Topic: The White House

Last summer, I heard from a source close to the Obama Administration that the public option was mostly a bargaining tool and that the Obama Administration would only use it in order to pass healthcare reform. While the Obama Administration has never ...
The head of the influential trade association for drug manufacturers announced Thursday night that he is leaving his job.The deal became very controversial after it was disclosed last year by Billy Tauzin, the president and chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Research and ...

Obama’s Call for Bipartisan Discussion Passes for Health News

Hard to believe, but it was just weeks ago that everybody was busy hashing out the last-minute nitty gritty of what the Dems' final health-care bill would look like.. Now, in a 59-41 world, President Obama's call for a televised bipartisan discussion ...

White House vows to press on after vote shock

The White House Wednesday set out to save President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda, and insisted his health reform plan was not dead, after Massachusetts voters dealt Democrats a stinging blow.On the anniversary of Obama's euphoric inauguration, Republicans celebrated their best election showing ...
Calls for open talks on health care bill, but the trend is for closed doorsSchoolchildren are taught that a bill finally goes to the president after selected lawmakers meet openly to forge a compromise, and the House and Senate approve their accord.But ...
Merck spent $1.5 million lobbying on health care reform, other issues in third quarterDrugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. spent nearly $1.6 million in the third quarter lobbying on health care overhaul issues, vaccine funding and government price controls on drugs, according to ...

Senate Dems in fight for passage

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 ...

Obama seeks drug imports outside of health bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House pledged on Sunday to move forward on allowing imports of safe prescription drugs from nations like Canada where they are less expensive, but not in the healthcare reform legislation now before Congress.The pharmaceutical industry's powerful Washington ...
A loophole in the Senate Health-care bill that would allow insurance companies to limit the amount of benefits they'd pay in a given year is being challenged by the White House. " The White House has said it will work to change ...

Obama to rally Democratic troops on health care

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 ...