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By Stacey Burling At Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, one of the region's largest specialty physician groups, the expensive quest to get paid by dozens of insurance companies begins days before a patient shows up for an appointment and can take weeks or months.

U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer pushed fellow Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee to adopt a new, permanent estate tax instead of a one-year measure to keep the current levy from expiring next year.

Like in the health care reform debate , financial regulation legislation has divided members of the same party, opening a rift between liberal and moderate Democrats.

As he raced through the U.S. Capitol this fall, Richard "Buz" Cooper, a 73-year-old University of Pennsylvania medical school professor, didn't mince words.

The Willow Grove base will now return to the base realignment and closing process, with its future up in the air.

As more demonstration projects prove the value of the patient-centered medical home, or PCMH, in increasing care efficacy and reducing costs, a number of federal agencies are adopting the medical home model as part of their overall health care transformation efforts.

Oct. 20: President Obama, presented the nation's highest award for a military unit, the Presidential Unit Citation, to members of Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, for heroism in Vietnam nearly 40-years ago.

Dan Lasko swore his oath to join the Marine Corps early on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 -- just before the terrorist attacks. As he watched the towers fall and the Pentagon burn, he knew his service to his country would be more vital than he could have imagined.

Just a month into his deployment in Afghanistan, in the spring of 2004, Lasko's vision of his service was violently disrupted again. Exiting a rocky canyon, his Humvee rolled over two makeshift bombs.

'Everything is in slow motion,' he recalls. 'Two big blasts. You can't see anything. Everything is foggy. Sand and rocks and everything is thrown around. I knew right away I was injured. I saw my uniform was covered in fuel, and I was covered in blood. I tried to get up. I grabbed my gun. But I couldn't get up. I looked down at my left foot.'

AAFP President Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., returned to Capitol Hill on Nov. 5, meeting with lawmakers and their staff members for the second time in less than two weeks to re-emphasize the importance of primary care and family medicine in any health care reform bill passed by Congress.

Olives. House bill addresses shortages of primary doctors Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 15:54 That's critical, because various estimates suggest the nation is already short some 40,000 to 80,000 family doctors, even as many primary-care physicians are retiring or cutting back their practices.

As the debate on health care reform legislation continues to move forward in Congress, AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., today urged leaders of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals to be "the standard bearers" for innovation in health care delivery.

In case you're wondering which Pennsylvania members of Congress supported the Pelosi Health Care Bill, which will raise taxes and put your family's current health care coverage at risk, see the list below.

The U.S. House of Representatives was voting on a landmark health care bill, holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.

The historic first step Saturday toward a national overhaul of the U.S. health system is a day that won't be forgotten by local reform supporters or opponents.Tam St.

President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions.

In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. speaks during a news conference about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Norfolk Southern and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are investing $11 million in the railroad's Philadelphia Navy Yard intermodal facility to expand track and parking capacity.

House Democrats on Thursday unveiled their bill to remake the health care system and said they had the votes to pass it.

With the blessing today of Mayor Nutter and members of the city's Washington delegation, a proposed trolley line for east Market Street and the Delaware River waterfront moved a step closer to reality.

President Barack Obama faces a partisan divide over his drawn-out consideration about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan , with area Republicans arguing for the need to act quickly and Democrats urging patience.