WASHINGTON - -- Amid all the uncertainties about how health care legislation would affect each American, one thing is clear: The more-affluent would pay higher taxes. Embracing the progressive -- and sometimes politically risky -- principle that more of the cost ...Read More
Each bill requires people to buy insurance or pay a penalty -- $750 by 2016 in the Senate bill and 2.5 percent of income in the House bill. Each bill sets up insurance marketplaces, called exchanges, in which people without access ...Read More
Nov 21 (Reuters) - The debate over U.S. healthcare reformis full of terms familiar to lawmakers and lobbyists but oftenobscure to the public. Here is a glossary of words and phrases being bandied aboutas Congress considers President Barack Obama's top domesticpriority: ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the full Senate on a party-line vote.
The 60-39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving on the legislation. The measure is designed to extend coverage ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Senator John F. Kerry's office said yesterday that Kerry helped make sure that under the health care bill the Senate will begin debating today, Massachusetts could continue operating the Health Insurance Connector that is considered a linchpin of ...Read More
So exactly why are health insurance premiums increasing so fast for so many small employers? Some Democratic members of Congress want to know. In a strongly worded letter to the trade association representing the nation’s health insurers, 31 Senators and 88 ...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
Chances of business supporting the Obama administration's health overhaul are fading fast, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's bill took a liberal turn.
The Obama administration has courted small businesses from the start, and at times executives have shown favor toward ...Read More
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Women can rest assured, at least for now, that their health plan will continue to pay for an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. A firestorm set off this week by a federal task force ...Read More
Cathy Elkins lost her job six months ago and now volunteers at a Virginia food bank. With an income of $13,000 a year, she can't afford health insurance. "Anything could pop up at any time and could ruin me," she said. Under ...Read More
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