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26 min ago | EDGEnewengland.com Health/Fitness Feed

Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay

Determined to advance President Barack Obama's health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law

4 hrs ago | The Southbridge Evening News

Advocates are back with real health care stories

CHICAGO When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone.

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9 hrs ago | Ashvegas

Huffington Post: N.C. Sen. Hagan supports public health care option

Story from the Huffington Post here : One of the Democratic senators who was on the fence when it came to backing a public option for health insurance coverage is coming out in support of the measure.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Kay Hagan, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Health, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

13 hrs ago | Nashua Telegraph

Reading this bill hazardous to your health

Betsy McCaughey reads massive health care bills so you don't have to. New York's former lieutenant governor, now chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, fired the torpedo that ultimately sank HillaryCare.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Health, Opinion

18 hrs ago | Paradise Post

Profit shouldn't drive health care

President Obama initially insisted on a public option in his health care plan. Due to pressure from some conservative Democrats and virtually all Republicans, some of whom are in the back pocket of lobbyists, Obama now says the public option might be negotiable.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Public Relations, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

22 hrs ago | New Republic

Afraid of the public option? This is what America will look like without it.

The issue sucking up the oxygen in Washington today is whether to have a public health insurance plan compete with private insurers for the business of Americans without secure workplace coverage.

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Related Topix: Health, Healthcare Law, Law

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KXMA-TV Dickinson

Conrad says health care reform tough

Sen. Kent Conrad says health care reform is proving to be an enormous political battle but the issue cannot be ignored.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Kent Conrad, US News, US Senate, Democrat, North Dakota, Health

Docuticker

Nearly 44 Million in United States Without Health Insurance in 2008

An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997, according to new data from CDCa s National Center for Health Statistics.

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National Post

Obama defends - Canada-style' medicare

President Barack Obama on Wednesday blasted health care reform opponents for citing faults in Canada's medicare system as a tactic to "scare" Americans away from embracing his plan to create a publicly run health insurance program in the United States.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

MediLexicon

Democrats Are Increasingly Confident About Reform

Despite costs and public skepticism, Democrats are increasingly confident that they'll enact a vast health care overhaul.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law, Health, John McCain

Insurance Networking

HBMA: Medical Billers and Insurers Need Better Processes

Could there be changes looming on how billing services and health insurers work together to manage claims processing and related transactions more efficiently and effectively.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Health News Digest

Congratulations on Your College Graduation a " Now Get Health Insurance

You made it through a rigorous four years of coursework to meet the requirements of your college or university to be granted a bachelora TMs degree.

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KSDK NewsChannel 5

CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low

The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Family, Elderly, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health Care Policy

The Hartford Courant

Obama talking healthcare reform in Virginia

Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington - President Obama travels to Virginia today for a multimedia town hall-style event designed to keep up the pressure for a healthcare reform plan.

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SF Sentinel

Slim Majority of Americans Support Obama Health Care Plan

A slim majority of people surveyed support President Obama's health care reform proposal.

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Salon.com

Senate health panel readies gov't insurance option

Senators on a key committee are putting the finishing touches on a government health insurance option that they hope will win broad support among Democrats and the public.

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Related Topix: US News, Health, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Austin American Statesman

Lawmakers urge Perry to add CHIP to special session

State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, and state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, today called on Gov.

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Related Topix: Rick Perry, US Governors, Texas Government, Texas, Health

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Wick-Qua-Boag Weekender

HHS Rescinds Bush-Era Medicaid Regulations

The regulations were among seven that President George W. Bush's administration tried to implement in 2007 and 2008 that sent health care providers , state governments and advocates for the poor into a lobbying frenzy.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Health, Medicaid, W.

Forbes Autos

Pa. House sends health insurance bill to Senate

A bill to open Pennsylvania's government-subsidized health insurance program to 85,000 more lower-income adults won House approval Monday.

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Related Topix: Health, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, US News, Autos

The State

Wal-Mart backs employer health insurance mandate

Wal-Mart, a huge company once criticized for less than generous employee benefits, has embraced President Barack Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers.

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