Topic: U.S. Congress

Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled a bill Thursday that would block funding for President Barack Obama's health care reform as long as it is contested in the courts.The measure targeting the health care reforms passed by Congress in 2010 was ...

Q&A-What is the future of U.S. healthcare after lawsuit?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The future of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform has been put in doubt after a judge ruled unconstitutional a key element obliging people to buy health insurance.The judge in Virginia ruled on Monday said the federal government cannot require ...
This year, I am grateful for health care reform legislation supported by President Obama and passed by the Democratic-led 111th Congress in 2010.. Despite our employer-based premiums increasing by about 20% in 2011, my family is grateful for two specific elements of ...
There are three primary methods of finding out which members of Congress voted for or against a particular bill. Often, as is the case with the Health Care Reform legislation, it is helpful to track how the votes developed in the process ...
"As health (care) reform shifts back to the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid is facing dissent FROM FELLOW DEMOCRATS, WORRIED that he has NO FINAL BILL, NO Democratic concensus on the way ahead and NO guarantee (that) he'll finish by year's end" ...

Who Is Olympia Snowe?

Today the deciding vote by the senior Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe,supported the health care overhaul bill at the Senate Finance Committeehearing. She was praised as being "extraordinarily diligent" byPresident Obama during the recent press conference with Spanish Primedescribed her as ...
"Panel chairman Max Baucus AND TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS joined with all of the committee's Republicans to vote against BOTH measures". "While Baucus said he was voting against the policy because it couldn't pass the Senate "at this point", Schumer says HE SEES ...
This article may be outdated because it was writtenprior to President Obama's signing of Health Care Reform Bill in March2010. The Democratic Senators wanted to pass the Senate health care reform bill before Christmas. "Little did Burris knew at the time that ...

Protect Your Rights!

The House of Representatives recently passed a historic health-care reform bill that would extend health insurance to people who currently can't afford it. Called the Stupak Amendment, this part of the package would apply even if women are buying a plan from ...

Current Health Insurance Reform Issues

No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health care reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. ...
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