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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Affluent investors turned bearish in December as their attention moved from the economy to concerns over health reform and fears the wealthy may be asked to pay more taxes.The Spectrem Group's affluent investor confidence index, which measures sentiment ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate agreed on Wednesday to move up by one hour its vote on final passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul to 7 a.m. EST (1200 GMT) on Thursday.The move came as senators, anxious to hurry out of ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The influential American Medical Association on Thursday said it supported passage of the Democratic-written healthcare legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on this week.Dr. J. James Rohack, president of the AMA, said the bill ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have nearly finished a sweeping healthcare reform bill that would include a government-run insurance option and hope to unveil it on Thursday.After weeks of negotiations to merge three pending health bills, Democratic ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday new estimates showed a healthcare overhaul drafted by Democrats would reduce the U.S. budget deficit over 10 years and cost less than $900 billion.The preliminary estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Olympia Snowe said on Tuesday she will back the Finance Committee's sweeping healthcare overhaul, becoming the first Republican in Congress to back a healthcare reform measure.Snowe said her vote does not mean she will support later versions of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee's health bill would cost $829 billion and cut the deficit by $81 billion over 10 years, budget analysts said on Wednesday in a boost to President Barack Obama's efforts to reform health care.In a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House kept insurance companies squarely in its sights on Tuesday in the push for healthcare reform by releasing research showing that health insurance premiums have risen far faster than inflation in every U.S. state.U.S. "In every state, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If U.S. health reform efforts lead to higher costs for employers, employees may end up bearing the brunt, according to a new survey.Employers will not absorb higher costs, choosing instead either to reduce benefits, lower salaries or cut ...
