The U.S. Senate delayed for 30 days a proposed 23% cut in Medicare reimbursement payments to doctors that was scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1. The House is expected to vote on and pass the legislation by Nov. 30.

Employees at American International Group are accepting a bonus reduction of $20 million, nearly a year after their bonuses received national attention, prompting a U.S. House of Representatives’ subcommittee hearing.

He holds one of the most important votes in the Senate regarding health care reform, but a national watchdog group thinks Sen. Joe Lieberman is one of many “insurance puppets” at work in Washington, D.C.

On the heels of the New York Federal Reserve obtaining shares of two American International Group subsidiaries, one U.S. senator wants a clearer picture of how the troubled insurer plan to repay taxpayers.

A move by Democrats to include a government-run public option in health care reform proposed by the Senate Finance Committee failed after hours of debate.

Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, moved forward with a health reform bill today (Wednesday) that omits the public option present in all other Congressional bills and calls instead for health cooperatives.

While Democrats and Republicans spar over whether the middle-class or wealthy Americans should pay for a chunk of the nation’s health care reform, a new plan to tax insurers may …  Read →

With everything from a government-run insurance plan to taxes on health benefits being proposed in Washington, D.C., five of the industry’s largest agent and broker associations are planning to lobby …  Read →

Members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said their proposal to reform the nation’s health care can cost under $1 trillion and is “fully paid for,” stumbling blocks facing other …  Read →

Nine Republican senators are urging President Barack Obama to facilitate more inclusive reform of America’s health care system and say the creation of a public insurance option would “inevitably doom …  Read →