Posts Tagged ‘health’
Dems unveil final health care plan, but passage is far from certain
Congress drew closer to a historic vote to rebuild America’s health system after Democrats on Thursday unveiled their final blueprint for the largest overhaul since Medicare.
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Democrats push toward Sunday vote on health care (AP)
AP – Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama’s health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.
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New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP)
AP – Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The Ohio Democrat opened his local newspaper, The Cincinnati Enquirer, on Wednesday to find a giant ad urging him to vote against the bill — featuring a photo of him with his two young daughters. Tea party protesters stormed his office and berated his staff.
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Dems sweeten health bill, set showdown Sunday vote (AP)
AP – Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.
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Obama signs jobs bill as health care intrudes (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public’s top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation’s health care system keeps getting in the way.
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Obama stays in D.C. to push health reform bill into final historic vote
WASHINGTON – President Obama has postponed his trip to Asia so he can remain in Washington to help Democrats pass health care reform, with a a climactic vote now expected Sunday.
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Democrats on track for vote on $940 billion health bill (AP)
AP – House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama’s promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party’s fiscal conservatives.
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