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According to analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate Democrats' health care overhaul bill would substantially reduce premium costs for 57 percent of people who buy subsidized coverage through new exchanges, while rates would hold steady or decline slightly for large and small employers.
Panelists discuss the array of amendments Democrats and Republicans are expected to offer as the Senate begins debate on health overhaul legislation.
Panelists discuss the array of amendments Democrats and Republicans are expected to offer as the Senate begins debate on health overhaul legislation.
Tiring of gripes that overhaul proposals won't slow health spending, the White House chose the afternoon before the long Thanksgiving weekend to tell reporters, essentially, "They will, so."
While much of the attention paid to the Senate health reform bill has been about the public option or financing, there are many lesser-known provisions that would affect consumers.
Pay attention to the CLASS Act. It can not only provide better long-term care for those who so desperately need this assistance, it can also become a new way to help those in need in an era of $1 trillion-plus budget deficits. But only if it is done right.
Ads by a liberal activist group and a prominent labor union defend members of Congress who voted for the House health bill. But the ads misleadingly claim the legislation would stop premiums from increasing and make a debatable assertion that Medicare would be "strengthened."
If a Democratic health bill passes,certain individuals and small businesses initially would pay more for insurance, while others would pay less, experts predict. But the long-term outlook is less clear.
We have plenty of time to take this back to where it should have been in the first place - beginning the long and complex journey to create a health care system that pays for value.
The debate in Washington over how much the health care overhaul bills will cost has largely centered on the bottom line for the federal government. But polls repeatedly show Americans are much more concerned about how a reshaped health care system will affect their own family's financial situation.
A poll "shows little movement in measures of public opinion" on health reform. About one-third like the current Democratic bills, another third want reform, but not what Democratic lawmakers have in mind and one-quarter think Congress should not spend time on the issue now.
June O'Neill says the national debt would grow and the elderly on Medicare would suffer, but her successors at the Congressional Budget Office disagree. The ad was created by a Washington lobbyist and corporate public relations firm.
Perhaps the political and media elite shouldn't wait for an impending presidential election to pay attention to what Iowa has to say.
Panelists discuss the Senate's vote to begin debate on health reform legislation.
Over the weekend, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to begin debate on health reform legislation, which will begin after the Thanksgiving break. Panelists discuss what's ahead.
When it comes to making medical care not only cheaper but also better, reducing hospital infections is among the easiest changes to make--something reform really should be able to do, even in this political universe of such limited possibility.
About 11 percent of people ages 60 and older suffer from some kind of abuse every year. But as a part of health care overhaul legislation, lawmakers are taking steps that would for the first time establish a federal beachhead in fighting such abuse.
Patients often find it difficult to base medical decisions on study results. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on mammography have generated a firestorm of outrage, concern and political repercussions. This is not the first time that breast cancer has become a big political issue, according to Dr. Barron Lerner.
The Senate and House health bills differ in important ways. We ask and answer questions consumers might have about the bills.
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