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Baucus unveils plan to cut arcane tax provision

2010-11-12T15:31:01Z

Baucus unveils new plan to cut tax provision in health law that has riled business groups

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has unveiled a plan to repeal a tax reporting provision that passed with the health care overhaul and is widely opposed by business.

The so-called 1099 provision would require businesses starting in 2012 to file tax fo...

Senate Finance Committee Votes Down Public Option, States Challenge a Public Mandate and More

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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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...

Public Option Fails

2010-09-10T11:16:06Z

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White House hits health insurers ahead of key vote

2010-06-12T16:53:18Z

Powerful US insurers turned on President Barack Obama's top priority health care reform drive on the eve of a key congressional committee vote, warning the plan would send family medical expenses soaring.

The White House on Monday hit back sharply at the assault, based on a report for the industry by auditors President Barack Obama's original health-care reform proposal may have taken a fatal blow on Sept. 29. Two amendments proposing a publicly funded insurer went down to defeat in the Senate Finance Committee. However, a second Senate committee and the House are both expected to issue bi...

What's Missing From Health Care Reform

2010-10-22T07:46:58Z

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Insurers say coverage penalty has to have bite

2010-04-16T09:58:37Z

Health insurers lobbying against softening of requirement for Americans to obtain coverage

The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Americans must have coverage.

Determined to get as many people as possible covered, lawmakers first proposed fines of as much as $3,800 per family for health insurance scofflaws. But they have been steadily scaling back the penalties, with the...

Obama touts health plan to doctors, key vote nears

2010-06-25T20:28:35Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gathered doctors from every U.S. state at the White House on Monday to press his case for healthcare reform in a week when the sweeping overhaul could clear a major hurdle in Congress.

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Obama touts health plan to doctors

2010-06-25T20:28:31Z

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Baucus, Conrad Place the Almighty Dollar Over Morality

2010-10-22T07:39:06Z

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Senator's plan joins heated healthcare debate

2010-06-25T20:45:27Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Max Baucus unveiled a long-awaited healthcare overhaul on Wednesday that would dramatically revamp insurance rules but does not include a government-run option backed by liberal Democrats.

After months of negotiations, the Baucus bill -- which would cost an estimated $856 billion over 10 years -- attracted no Republican support and ali...

Senate panel releases healthcare plan without public option

2010-06-25T20:40:09Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus unveiled his plan for a 10-year, $856 billion healthcare overhaul on Wednesday that would revamp insurance rules but does not include a government-run option backed by liberal Democrats.

Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance...

WHY HEALTH INSURERS ARE WINNING

2010-04-16T10:51:23Z

WHY HEALTH INSURERS ARE WINNING

As the health reform fight shifts this month from a vacationing Washington to congressional districts and local airwaves around the country, much more of the battle than most people realize is already over. The likely victors are insurance giants such as UnitedHealth Group, Elizabeth Warren, right, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel and Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for TARP, testify before the Sena...

Geithner

2010-06-10T08:00:25Z

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2010 to testify before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the future of Donna Norton of Moms Rising speaks at a jobs news conference with Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Max Baucus, D-Mont., on Capitol Hill in Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., left, talks to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care reform legislation on

Budget Geithner

2010-06-25T20:54:59Z

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Barack Obama<...