Topic: Medicare

AP News | 2010-03-18 20:01:12
AP sources: Health care bill omits Obamal proposal for federal insurance watchdog

Democratic aides say President Barack Obama's plan for a watchdog agency with power to roll back excessive premium hikes by insurance companies has been dropped from the latest version of the health care bill. Obama had proposed a new federal Health Insurance Rate Authority in response to ...

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Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2010-03-18 19:26:15

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday predicted weekend passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that budget analysts said would cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years and dramatically expand health coverage. President Barack Obama, who was scheduled to leave on a visit to Indonesia and Australia on Sunday, postponed the trip to help round up ...

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Reuters US Online Report Politics News | 2010-03-18 17:08:03

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday Democrats will pass President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul and make insurance more affordable for Americans. Pelosi said the revised healthcare bill, which will be published online later in the day, would scale back a tax on high-cost insurance plans and extend taxes for Medicare, the ...

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AP Features | 2010-03-18 16:43:12

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hailing the deficit reduction in the health care overhaul bill that Democrats hope to push through Congress on Sunday. The California Democrat spoke after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated the package would reduce budget deficits by $138 billion over the next decade. She said analysts also estimated the sweeping legislation would trim deficits by ...

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Thousands impacted by canceled health care

Philadelphia Business Journal | 2010-03-18 16:10:22

America Desperately Needs Reform

AOL News | 2010-03-18 15:52:50

In New Health Care Package, Drug Makers to Pay More

New York Times | 2010-03-18 15:35:39

Fattening City Hall coffers : Letters for Thursday, March 18

Los Angeles Daily News | 2010-03-18 14:52:25

Two Really Bad Deals

Kudlow's Money Politic$ | 2010-03-18 16:31:02

The Final Health Care Bill: Winners and Losers

MoJo Blog | 2010-03-18 15:39:49

Show Me the Money -- By: Daniel Foster

The Corner | 2010-03-18 15:30:53

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