Topic: U.S. House Of Representatives
According to a recent Thomson Reuters survey, the majority of Americans are ambivalent about healthcare reform. There are serious doubts surrounding the immediate impact Congress' actions would have on the insurance crisis. However, 60% of those polled expressed support for a public ...
A top Roman Catholic cardinal told CNSNews.com that there is ?no way? Catholic members of Congress can support the Senate health care reform bill as long as it includes a provision that allows tax dollars to go to insurance plans that cover ...
HEALTH-CARE MILESTONE One close vote in the House, one giant leap for health-care reform. After weeks of give-and-take, the House of Representatives on Nov. 7 managed to push through a bill by the tiny margin of 220 to 215. One Republican, Joseph ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fight over abortion could complicate Senate action on a sweeping U.S. healthcare reform bill as some moderate Democrats on Monday voiced support for a strict ban on using federal funds to pay for the procedure.Senator Ben Nelson, a ...
The U.S. House of Representatives headed to a final vote on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, with Democratic leaders confident they can secure the 218 votes needed for a narrow victory. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to rally support ...
Debate under way on historic health overhaul legislation in House of RepresentativesThe House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical ...
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a landmark, $1 trillion health system reform bill during a rare Saturday late-night vote Nov. 7, capping a day of heated debate over issues that had divided the Democratic caucus and threatened chances for final ...
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a bill on Thursday to reform the U.S. healthcare system, President Barack Obama's main domestic objective. * Reid already made his biggest decision -- to include a government-run 'public' insurance option backed by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Thursday that would transform the insurance market, create a government-run insurance plan and levy new taxes on the rich.Weeks of closed-door negotiations to merge three House ...
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 ...