Health Care Bill

Wasserman Shultz: GOP Has 'Politicized Breast Cancer' (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer...

Senate Health Care Bill: What's Next

AP | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle ov...

Ryan Grim

Sealed With A Kiss: Dems Unite To Beat GOP Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to des...

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Democrats Are United -- For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


The Senate has voted to move forward with the health care bill. The vote was 60-39 in favor of debating the bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader...

Another Look at Stupak-Pitts

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics


Lanny Davis

Stupak amendment supporters should support a proposal that requires that at least one insurance policy on a state exchange include abortion coverage so long as another, identical policy does not include abortion coverage.

White House Pep Talk To Dems On Health Care: "We Must All Hang Together, Or Assuredly We Shall All Hang Separately"

TIME | Karen Tumulty / Washington Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


With health reform's first test vote on the Senate floor less than 72 hours away, a platoon of top strategists -- including pollsters Mark Mellman and...

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Read The Abortion Compromise In Harry Reid's Senate Health Care Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


The health care reform package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday night bars the use of federal funds for abortion servi...

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Senate Dems Close In On Reform: Details Of Health Care Bill Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Read the bill (PDF). Senate Democrats have posted the legislation on their web site. --------- Senate Democrats made a big step toward comprehensive...

Public Option Opt-Out Not Favored By Americans: AP Poll

The Associated Press | Erica Werner | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press pol...

Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

Big Pharma Raises Prices 10% Even As It Promises To Cut Nation's Drug Costs

New York Times | DUFF WILSON | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business


Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

House Health Care Bill Reportedly Would Sharply Reduce Benefits For Senior Citizens

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul ...

Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passe...

Medicare Paid $47 Billion In Suspect Claims, According To HHS

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a ...

Stupak-Pitts Is Not Worth Killing Health Care Bill

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Lanny Davis

I am hoping Rep. DeGette and others will look at the big picture and ask themselves: Would I vote against this bill if I or a member of my family had no health insurance?

HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Discusses The Sarah Palin Coin Controversy On The Joy Behar Show

Huff TV | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


Huff TV

HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Joy Behar Show Wednesday night to talk about religion in politics and the controversy surrounding Sarah Pal...

Dems on Health Bill: Oops! We Forgot to Cut Costs

New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts wh...

Jon Stewart Mocks Use Of Leis, Babies, And The Holocaust To Argue Against Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy


The House passed the health care bill 220 to 215 this weekend, but opponents did not sit quietly by and watch in the days and hours leading up to the ...

Bill Clinton To Speak To Democratic Senators About Health Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling sk...

Concerned Obama Pressures Senate To Pass Health Care Bill

New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


The White House, growing concerned that the Congressional timetable for passing a health care overhaul could slip into next year, is stepping up press...

Reps King, Hoekstra Attempt To Wrap Capitol With Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics


Early Friday afternoon, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced his intentions to wrap the Capitol building in a massive copy of the 1,900-page health bill...

GOP Reform Proposal Borrows Heavily From AHIP's Approach

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics


House Republicans introduced their outlines for health care reform this past week to much anticipation. The minority leadership had pledged to produce...

NARAL and Planned Parenthood: Ineffectiveness Anti-Choice Democrats Can Rely On

Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Jane Hamsher

Democrats in Congress have just proudly signed a deal that allows a bunch of old men who have spent the better part of the last century avoiding their own sexual issues to dictate access to abortion services.

West Wing Stars: Call Your Congressman Today (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


A (fake) former president and first lady promoted health care reform in a new ad from Health Care for America Now. Martin Sheen and Stockard Channing...

Rick Perry: Let States Guide Health Care Reform

Washington Post | Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Congress is on the verge of enacting the largest unfunded mandate in American history. At a time when most states are struggling with rising unemploym...