Senate Health Committee

Health Insurers Could Bypass Some Key Reforms

Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 05.25.2011

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Legislators are designing this new insurance marketplace to protect consumers from many of the pitfalls and inequities in the current system. But even...

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What Olympia Snowe's Support Could Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln Mitchell

By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.

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GOP Health Care Road Show: McConnell, McCain

AP | MITCH WEISS and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An odd couple of Republican senators have hit the road, arguing for a go-slow approach to President Barack Obama's push to rev...

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AARP's Bait and Switch on Health Care

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martha Burk

The health committee bill would require older folks to pay some multiple of the premiums charged to younger people for the same coverage, just because of their age.

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Senate Panel OKs Plan To Revamp Health Care System

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system...

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Ryan Grim

Dodd: A Good Health Care Bill More Important Than A Bipartisan One

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee approved a historic overhaul of the health care system on a party-line vote Wednesday morning...

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Jeff Muskus

Senate Dems: Expect A Health Care Bill Next Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats said yesterday that they hope to have a draft of a health care bill ready by the end of next week, the first step in what is bound to...

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Sam Stein

EFCA Battle Begins: Senate Hearing Set For Tuesday

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate health committee is set to host the first hearings of the legislative session on the Employee Free Choice Act this Tuesday, a union officia...

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