Final Health Care Package Shaped By Changing Political Landscape
The Democrats scaled back their ambitions for health overhaul legislation amid a year-long series of turbulent shifts in the political landscape.
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Medicare Steps Up Efforts To Monitor Seniors’ Prescriptions
Medicare is expanding a program to make sure that some older adults use the right drugs and take them correctly to prevent harmful side effects or interactions. A similar program helped Irene Mooney, who was taking 13 medications and developed some serious side effects.
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Doctors, Hospitals, Insurers, Pharma Come Out Ahead With Health Bill
Hospitals and drug makers are among the biggest winners in the legislative bonanza.
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Opinion Column
The Health Care Debate Has Just Begun
Last night's historic vote to pass comprehensive health care legislation means a lot of things, but it does not end the health care debate in America--not by a long shot.
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Opinion Column
Why The Vote Changes The Health Care Debate Forever
Health care reform promises to shift the middle ground between government and market, modestly, but in a way that will have far-reaching effects.
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Primary Care Shortage Could Crimp Overhaul
For all the changes put in motion by yesterday's historic vote passing health care overhaul, an expansion of coverage for tens of million of uninsured people raises a really big question: Who will take care of them all?
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – Day After House Passes Health Reform
Late Sunday night, the House of Representatives made history by passing the Senate version of health care overhaul legislation. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and The Fiscal Times' Eric Pianin report on the scene during the vote on Capitol Hill, what's next in the Senate and what health reform may mean for consumers.
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Opinion Column
It’s Over! Health Care is Passed. Will it Really Work?
The realities of the health care legislation do not match the hyperbole from either side. Though proponents bill the legislation as the most significant changes in the nation's health care system since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the Obama era coverage reforms rely on existing government programs and private insurance, and its payment reforms are variations on themes tried before without much success.
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President Obama’s Speech After House Passes Reform
Watch President Obama's speech he made late Sunday night, after the House passed health reform legislation.
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Transcript: President Obama’s Speech After House Passes Health Reform
Read the transcript of President Obama's speech, which he gave late Sunday night after the House passed the health reform package.
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Health On The Hill – March 22, 2010
Late Sunday night, the House of Representatives made history by passing the Senate version of health care overhaul legislation. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and The Fiscal Times' Eric Pianin report on the scene during the vote on Capitol Hill, what's next in the Senate and what health reform may mean for consumers.
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Health Care Passage Hinged On Abortion Language
The House of Representatives' passage Sunday of a health care bill was secured after President Obama issued an executive order banning the use of public funds for abortions. The order helped secure the support of Rep. Bart Stupak and other anti-abortion Democrats. This story comes from our partner NPR News
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The Immediate Effects Of The Health Reform Bill
A number of provisions in the health bill would take effect within a few months. The question for Democrats is whether promoting the early changes will help them in November.
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How The Senate Will Tackle Health Reform Now
Senate debate over the health reform reconciliation bill could start as early as Tuesday and conclude before Congress adjourns for a two-week recess at the end of the week.
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New Poll: As Vote Approaches, Americans Divided On Legislation
As House Democratic leaders scramble to come up with the votes needed to pass their health overhaul package Sunday, Americans remain divided over the legislation, according to a new poll.
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Highlights: President Obama’s Health Reform Rally Remarks
This video highlights President Obama's remarks during a health care reform rally held Friday, at George Mason University.
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Figuring Out What A Hospital Can Get For Switching To Electronic Records
Beginning next year, tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money will flow to doctors and hospitals to help them buy computerized medical record systems as part of the economic stimulus package. In a marketing pitch, one company is offering a calculator that shows how much money is on the line for a given facility.
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Transcript: President Obama’s Health Reform Rally Remarks
The White House released a transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks at a rally today at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia.
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Opinion Column
The Changing Status Quo On Federal Abortion Funding
Mr. Stupak and his allies have threatened to deny health insurance expansion to millions of Americans all because the legislation does not go far enough in restricting abortion rights. Even without getting his amendment into the final bill, however, he has made large gains in achieving his agenda.