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"This notion I know among some on the left that somehow this bill is not everything that it should be ... I think just ignores the real human reality that this will help millions of people and end up being the most significant piece of domestic legislation at least since Medicare and maybe since Social Security," Obama tells NPR.
In a strict party-line vote at 7 a.m., Democrats push through measure to guarantee access to health insurance and cut costs. Bill must now be melded with House version.
CBO letter released by Sen. Jeff Session, R-Ala., says the estimated savings in the health care bill overstates "the improvement in the government's fiscal position."
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials from around America.
Less attention is paid to reforms in congressional health care bills that will change how insurers treat people with chronic diseases and how the bills will ensure they have access to health insurance, the Los Angeles Times reports.
News outlets report on deals struck with individual senators, in particular Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., in an effort to win support for health care legislation.
In an interview with The Washington Post, President Obama "rejected criticism that he has compromised too much to secure health-care reform or turned over too much authority to congressional leaders in pursuing his broad legislative agenda."
After a series of last minute deals paved the way for Senate Democrats to move forward with health overhaul legislation, Republicans lashed out, but also acknowledged that their options for fighting the legislation at this late date are limited.
Many companies and their lobbyists now believe the overhaul is inevitable and are hoping to ease changes that will affect their businesses.
News outlets profile some of the major players in the health care debate.
Baby boomers will likely add additional strain to the already stretched nursing system.
States slash health budgets amid broader cuts.
A Chicago surgeon invented a silicone and metal ring to repair heart valves, and implanted them in 150 patients before his new device received FDA approval.
Senators will vote at 8 a.m. Christmas Eve on the health overhaul legislation on Christmas Eve. Both Democrats and Republicans are viewing passage as inevitable.
About 40 million Americans have received the swine flu vaccine, according to the CDC.
Democrats are looking ahead - and at each other - before beginning the "potentially difficult" process of reconciling the Senate and House versions of health care reform.
While an increasing number of H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines are available in the U.S., "more than half of American adults say they still don't want it, and one-third of parents say they don't want their children to get it either, according to two surveys," the Washington Post reports. "As of this week, 111 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic strain of H1N1 flu have been released to states and cities. Not all have been used. There have been no unusual or unexpected vaccine side effects reported."
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