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
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Nov 19, 2009
— A look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: Should every person be required to either have health care insurance or pay a penalty tax?
THE POLITICS: Requiring everyone to buy health insurance can help spread the responsibility ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a sweeping health care bill Wednesday that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years.
Reid and other Senate Democrats ...Read More
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Nov 15, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a ...Read More
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Nov 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a ...Read More
WASHINGTON -They don't vote or hold a veto pen, yet Congress' number-crunchers wield oversize influence on President Barack Obama's health overhaul agenda.
Doubt it, consider this — lawmakers are anxiously awaiting Congressional Budget Office calculations on the Senate health care bill, ...Read More
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Nov 13, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - They don't vote or hold a veto pen, yet Congress' number-crunchers wield oversize influence on President Barack Obama's health overhaul agenda.
Doubt it, consider this - lawmakers are anxiously awaiting Congressional Budget Office calculations on the Senate health ...Read More
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Nov 13, 2009
Folks in central Texas don’t like being played for boobs — especially by a woman who claimed to have breast cancer when all she really had was a chest that was flatter than she wanted it to be.
In August, more ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - The House of Representatives on Saturday approved the most sweeping healthcare legislation since the creation of Medicare 44 years ago, giving a boost to President Obama's campaign to guarantee health coverage to almost all Americans.
The gargantuan ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- Narrow passage of a sweeping health care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for President Obama and fellow Democrats to get a bill through the Senate and into law.
The House voted 220-215 ...Read More