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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

AP News 2 days ago

Fresh from victory in vote to debate a health care bill, Democrats at odds over the details Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if ...

Durbin says deadline looming for health care bill

AP News 2 days ago

Leading Senate Democrat says lawmakers must pass health care bill before year's end A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the ...

Schumer says public option can pass the Senate

AP News 2 days ago

Schumer says Democrats could support 'modest' public option as part of health care overhaul Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that ...

Nelson might not back next step for health bill

AP News 2 days ago

Dem senator says he might not back next step for health care overhaul if bill isn't changed A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle ...

Health Care Overhaul

AP News 4 days ago

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., walks in the Capitol before heading into a Democratic caucus on health care reform in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Copyright 2009 AP News

White House at odds with bishops over abortion

AP News 4 days ago

Abortion dispute with Catholic bishops could hinder Obama's health care bill in Senate The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's ...

San Francisco's health care a model during debate

AP News 4 days ago

San Francisco's 'public option' - a city-run health care program - informs national debate This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program — seeing doctors, ...

Free clinics tied to health care debate

AP News 4 days ago

Free clinics staged in states where senators are targeted on health care votes A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts ...

SF health care a model during national debate

AP News 4 days ago

San Francisco's 'public option' _ a city-run health care program _ informs national debate This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program — seeing doctors, ...

House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

AP News 5 days ago

House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as ...

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