate on Capitol Hill, Delaware and several other states worked aggressively to increase the number of low-income residents covered by Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for the poor. Now, those efforts...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, Delaware Democrat, House, Delaware Division of Medicaid, expanding medicaid, health care, care reform, poverty level, New Castle, Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, 111th United States Congress, State Children's Health Insurance Program, TennCare, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Medicaid, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
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