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Health care overhaul survives first test in Senate
Las Vegas :: NM :: USA | about 7 hours ago
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The bill envisions reductions in payments to private Medicare plans, and some hospitals, hospices and other providers. The vote killed an amendment by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who sought to restore the cuts. Republicans argued that Medicare, which serves...
Tags: Dean Heller, Senate Finance Committee, Earl Pomeroy, Las Vegas, Health Medical Pharma, Barbara Mikulski, United States National Health Care Act, Politics, Republican Party, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Medicare
Sen. Baucus says he was involved romantically with his nominee for Mont. post
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Baucus said in a statement that the recommendation was part of "an open and fair process" and that Hanes, now a senior Justice Department official, was qualified for the job because of her experience as a trial prosecutor and child-abuse expert. The couple...
Tags: Max Baucus, Max Baucus, Mr. Baucus, Melodee Hanes, Montana, U.S, Senate Finance Committee, baucus nomination, senator finance, committee chairman, Washington, Max Baucus, Politics, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Montana Democratic Party, Internal Revenue Service, United States Senate election in Montana, Human Interest, Hanes, 111th United States Congress, Presidency of Barack Obama, Healthcare reform in the United States, John Ensign, Law Crime, Entertainment Culture
Home Care Patients Worry Over Possible Cuts
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Milliard, 94, said those visits had been highly effective in keeping her out of the hospital. But the home care she receives could be altered under legislation passed by the House and pending on the Senate floor as Congress returned to work this week.
Tags: health caring, Centers for Medicare, Senate Finance Committee, White House, Congressional Budget Office, Eastern Maine Home Care, caring provide, medicare patient, senate bills, proposed cut, New York, Health Medical Pharma, Health economics, United States National Health Care Act, Healthcare, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Medicare, Geriatrics, Medicaid
Sad When They Don't Quit in Time. Case in point: Senator Grassley.
Political Opinion It is hard to let go, to release one's grasp on power and privilege. Sometimes a top athlete holds on for additional seasons of declining performance; fans watch sadly--and with some embarrassment--for the player who did...
Tags: Senator Charles Grassley, C-Span, health care reform, farm subsidies, socialism, political leaders, political opinion, Iowa, Senate Finance Committee, state legislature, Congress, retirement, health care, senator grassley, allnews, Davenport, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States Senate election in Iowa, Politics, 111th United States Congress, Chuck Grassley
U.S. "carbon tariffs" legislation sparks global controversy
Xinhua :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility Anything related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is grabbing global attention as the Copenhagen climate change conference draws nearer. "Carbon tariffs" is just one on the hot words list. But the attention it attracts lies more in the controversy...
Tags: carbon tariffs, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Energy, Senate Finance Committee, environmental protection, carbon emissions, China, Xinhua, Environment, Mitigation of global warming, Emissions trading, Carbon finance, Climate change, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, Action on climate change
Former Sen. Daschle didn't get to be Obama's health secretary, but he's at the table anyway
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Look who's at the health care negotiating table — Tom Daschle. The former Senate Democratic leader's nomination as health and human services secretary was derailed over a back taxes flap earlier this year. But that's not stopping Daschle, a close ally...
Tags: Tom Daschle, Sen. Daschle, health care, Senate Democrats, Senate Finance Committee, Barack Obama, hhs secretary, Reid Cherlin, Capitol Hill, HHS, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Kathleen Sebelius, White House Office for Health Reform, Politics, Social Issues, Max Baucus, Presidency of Barack Obama, John Thune, Harry Reid
Health care overhaul's winners, losers and question marks
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility As the health care battle rages on, one central question keeps popping up: How would legislation affect the premiums paid by individuals and small businesses, two groups that currently face unpredictable year-to-year rate increases? Republicans say that...
Tags: health care, premiums growth, small businesses, Congressional Budget Office, Senate Finance Committee, ones insurers, CBO, limits ones, Washington, Health Medical Pharma, Medical underwriting, United States National Health Care Act, Health care reform in the United States, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Medicare, Health insurance, Insurance, Labor, Health care system
Nelson, Specter must wrestle with anti-tax pledge in health debate
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Arlen Specter (Pa.), the only two Democrats in the Senate to have signed anti-tax pledges. Americans for Tax Reform, the group which persuaded Nelson and Specter to sign the pledge, will press both lawmakers on the issue during next...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, Senate Budget Committee, Arlen Specter, tax pledge, Nelson, Tax Reform, tax increases, Grover Norquist, senator healthcare, Birmingham, Health Medical Pharma, Richard Shelby, Politics, Read my lips: no new taxes, Social Issues, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Ben Nelson, Warren Commission, Americans for Tax Reform
GOP backer of budget fix has found few followers
Columbus :: NM :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility The Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says he is willing to support the governor's plan to fix an $851 million budget shortfall, with a few amendments...Carey Jr. of Wellston can find four GOP colleagues willing to do the same, Ohio's...
Tags: GOP Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Strickland, Senate Republicans, Bill M. Harris, Carey, Richard H. Finan, Sen. Timothy J. Grendell, Ohio Supreme Court, tax cut, Columbus, Politics, Republican Party, Shawnee State University, Ted Strickland
Health care overhaul's winners, losers and question marks
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility As the health care battle rages on, one central question keeps popping up: How would legislation affect the premiums paid by individuals and small businesses, two groups that currently face unpredictable year-to-year rate increases? Republicans say that...
Tags: Kaiser Health News Text, health care, premiums growth, small businesses, Congressional Budget Office, Senate Finance Committee, ones insurers, CBO, limits ones, Washington, Health Medical Pharma, Medical underwriting, United States National Health Care Act, Health care reform in the United States, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Medicare, Health insurance, Insurance, Labor, Health care system
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