I've been listening avidly to all the different points of view about health care reform, and the only conclusion I've come to is that almost anything is better than what we have. On Bloomberg the other day, I heard a call ...Read More
Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), reaffirmed on Sunday that he will support a Republican filibuster of any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance option.
Appearing on the "Meet the Press," the Connecticut independent said that neither he, nor anybody else ...Read More
WASHINGTON -Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that the public option included in the Senate bill is "modest" and not ...Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eked out 60 votes on a procedural motion to start the health care debate Saturday night – so there’s no guarantee he can pass a bill on the merits.
And if he struggles, the reasons will ...Read More
When a government advisory panel put out new recommendations last week that said women under age 50 need not be screened for breast cancer, the calls began flowing to Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's office. Within days, the Maryland senator had ...Read More
It's not as rare as you think for President Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin to be in complete agreement on an issue of national importance. In August, she wrote on her Facebook page that "we cannot have health care reform ...Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) appears to have secured the 60 votes needed to move an $848 billion health-care reform bill to the Senate floor for debate. After days of indecision, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) -- the final Democratic ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Democratic senators called an overhaul of the U.S. health care system long overdue as historic legislation advanced toward a crucial first vote Saturday night, an early test of party unity on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative Democratic leaders ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said Saturday she has decided to support a floor debate on the Senate's health care reform bill.
But she added a caveat on the floor of the Senate: "My vote today to ...Read More
Lawmakers pushing for health care reform are facing charges that a government-funded panel's recommendations to limit breast cancer screenings could be a sign of things to come if proposed health care legislation is passed. The new mammography guidelines, released by the ...Read More
Is it un-American to have open competition? It is a sad commentary on the integrity of our pharmaceutical giants, to learn that the cost of prescription drugs has gone up 9 percent during the debate for health-care reform ["Drug prices rise ...Read More
Confusing new recommendations on mammograms and pap smears are playing into public fears about the increased role the federal government would play in health care if President Barack Obama’s health care reform efforts are successful.
Even some supporters of health care ...Read More
Is American democracy in paralysis? That question emerged at a conference of big thinkers and experts in various fields organized last week by Foreign Policy magazine, our sister publication. To an extent, the question reflects an America-in-decline-ism that becomes fashionable from ...Read More
(NECN: Brian Burnell, Hartford, Conn.) - The health care showdown moves to the U.S. Senate. A test vote is set for Saturday. Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes. Republicans today tried to peel off some moderate Democrats.
The vote of ...Read More
The White House is once again distributing a statement from a Republican in support of health care reform.
On the eve of a crucial Senate vote on whether to proceed with its health bill, the Obama administration on Friday distributed the ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- To debate or not to debate the Senate's health care reform bill; that is the question.
The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate -- also known as invoking cloture -- on ...Read More
Washington -- The fight over federal funding for abortion moved to the Senate on Thursday as opponents targeted provisions that are not as restrictive as one written by a Michigan lawmaker into the version passed by the House.
Provisions that don't ...Read More
Plastic surgeons are hoping to nip a proposed 5% excise tax for elective cosmetic procedures from the health-reform measure Senate Democrats plan to vote on this week The tax is just one of many ways the Senate bill aims to raise ...Read More
In the midst of the debate over health care reform, we have been handed the perfect example of why America will never get health care costs under control: The furious reaction to new guidelines that recommend most women should get ...Read More
Let the Senate battle begin.
Though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has rounded up a cadre of loyalists to help tout his health care reform bill at press briefings, a raft of differences still remain in the Senate that have to ...Read More
With unemployment numbers at 10.2%, it's not surprising that, by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans want Congress to focus on deficit reduction and economic recovery before tackling health reform. Yet, if the health bills currently in Congress were to pass, most ...Read More
