A public health insurance option to compete with private insurers is one way to reform America’s health care system, but not the only way, according to one Pennsylvania congressman.

A new report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the employer-sponsored insurance market indicates that the industry is “riddled with holes,” according to its secretary.

A deal among fiscally conservative, or “Blue Dog,” Democrats means a full House of Representatives could debate a health reform bill after an August recess, while a similar deal has …  Read →

The president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) is voicing his concern over efforts in Washington, D.C., to reform health care and state insurance regulation, likening it …  Read →

After a month of mark-ups, amendments and compromise, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has passed legislation to overhaul U.S. healthcare.

The HELP Committee’s legislation includes a government-run health …  Read →

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 →

As his Senate Finance Committee continues work on its own major health care reform proposal, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is commending the work of three of his former congressional colleagues …  Read →

President Barack Obama told a national doctor’s association that health care reform will not mean that patients lose access to the doctors and health plans they like.

Barack Obama

In a …  Read →

A new plan for national universal health care would cost taxpayers in the short term, according to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who unveiled the plan yesterday.

Max Baucus

“In the short …  Read →