Obama likes progress on health care; Senate Dems, administration near deal with hospitalsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed progress on health care overhaul as Senate Democrats and the administration closed in on a deal with hospitals to help pay for his proposed expansion of medical coverage to the uninsured. Senate Democrats focus health care talks on hospitals and GOPWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed progress on health care overhaul as top Senate Democrats and the administration closed in on a deal with hospitals to help pay for the president’s proposed expansion of medical coverage to the uninsured. Under emerging deal, hospitals would help pay Obama’s health care expansionWASHINGTON — With health care legislation at a crossroads, the nation’s hospitals are near agreement with a key lawmaker and the White House to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama’s plan for expanded coverage, officials said Monday. Senators say finding middle ground on a public insurance plan is a key to health care overhaulWASHINGTON — It will take a compromise on a government option for insurance if the Senate is to agree on a health care overall before next month’s break, two senators said Sunday. Under a Senate health care plan, you pay your own medical insurance premium or pay a fineWASHINGTON — First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. Health overhaul in Senate bill imposes penalty on those refusing affordable medical coverageWASHINGTON — Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. Health overhaul would impose stiff penalty on those who refuse to get medical coverageWASHINGTON — Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. Senate Democrats call for public option health plan, fee on companies not offering insuranceWASHINGTON — Determined to advance President Barack Obama’s health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees. Revised Democratic health care plan has public option, lower cost, annual employer feeWASHINGTON — Democrats on a key Senate Committee outlined a revised and far less costly health care plan Wednesday night that includes a government-run insurance option and an annual fee on employers who do not offer coverage to their workers. Senator declares $1 trillion, 10-year health bill achievableWASHINGTON — Senators working to give President Barack Obama a comprehensive health care overhaul said Thursday they had figured out how to pare back the complex legislation to keep costs from crashing through a $1 trillion, 10-year ceiling. Obama not closing door on any health care tax as lawmakers struggle to lower cost of overhaulWASHINGTON — With lawmakers trying to crunch the numbers on a $1 trillion health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits. Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits in struggled for overhaul legislationWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation’s hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress. Negotiators seeking bipartisan health care deal say benefits tax essential to financingWASHINGTON — Taxing workers for employer-provided medical benefits could become the next big controversy for President Barack Obama in his quest to overhaul the nation’s health care system. HHS secretary defends public plan, costs of Obama health proposalWASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday defended President Barack Obama’s call for a new public health insurance plan in the face of strong opposition from Republicans and fresh criticism from a powerful business group. HHS secretary says Obama open to ideas on health overhaul, but not deficit spendingWASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told lawmakers Wednesday that President Barack Obama is willing to listen to suggestions on how to pay for a health care overhaul, as long as they don’t increase the deficit. Obama-industry confrontation looms over what role government should play in health careWASHINGTON — Even as President Barack Obama and the insurance industry move toward open confrontation over the role of government in health care, his administration is telling lawmakers to keep pushing for a bipartisan deal. Obama fires back at insurers’ charges that govt plan would “take over” health careWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday squared off with the insurance lobby over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system. Insurers warn government plan would “dismantle” employer coverageWASHINGTON — The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half century and overtake the system. With goal of bipartisan deal, House Democrats open hearings on sweeping health care billWASHINGTON — House Democrats are pushing forward with a partisan health care bill even as a key Senate Democrat labors to achieve an elusive bipartisan compromise on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority. Democrats debate push for gov’t plan as negotiations with GOP falterWASHINGTON — Democrats are becoming bolder about their idea that middle-class familes get the option of joining a government insurance plan in any overhaul of the health care system. Their fervor carries a risk. Senator says negotiations with GOP on nonprofit health insurance co-ops going nowhereWASHINGTON — Democrats generally are standing behind their position that a health care system overhaul must include a government-sponsored plan that would be available to middle-class workers and their families. |
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