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Sebelius: Public health insurance not ‘essential’ to reform plan

Keith L. Martin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:58:43 +0000

After months of touting a public alternative to private health insurance, the White House may be taking a step back on the issue given the reaction from those on Capitol ... Read →

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Senate ponders no public insurance plan; House could vote in September

Keith L. Martin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:46:43 +0000

As the final House vote on a health care reform bill will likely be delayed until the fall, the Senate is pondering its own legislation that may omit key Democratic ... Read →

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Obama reiterates interest in keeping insurance companies ‘honest’

Keith L. Martin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:45:04 +0000

As members of the U.S. House and Senate continue to debate various aspects of health care reform, President Barack Obama is reiterating his belief in a public insurance plan to ... Read →

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Schumer pushing for Massachusetts-style connector as part of reform

Keith L. Martin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:21 +0000

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 →

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Senate Finance Committee says health reform price tag can be under $1 trillion

Keith L. Martin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:05:38 +0000

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 →

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Obama says public health plan a way to ‘discipline’ private insurers

Keith L. Martin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:38:40 +0000

Refusing to define it as a make-or-break part of his health reform efforts, President Barack Obama called a possible government-run insurance program “an important tool to discipline insurance companies.”

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Senator says public health plan ‘the only real solution’

Keith L. Martin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:45:22 +0000

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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CBO: Kennedy health plan to cost $1 trillion over next decade

Keith L. Martin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:20:06 +0000

If the Affordable Health Choices Act, proposed by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) and Senate Democrats last week, were enacted in its current form, it would cost $1 trillion over the ... Read →

CBO: Kennedy health plan to cost $1 trillion over next decade via IFAwebnews.

Health secretary says Obama doesn’t seek end to private insurance

Bob Graham — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:15:27 +0000

Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the president doesn’t want health care reform to kill off the private health insurance system, but rather buoy it with more competition.

Kathleen Sebelius

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Obama reassures doctors that Americans can keep the health coverage they like

Bob Graham — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:24:46 +0000

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.

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Obama reassures doctors that Americans can keep the health coverage they like via IFAwebnews.