WASHINGTON -- Democratic senators pressed ahead Saturday toward a crucial first vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a test of party unity in the face of solid Republican opposition.
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Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed...
Bill Frist, surgeon and former Senate majority leader, went out on a limb yesterday. Speaking at a Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce meeting in Center City on health reform, Frist said health reform is a done deal.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) announced their opposition to the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” released this week by Senate Majority Leader...
How New York state would fare under proposed health care reform remains an open question, but there's no doubt that state government and, to some extent, county governments would share in the cost of expanding health coverage...
Nov 21, 2009 (Press-Telegram - As the Senate takes up healthcare reform, phones will be ringing in Long Beach. Volunteers for Organizing for America plan to call active Democrats -- the kind who write letters, make phone calls...
The health care debate has been like a tennis match, bouncing from the Senate to the House and back again. Now it's back in the Senate, as the United States tries to end its status as the only advanced economy without universal...