Mar 21 House Passes Historic Health Care Reform Legislation By Lea Winerman The House of Representatives on Sunday passed a sweeping $940 billion health care bill in a historic vote that will dramatically change the U.S. health care system and expand health insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans over the next… Continue reading
Mar 21 House Votes Cap Day of Debate on Health Reform By Lea Winerman Update: 11:38 p.m. ET The House has now passed the reconciliation bill with amendments to the Senate health reform legislation, by a margin of 220-211. This bill will need to go back to the Senate for approval, which… Continue reading
Mar 20 Democrats Inch Closer to Pushing Health Reform Over Finish Line By Murrey Jacobson With the hours ticking down before a pivotal vote on the fate of health reform, President Obama made a trip to Capitol Hill Saturday to rally the House Democratic caucus one final time in his push to persuade undecided… Continue reading
Mar 19 As Health Vote Nears, Obama Continues Public Push for Reform By Jason Breslow Updated 5:19 p.m. President Obama delivered Friday an impassioned closing argument for health care reform, telling a crowd in suburban Virginia that "the insurance industry will continue to run amok" if legislation is defeated. Speaking ahead of an expected… Continue reading
Mar 19 Gwen's Take: Health Care Deadlines, Schmedlines... By Gwen Ifill "If you don't set deadlines in this town, things don't happen.The default position is inertia."- President Barack Obama July 22, 2009We enter another weekend with yet another health care deadline hanging low on Washington's horizon. It will… Continue reading
Mar 19 Friday: Health Care Vote Likely Sunday; Diplomats Condemn Israeli Settlement Congressional Republicans gather in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for a bicameral strategy meeting on health care. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) March Madness is in full swing this weekend, but a true buzzer beater… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Democrats Strike Optimistic Tone Ahead of House Vote on Reform House Democrats are taking final headcounts on health care reform in the run-up to a possible Sunday vote, as President Barack Obama rallied public support at a Virginia university on Friday. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Mar 18 Preview: Peru Profits From Resources, Geography By Talea Miller Ray Suarez recently traveled to Peru for a series of reports that will examine the country's health issues as well its economy -- including its evolution from a widely erratic marketplace with a devalued currency to a more… Continue reading
Mar 18 CBO: $940 Billion Health Care Bill Would Trim Deficit Over Next Decade Updated 4:05 p.m. President Obama's health care reform bill would cost $940 billion over ten years and reduce the federal deficit by $138 billion over the same time period while expanding health insurance coverage to 95 percent of the… Continue reading
Mar 18 Thursday: Democrats Say Health Bill Will Cut Deficit; Vote Might Be Sunday President Barack Obama talks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.) Thursday may be the day House Democratic leaders unveil the fixes they are seeking to the Senate health care bill, setting… Continue reading