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By Lee Bowman Scripps Howard News Service Health-reform legislation approved by the House last weekend would add tens of millions of Americans to the ranks of the insured.

President Barack Obama now stands closer to realizing the Democratic dream of universal coverage than any of his White House predecessors since Harry Truman after World War II.

Gov. Joe Manchin wants to hold off on a plan to expand Medicaid coverage for adults in West Virginia.

The following editorial appeared in Monday's Washington Post: Comparing the House Republican and Democratic health-care bills is like comparing a mouse to an elephant.

Virginia spent 74 percent more money overall in its most recent budget than it did 10 years earlier, the result of the economy, population growth and decisions by the General Assembly, according to the legislature's watchdog agency.

Results of the cervical study currently appear online in the journal Stem Cells.

Watch Jake Tapper's interview with the President. Nov. 9, 2009- President Obama said today that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend that includes tougher restrictions on abortion funding but said there is more work to be done before a final piece of ...

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday he could not support a bill unless it clearly prohibits federal dollars from going to pay for abortions.

Rep. Rick Boucher says he voted against health care legislation because of concerns about a government insurance option and Medicare reimbursement disparities.

Gov. David Paterson will address a joint session of the state Legislature at 3 p.m. today to urge them to pass a budget-cutting plan that he says is vital to the state's fiscal health.

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West Virginia's lone Republican in Congress wants to know how national health care legislation would affect the state's budget.

Read-only mm_head JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington With the struggle over healthcare entering an even tougher phase, President Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his duel pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America.

The trillion dollar Affordable Health Care for America Act, narrowly passed the U.S House of Representatives, Saturday night, 220 to 215.

The House bill would change the way health insurance works in the United States.

JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK - Even though the economy is still suffering and many small businesses won't be hiring for some time, some companies are thinking about taking on more workers.

The US House of Representatives approved the broadest overhaul of US health care in four decades overnight, handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory that energised his top domestic priority.

Today the House reaches another major milestone in the effort to pass health insurance reform, and effort decades in the making.

A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.

Central Texas Congressman Chet Edwards said Saturday he will vote against the sweeping House health care reform measure because he thinks a oethere is too much new spending in the bill.a Font Size: Rep.