Topic: Aarp
AMA, AARP support revised health care overhaul bill; AMA calls it step toward real reformThe nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation. James Rohack, the president of the American ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health care lobbying subsides as interest groups see new political terrainNotice you're not bombarded anymore by TV ads about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan? Drugmakers, business organizations and other interest groups in the health care battle have ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments. With the debate expected to last up ...
Groups battling over health care overhaul have spent more than $100 million for television adsMedical providers, businesses and other groups battling over a health care overhaul have spent more than $100 million this year on television advertising — an enormous sum that ...
Democrats try wooing seniors to health care drive, press AARP to step up its sales pitchThe White House and Democrats are laboring to attract skeptical seniors to their drive to reshape the nation's health care system, leading some to press the behemoth ...
About 60,000 senior citizens have quit AARP since July 1 due to the group's support for a health care overhaul, a spokesman for the organization said Monday. The membership loss suggests dissatisfaction on the part of AARP members at a time when ...
Obama confident health care overhaul coming soon, speaks of `about 80 agreement' in CongressPresident Barack Obama says he's confident his drive to overhaul health care will succeed. The president writes in Sunday's New York Times about "health insurance reform" and says his ...
Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies. Some have more money and clout. All have something in common when it comes to overhauling health care: a huge stake in the outcome. Their competing demands will help determine ...
Many groups seek to influence Congress as lawmakers try to develop health overhaul legislationPatients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies. Some have more money and clout. All have something in common when it comes to overhauling health ...
Eighteen groups representing diverse interests find common ground on health careGroups often at odds over health care reform — consumers, insurers, doctors, employers — reached a broad agreement Friday that could serve as a starting point for lawmakers trying to overhaul the ...