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.

Indicating private insurers operate with “little oversight of their coverage and payment decisions,” one congressman is urging the creation of a government-run, national health insurance exchange.

John "Jay" Rockefeller

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As members of Congress work diligently to craft legislation on health care reform to debate later this summer, President Barack Obama has reminded them of his sense of urgency on …  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 →

Picking up where he left off last month, Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) has asked 18 of the nation’s largest health insurers for more information on how they reimburse …  Read →

Calling testimony on the Ingenix out-of -network reimbursement database “profoundly troubling,” a Senate committee chairman called for more accountability by those responsible.

John "Jay" Rockefeller

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Congress will consider whether to force health insurers to cover all preexisting and chronic illnesses.

John "Jay" Rockefeller

Echoing a plank of President Barack Obama‘s campaign platform, Sen. John D. (Jay) …  Read →