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.

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 →

The president and CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association told people assembled at the White House Health Care Summit that an individual mandate for health insurance coverage would …  Read →