House to vote on health insurers antitrust law

2010-06-25T18:40:51Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will vote next week on repealing the antitrust exemption for health insurers, but Democrats remained uncertain on Tuesday on how to proceed on a broader healthcare overhaul.

Senate Democratic leader

U.S. Democrats vow to move ahead on healthcare

2010-09-22T13:53:42Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic congressional leaders said on Thursday they would keep pushing for a stalled healthcare overhaul and would explore all options to pass it, but acknowledged the process would not move quickly.

The day after President Barack Obama's State of the Union ...

GOP win in Massachusetts Senate race seen hampering U.S. health reform legislation

2010-11-02T12:43:21Z

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Gibbons off track again

2010-06-25T19:05:55Z

Governor uses disingenuous arguments to attack Reid over health care

Gov. Jim Gibbons has been out front in bashing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on health care reform, parroting Republican talking points.

After issuing a few polemic screeds in the guise of ÒnewsÓ releases, Gibbons aired his views on the friendly confines of ReidÕs efforts should open door to affordable health care to millions

If the Republicans donÕt like the bill or providing access to health insurance to millions of people, they only have themselves to blame. Ironically, if they had accepted ReidÕs request to work with him on legislation, there wouldnÕt have been a need for the deals.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has come under unfair criticism for th...

Reid never relaxed about billÕs passage in Senate

2010-06-25T19:08:30Z

His errant ÔnoÕ vote reflects worries as colleagues cast ÔayesÕ

WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could not sleep.

It was the night before the final Senate vote on the health care bill. The heavy lifting of assembling 60 votes was done. Only a simple majority was needed.

But that fact did not give the Nevada Democrat any peace.

He woke at ...

HOW HARRY REID HANDLED THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE

2010-06-25T19:08:32Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidÕs position at the center of the debate over the proposed overhaul of health care is generating cheers and jeers across the nation and in Nevada this week.

ÒSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid morphed into Santa Claus, giving out presents to the little boys and girls who were naughty and (not so) nice ...

Reid bobs and weaves to land health care deal

2010-04-16T08:03:56Z

WASHINGTON One by one, senators cast their votes in the earliest hours of Monday on landmark health care legislation.

When the roll call came to his name, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stood by his desk in his sober brown suit, cast his aye and sat down. A very slight smile crossed his face.

The majority leader has been second-guessed at every step during the months-long, painstaking process of advancing Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history.

"We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional securi...

Long hours not bad for senators

2010-04-16T08:09:25Z

Yes, they've been in session every day for a month. They're sick of Christmas cookies and each other. But don't feel bad for the senators stuck working overtime. They're dining on catered food in gilded suites and cloak rooms. They're recording video tributes and poetry. And they're outta here earlier Christmas Eve than had been anticipated.

Also, they have jobs, unlike 10 percent of workers this holiday season.

All of that can be said of their staffs, too. But extended sessi...

Senate Dems in fight for passage

2010-04-16T08:12:03Z

Vote on latest version of bill could begin Monday, end on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON The Senate today convenes its third weekend session in a row, beginning an around-the-clock effort to overcome Democratic infighting, a wall of Republican opposition and slipping support in the polls to approve the health care legislation before Christmas.

Time under the Capitol dome often passes like dog years s...

Senate Clinches Votes For Health Care Overhaul

2010-10-22T14:36:55Z

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No ho, ho spirit at 'Harry Christmas' time

2010-06-25T19:18:09Z

Ho, ho — hold that holiday thought.

Whatever seasonal spirit resides on Capitol Hill these days has been driven into the shadows by the churlish mood of lawmakers wrestling a last-minute work load and punting a whole other list of difficult issues into next year. Maybe, the thinking goes, there'll be more love around Valentine's Day.

It just might take that long for everyone to stand down. Behind carved office ...

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

2010-10-05T21:53:42Z

Week of December 14, 2009

Health care reform provisions are changing fast as the Senate considers numerous amendments on the floor, and there is no better example of how fast than the much-reported government plan option. Senate leaders announced last week that a deal had been struck to remove the public plan from the bill in favor of a not-for-profit private insurance option and an expansion of Medicare to allow people 55 or older to buy in. The deal was quickly lauded by the Whit...

US Senate nears health care bill with new compromises

2010-06-25T19:20:54Z

Democratic senators were to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday to discuss health care reform, amid reports of new compromise likely to infuriate liberal lawmakers.

The Senate has been struggling to pass its own version of a health care overhaul amid tough divides within the Democratic caucus on the bill's language.

But In health care debate, he shows why he is indispensable in Washington

Once again, Harry Reid is demonstrating why his leadership in the Senate means so much to Nevada and to the nation as well.

On Tuesday the Senate majority leader announced what could be a breakthrough in the negotiations to get landmark health care reform legislation passed in the Senate. A gro...

Government healthcare utopia

2010-10-05T14:22:23Z

In the very near future, Senator Reid is going to follow Speaker Pelosi?s lead and try to pass his Senate version of the liberal utopian health care plan ? a full, unabashed socialist-style takeover of our nation?s health care system. Senator Reid said health care reform would cover the uninsured, but we?ve already learned it will drive up our premiums ? forcing more of us into a Big Brother system with inevitable rationing. He said health care reform would lower costs by itself, but he?s n...

Democrats reach deal on health bill

2010-06-25T19:25:49Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic healthcare negotiators said they agreed on Tuesday to replace a government-run insurance option with a scaled-back non-profit plan and would seek cost estimates on the deal.

"We have a broad agreement," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told reporters, refusing to provide details of the healthcare proposals to be sent to th...

Obama rallies Democratic troops on health care

2010-06-25T19:28:41Z

President Barack Obama encouraged fellow Democrats in the US Senate on Sunday to overcome their divisions and pass sweeping health care reform legislation, in a rare closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.

The president urged lawmakers to "continue ...

Obama to rally Democratic troops on health care

2010-06-25T19:29:20Z

President Barack Obama heads to Congress Sunday to encourage his fellow Democrats to overcome their divisions and pass sweeping health care reform legislation.

Senators remained holed up in the US Congress over the weekend to debate the health care overhaul, Obama's top domestic priority, which a...

Senators urge more cost controls in health bill

2010-04-16T08:39:55Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three moderate senators whose votes may be pivotal to overhauling the U.S. healthcare system came together on Friday to offer an amendment to bolster cost controls in the massive legislation.

They also provided a rare show of unity across party lines in supporting President Barack Obama...

Senate opens work on healthcare bill

2010-06-25T19:33:54Z

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 to three weeks, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid w...

Senators begin debating health care reform

2010-06-25T19:34:59Z

The US Senate was on Monday to begin debating a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces stiff Republican opposition and is plagued by divisions in Democratic ranks.

Debate is to begin Monday morning on the measure to overhaul the US health care system, at an estimat...

Democrats expect healthcare overhaul to pass

2010-06-25T19:34:45Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democrats on Sunday said they expect Congress to pass a major healthcare reform backed by President Barack Obama, but supporters may have to accept legislation that falls short on some issues.

The U.S. Senate on Monday is set to begin debate on the sweeping overhaul of the $2.5 ...

US senators to begin fractious health care debate

2010-06-25T19:35:06Z

The US Senate was set Monday to begin debate on a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces stiff Republican opposition and is plagued by divisions in Democratic ranks.

Debate is to begin Monday morning on the measure to overhaul the US health care system, at an estim...

US senators to begin health care reform debate

2010-06-25T19:35:10Z

US senators are set to begin debate on a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces Republican opposition and has exposed Democratic divisions.

Debate is to begin Monday morning on the measure to overhaul the US health care system, at an estimated cost of 848 billion dollars through 2019, but a final Senate vote on the bi...

Reid 'Health Care' Reform Bill Increases Premiums by $3,100 Yearly and Funds Abortion!

2010-10-13T14:02:26Z

Senator Harry Reid’s (D-NV) 2,074-page health care bill will increase family health insurance premiums by an average of $3,100 a year, according to new figures released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The CBO says that an average family plan will increase by 28% under the Reid bill – from $11,000 per family to $14,100 per family. In addition, a family of four with an income of $54,000 will pay 17% more of its income for premiums and cost sharing in Reid’s government-run h...

Harry ReidÕs steady hand

2010-04-16T08:52:08Z

Senate majority leader, in advancing health care reform, shows his influence

In the Democratic-run Senate, there are enough votes to pass meaningful health care reform legislation largely along the lines offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada — if it were simply about the legislationÕs merits. There are just 40 Republicans in the Senate, but over the we...

Health public option fight - symbol over substance

2010-06-25T19:36:54Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fight over a U.S. government-run public insurance plan may be getting louder and noisier, but for now the program's political symbolism far exceeds its practical impact on expanding health coverage.

The Senate's version of a public option would serve just 3 million to 4 million of the 46 million uninsured living in the United States,...

ReidÕs hopes hitched to health care reform bill

2010-04-16T08:55:29Z

WASHINGTON You would have thought they were rock stars, not graying politicians, the way Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his top lieutenants were welcomed at a Senate reception the day after Reids health care bill was introduced.

Thunderous cheers broke out. In speech after speech, Reid was lauded by his colleagues, who described him in turns as the impresario, the fighter and the chef who broke a few eggs to make a fantas...

Free clinics tied to health care debate

2010-06-12T17:40:24Z

Free clinics staged in states where senators are targeted on health care votes

A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.

More than 800 people have signed up for free care Saturday at a downtown convention center in

AP Poll: Public favors gov't health plan

2010-06-25T19:44:12Z

AP Poll: Americans support public health plan _ depending on how you ask

More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press poll finds, but the level of enthusiasm depends on how the question is asked.

Tell people that letting the government sell insurance would be cheaper for them, and a majo...

Business foes of health care revamp ramp up effort

2010-04-16T09:06:08Z

Business foes of health care overhaul boost TV ads, other efforts as focus shifts to Senate

Business foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill.

Led by the giant U.S. Chamber of Commerce, opponents of the Democratic health care drive have spent $24 million on TV commercials...

Close House vote highlights Reid's tough task

2010-06-25T19:50:15Z

WASHINGTON The hour was late when an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent him the vote tally as the House passed its health care reform bill after a raucous Saturday night session.

Reid retires early and prefers not to take phone calls after 9 p.m. (unless the president is on the line). He got the breaking news on his

HEALTH-CARE ABOUT-FACE

2010-06-25T19:58:13Z

HEALTH-CARE ABOUT-FACE

Just when it seemed to be left for dead, he brought out the defibrillators. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) shook up Washington on Oct. 26 with an announcement that health reform legislation must include a government-funded insurer, the so-called public option, days after the Finance Committee issued a bill without any such plan....

AMA, AARP back House health care bill

2010-09-09T06:24:32Z

The push to overhaul health care received a major boost Thursday as the American Medical Association and AARP endorsed legislation drafted by top House Democrats.

The AARP, the nation's largest organization of older Americans, is a nonpartisan group that advocates for people 50 and older. The AMA, historically an opponent of health care reform, is considered one the nation's most influential doctors' advocacy groups.

"I want to thank both organizations again for their su...

Debate has distinct campaign flavor

2010-06-25T19:59:13Z

Advocacy groups investing heavily to influence Nevada voters, lawmakers

Nevadans may have thought the big campaign ended last November, but their TVs are telling them otherwise.

The state has become a key battleground for one of the most expensive and consequential public policy debates in history: health care reform. Seven advocacy groups on both sides of the issue have spent more than $1.1 million in Nevada ove...

ObamaCare's Scary October Surprise

2010-10-24T09:55:20Z

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FACTBOX-Next steps for U.S. healthcare bill in Congress

2010-10-22T14:25:07Z

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SenatorÕs next test: Securing 60 votes

2010-04-16T09:31:16Z

ReidÕs now a hero of the left for backing the public option, but his work isnÕt done

WASHINGTON In the 10 minutes it took for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to outline his proposal for including a public option in the health care bill, the Nevadan went from being the political lefts punching bag for failing to lead on perhaps the biggest issue of ...

Health care businesses at risk in House overhaul

2010-06-25T20:05:10Z

Health bill hits insurers, drugs, medical devices as Dems search for votes, money to pass plan

The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers.

In most cases, the pain has been meted out with an eye toward raising the money needed to finance Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned a formal announcemen...

Support broad in U.S. for public healthcare option

2010-04-16T09:34:25Z

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Including a government-run insurance option in a U.S. healthcare bill has split lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress, but support for it remains broad on the streets of U.S. cities, voters and pollsters say.

On Monday, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid included a "public" o...

Why Liberals Aren't Celebrating Harry Reid's "Public Option" Support

2010-10-22T07:41:14Z

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Key US Senators may balk at health bill

2010-06-25T20:07:29Z

US President Barack Obama's top Senate ally worked Tuesday to wrangle support for a sweeping health care overhaul as key swing-vote lawmakers balked at including a government-run insurance plan.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged an uphill battle to clear the 60-vote threshhold needed to guarantee the ability to defeat any parliamentary delaying tactics...

Ark. senator says she still opposes public option

2010-04-16T09:36:18Z

Arkansas Sen. Lincoln says she's still opposed to public option in health care overhaul

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Tuesday she still can't support a government-funded insurance option, a day after legislation was unveiled that would give states the choice of whether to participate in the program.

"Creating another government-funded option is not where we're going. We don't need to go ...

Reid says healthcare bill to include public option

2010-06-25T20:08:41Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Monday the Senate's sweeping healthcare reform bill would include a government-run insurance plan that lets states opt out of participation if they choose.

Reid said he would send the bill, which combines two pending Senate measures, to the <...

Cost Estimate May Be Key For Public Option

2010-10-22T07:48:13Z

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Patients - and patience - in health care end game

2010-06-25T20:10:10Z

Lawmakers worry about patients - and try to be patient - in push for health care bill

In Congress these days, the health care debate is as much about patience as patients.

In a closed-door meeting of feisty House Democrats this past week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., served notice that in these final days before the Senate and House present comprehensive bills to overhaul the nation's system, hers is...

Patients _ and patience _ in health care end game

2010-06-25T20:10:10Z

In Congress these days, the health care debate is as much about patience as patients.

Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., had i...

House committee votes against antitrust protection

2010-06-25T20:12:44Z

A House committee has voted to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as senators announced plans to take the same step.

The moves Wednesday signaled a growing determination by Democrats to punish the insurance industry for its criticism of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul agenda. The Negotiations have reached the stage where Harry Reid, administration top guns are deeply involved

WASHINGTON — To understand just how all-consuming the health care debate is on Capitol Hill, consider this: Every day the House was in session last week, Democrats scheduled party-wide cauc...

Baucus: All Senate Dems will support health bill

2010-06-25T20:19:03Z

Baucus predicts all Senate Dems to vote yes on health overhaul as public option debate surges

When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate — and perhaps more than one Republican — will support legislation overhauling the nation's health care system, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee predicted Thursday.

That assertion by <...

Doctors begin TV ads pressing Congress on Medicare

2010-04-16T09:49:07Z

The American Medical Association is launching a coast-to-coast TV ad campaign to press Congress to approve higher payments for doctors treating Medicare patients.

The doctors group announced the ads Thursday, a day after Democrats agreed to push a $247 billion bill through the Senate next week averting scheduled cuts in physicians' Medicare fees ov...

No quiet fadeaway for federal insurance option

2010-06-25T20:18:53Z

Worries on costs and mistrust of health insurers rekindle interest in federal plan

Fears about high costs of the health care overhaul and mistrust of insurers are rekindling interest in letting the government sell health insurance as part of the plan.

The leading congressional proposal as of Wednesday — a Senate Finance bill that relies on private coverage with no new government plan — could price out some 17 million Americans. And the in...

Gov't insurance option isn't quietly fading away

2010-06-25T20:18:10Z

Fears about high costs of the health care overhaul and mistrust of insurers are rekindling interest in letting the government sell health insurance as part of the plan.

The leading congressional proposal as of Wednesday — a Senate Finance bill that relies on private coverage with no new government plan — could price out some 17 million Americans. And the insurance industry may have unwittingly helped the case for public coverage with a report over the weekend as...

Second GOP senator open to health care overhaul

2010-06-25T20:18:12Z

A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.

But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the b...

Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul

2010-06-25T20:18:18Z

But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the b...

Obama health care push clears Senate hurdle

2010-06-25T20:17:38Z

President Barack Obama's historic drive to remake US health care this year passed "a critical milestone", as a key Senate committee approved sweeping legislation to enact his top domestic priority.

"We are now closer than ever before to passing health reform. But we're not there yet," Obama said in a hastily prepared statement after the 14-9 vote in the Senate Finance Committee's health overhaul bill, a top labor lobbyist said.

The ad will state that unions will oppose the measure on the Senate floor unless improvements are made, according to Chuck Loveless, legislative director o...

Reid taking punches from the left, too

2010-04-16T09:51:40Z

Some liberals donÕt think heÕs been strong enough on health care reform

ÒThese groups are kind of like the Tea Baggers of the left. TheyÕve never been to

Nevada É For them to threaten ReidÕs ouster is completely irresponsible and outrageous.Ó

Bob Fulkerson, director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, referring to liberals threatening to...

Is Reid really moderate on health care, or keeping powder dry for final fight?

2010-06-25T20:24:19Z

WASHINGTON Toward the end of summer, after the long, hot August protests in the health care debate, word leaked that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was working on his own health care bill.

True or not, it was a startling development for a majority leader who has taken great care even pride in deferring to his committee chairmen and giving them authority to develop big pieces of legislation on their own.

This style of ...

Congress Health Care

2011-01-03T12:31:31Z

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. is seen in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal Pr...

Obama Gays In Military

2010-12-23T00:32:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, hugs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during a signing ceremony for "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military,...

Congress Reid

2010-12-22T16:30:53Z

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., poses for a picture as he talks with the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US Russia Nuclear

2010-12-20T13:02:29Z

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, walks to an unusual closed session in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Dec. 20, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Gays in Military

2010-12-19T12:30:26Z

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., left, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., walk to a news conference about the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" bill on an unusual Saturday session on

News on Harry Reid

Republican win to deal only tweaks to healthcare

Sen. Harry Reid says willing to "tweak" healthcare law

Democrats lie low after healthcare victory

Reid: OK to push health overhaul ahead without GOP

House to vote on health insurers antitrust law

U.S. Democrats vow to move ahead on healthcare

GOP win in Massachusetts Senate race seen hampering U.S. health reform legislation

Gibbons off track again

Reid never relaxed about billÕs passage in Senate

HOW HARRY REID HANDLED THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE

Reid bobs and weaves to land health care deal

Long hours not bad for senators

Senate Dems in fight for passage

Senate Clinches Votes For Health Care Overhaul

No ho, ho spirit at 'Harry Christmas' time

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

US Senate nears health care bill with new compromises

Government healthcare utopia

Democrats reach deal on health bill

Obama rallies Democratic troops on health care

Obama to rally Democratic troops on health care

Senators urge more cost controls in health bill

Senate opens work on healthcare bill

Senators begin debating health care reform

Democrats expect healthcare overhaul to pass

US senators to begin fractious health care debate

US senators to begin health care reform debate

Reid 'Health Care' Reform Bill Increases Premiums by $3,100 Yearly and Funds Abortion!

Harry ReidÕs steady hand

Health public option fight - symbol over substance

ReidÕs hopes hitched to health care reform bill

Free clinics tied to health care debate

AP Poll: Public favors gov't health plan

Business foes of health care revamp ramp up effort

Close House vote highlights Reid's tough task

HEALTH-CARE ABOUT-FACE

HEALTH-CARE ABOUT-FACE

AMA, AARP back House health care bill

Debate has distinct campaign flavor

ObamaCare's Scary October Surprise

FACTBOX-Next steps for U.S. healthcare bill in Congress

SenatorÕs next test: Securing 60 votes

Health care businesses at risk in House overhaul

Support broad in U.S. for public healthcare option

Why Liberals Aren't Celebrating Harry Reid's "Public Option" Support

Key US Senators may balk at health bill

Ark. senator says she still opposes public option

Reid says healthcare bill to include public option

Cost Estimate May Be Key For Public Option

Patients - and patience - in health care end game

Patients _ and patience _ in health care end game

House committee votes against antitrust protection

Baucus: All Senate Dems will support health bill

Doctors begin TV ads pressing Congress on Medicare

No quiet fadeaway for federal insurance option

Gov't insurance option isn't quietly fading away

Second GOP senator open to health care overhaul

Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul

Obama health care push clears Senate hurdle

Reid taking punches from the left, too

Is Reid really moderate on health care, or keeping powder dry for final fight?

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