Surrounded by millions of uninsured residents and those struggling to keep up with rising costs, New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer is pushing a public health insurance option to compete …  Read →

Citing the need to introduce competition in the health insurance market and contain health care costs, a group of 28 U.S. senators introduced a resolution to include a federally-backed health …  Read →

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) says any new insurance program run by the government as part of sweeping reforms in Washington, D.C., should follow the same rules and standards as …  Read →