2 hrs ago | Bradenton Herald
Health care bills would raise taxes well before changes roll out
Americans could pay billions of dollars more in new taxes for a few years before they're likely to see significant change in the nation's health care system under legislation that Congress is considering.
6 hrs ago | ABC News
Do Drug Ads Make Meds More Expensive?
Medicaid spending on the clot-busting drug Plavix soared after direct-to-consumer TV ads for the drug began airing -- though not because of any change in prescription trends, researchers said.
11 hrs ago | Providence Journal
Froma Harrop: Time to talk about waste and cost
Doctors would jab sharp instruments into King Henry VIII's arm and drain blood out of his body.
15 hrs ago | EDGEdallas.com Health/Fitness Feed
Spin Meter: Legislation inflation grips Gop
Most Americans don't expect a health care overhaul to affect their lives directly, but those who worry about the fallout outnumber those expecting to come out ahead, a poll out Tuesday has found.
Lawmakers disagree over midyear cuts to education
ALBANY - After originally saying they would take the weekend to complete negotiations and prepare legislation, lawmakers and Gov.
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Kaine: I wona t rule out tax hikes
Facing a projected budget gap of as much as $3.5 billion, there is no doubt that the two-year spending plan being prepared by Gov.
Nixon Resists Plan To Expand Health Insurance
Gov. Jay Nixon is resisting a plan that could provide health insurance to thousands of children despite running for office on a pledge to expand health care access.
Cuts to schools, roads and social services were among the hammer blows delivered Monday by Gov.
Gov. Announces New Round Of Budget Cuts
Governor Mark Parkinson announces another round of cuts to the state's budget, totaling over $258 million.
Schumer says failure not an option on health care
Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.
Kan. nurse resentenced in `nude therapy' case
A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving mentally ill residents of a Newton group home was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after a federal judge acknowledged the original seven-year term was too short.
Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?
Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.
Heath care debate poised to take center stage when Vermont lawmakers return this winter
The question Rep. Paul Poirier hears from Vermonters most is, "What the heck are you going to do about these premiums that keep going up and up?" Poirier, a Barre City state representative, has a long memory of health care reform.
You have insurance options when COBRA coverage ends
Earlier this year, lawmakers agreed to temporarily subsidize health insurance for laid-off workers, providing a big discount for coverage until they got back to work.
$848 Billion Health Care Bill Moves to Senate Floor
The health care reform bill will move forward to the Senate floor for debate following Thanksgiving break.
Schumer Says "Wind Is At Our Back", Believes His Party Has Momentum
New York Sen. Charles Schumer boasted of Democrats' unity in pushing their health care reform package over a major procedural hurdle in the Senate Saturday night, saying on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that his party showed "real momentum." "Last night was a very good night for us," Schumer told CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob ...
Senate health care bill heads into a political minefield
The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes health care debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today.
Streamlining panel offers proposals
BATON ROUGE - The Commission on Streamlining Government so far e has ndorsed 134 proposals covering a wide array of issues and they're "not finished yet," the panel's chairman says.
GOP derides health care bill after it clears first hurdle in Senate
The U.S. Capitol is seen on September 29, 2008 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON a ' Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the health care overhaul will create a "massive and unsustainable debt" after a vote to advance the legislation in the Senate.
At Least 100 Reasons to Worry That Congress Wona t Follow Through on ...
Hooray! Tonight we're one step closer to getting a deficit-neutral health care reform bill that has at least some hope of "bending the health cost curve" in the future.