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Feb 19, 2010
Premiums jump 14 percent on Medicare private plans
Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year -- another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those with solid insurance.
Feb 18, 2010
Obama Team Raises Pressure on Health Insurers
The Obama administration ratcheted up pressure on health insurers on Thursday, saying some firms planned double-digit rate increases while earning billions in profits and paying their bosses multimillion dollar salaries.
Feb 18, 2010
House Democrats say merger of health bills is near
House Democrats on Wednesday said they're closing in on a final health care overhaul bill that merges the House and Senate plans but they don't yet know how or when they're going to pass it.
They also won't disclose how it deals with flash points that helped stall the effort, such as how to prevent taxpayer funding of abortions, whether to include a public insurance option and how to pay for it.
Feb 17, 2010
GOP sees possible upside in health care summit
Obama and the Democrats are certain to highlight a crucial element of their health care plan — extending coverage to more than 30 million Americans — at the one-of-a-kind event. By comparison, a Republican plan would only help 3 million more.
Feb 15, 2010
Is Health Care Overhaul Doomed to Failure?
As Democrats and Republicans sharpen their knives ahead of President Obama's summit on health care, experts are questioning whether the president's health care agenda is doomed to fail just as President Clinton's did in the 1990's.
Feb 14, 2010
Trial lawyers to Obama: Don’t deal on tort reform in health talks
Trial lawyers defeated President George W. Bush’s push for medical liability reform and successfully lobbied to water down tort reform provisions in healthcare reform bills this Congress. But the battle is far from over.
And in an odd twist, a longtime ally of the trial lawyers could be the one to resurrect the idea -- President Barack Obama.
Feb 13, 2010
Obama to Propose Health-Care Plan Before Summit With Lawmakers
President Barack Obama will offer a health-care proposal for the first time that seeks to bridge differences in Democratic plans from the House and Senate before a bipartisan summit on the issue later this month.
The White House also challenged Republicans to “put forward their own comprehensive bill” before the summit.
Feb 12, 2010
Democrats Hold 'Plan B' Over Republicans' Heads Going Into Health Care Talks
Some Democrats are readying a health care reform "Plan B" in case negotiations at the half-day televised forum on Feb. 25 go nowhere. The plan would involve passing part of the imperiled health care bill using reconciliation, a controversial procedural maneuver that would allow the package to pass with 51 votes, as opposed to the usual 60 required to overcome a filibuster.
Feb 12, 2010
Democrats skeptical health care summit is answer
First he called congressional Democrats' yearlong march toward health care overhaul an ugly process. Now President Barack Obama wants to talk directly with Republicans, the very people his Capitol Hill allies call obstinate and uncooperative.
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