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For weeks, Pennsylvania's Rep. Jason Altmire refused to commit to either side on the health care reform legislation.

President Barack Obama weighed in on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act last night in an interview.

Affordable health care for the masses or a government takeover? Which side of the aisle you occupy in the House of Representatives most likely determines your view of the Affordable Health Care For America Act that was passed on Saturday night.

The House passed the historic Affordable Health Care Act for Women by a narrow margin Saturday night with major gains for women including eliminating gender rating in insurance prices, banning pre-existing conditions, capping out of pocket expenses, expanding Medicaid to include individuals at 150% of the federal poverty level, improving Medicare ...

We can't know, at this point in time, what the Senate will ultimately decide about health care reform; to paraphrase the poet Robert Frost, the Democrats have promises to keep but miles to go before they sleep.

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.

Well, we got the names. Now there's no secret who was willing to step out for Pelosicare.

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Stupak, Pitts, Kaptur, Dahlkemper, Smith, Ellsworth and Lipinski amendment to the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" . The amendment maintains the current policy of preventing federal funding for abortion and for benefits packages that include abortion.

When Democrats lost races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia this week, officials in both parties suggested that the outcome could undermine President Obama 's push for a health care bill, scaring off politically vulnerable moderate Democrats at the very moment the White House needed them to get the bill through.

Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper, a politically vulnerable freshman from Erie, Pa., said abortion is the 'one major issue' standing in the way of her vote for the health care reform bill.

A man who could be governor of Pennsylvania was in Sharpsville on Sunday afternoon.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 6:27 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jon Delano PITTSBURGH 1 of 1 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi makes remarks during an event to mark sending of the house health care reform bill to the House floor for debate on Oct.

House liberals are stepping up efforts to push Speaker Pelosi and other leaders to exert more pressure on moderate colleagues to back a "robust" public insurance option, even though the effort continues to fall well short of the 218 votes needed to pass, according to a recent whip survey.

Legislation that would overhaul the U.S. health care system began to take shape this week as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid included a so-called public option in the Senate version of a reform bill.

ALEXANDRIA,A Va. A new proposal in Congress to make it easier for smaller-scale pharmacy owners to obtain low-cost loans to install health information technology was strongly endorsed Monday by the independent pharmacy industrya s chief lobbying group.

A horn blasts, seagulls screech and tourists clap as the longest ship in the Great Lakes, the 308-meter Paul R. Tregurtha, glides out of Duluth-Superior Harbor and into Lake Superior, loaded with coal bound for Midwestern power plants.

By Donna M. Airoldi A team of Incentive Federation members , led by executive director George Delta, descended on Washington, DC, yesterday to help convince members of congress that wellness incentives must be part of health care reform.

Submitted by Hannah Miller on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 3:02pm. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, of Erie.

Democratic leaders announced on Tuesday that the final House health care reform package will include a provision requiring all insurance plans -- including the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program -- to cover dependents up to age 27.

House Democrats have made further adjustments to their sweeping healthcare legislation, adding a measure that would expand coverage for young adults while taking steps to remove an expensive "fix" to Medicare's physician payment formula.