Nov 7th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
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Washington Bureau - KIM GEIGERReporting from Washington
In a last-minute compromise to build a majority in the House, Democratic leaders agreed to new language on abortion that advocates offerers stronger guarantees that federal money will not be used for abortion and say critics say goes beyond upholding current law.
A longtime ban on federal funding of abortions has so far applied mostly to patients on Medicaid and to workers who receive health benefits through the federal government. Insurance policies sold to others have been free to offer abortion coverage and many do.
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Abortion-rights supporters and opponents turned their attention to the Senate on Monday after the House voted over the weekend to restrict abortion coverage under its health-overhaul bill.
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The House's 11th-hour change to its health bill removes abortion coverage from millions of insurance policies that consumers would get under the legislation, including from private insurers.
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Nov 8th, 2009 - Washington Post
President Obama and Senate Democrats sought on Sunday to generate momentum from the House's passage of health-care legislation, even as a new hurdle emerged: profound...Patients flock to California doctors practicing pot medicine
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President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.
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