Topic: U.S. Senate Committee On Finance

Senate opens work on healthcare bill

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 ...
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 ...

PUBLIC OPTION, R.I.P.?

PUBLIC OPTION, R.I.P.? A vital element of 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 ...
Health insurers lobbying against softening of requirement for Americans to obtain coverageThe 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 ...

Obama touts health plan to doctors, key vote nears

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. The Senate Finance ...

Obama touts health plan to doctors

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. The Senate Finance ...

Senator's plan joins heated healthcare debate

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 ...

Senate panel releases healthcare plan without public option

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

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 ...