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Rep. Peter DeFazio says he will oppose health care bill unless Oregon doctors get more Medicare money
(20 Mar 2010 04:55)
... discusses the feverish arm-twisting she and President Barack Obama are doing to line up the votes ... vowed to vote against the measure unless Medicare payments to doctors in Oregon and several ...
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Health bill cost is estimated at $940 billion
(20 Mar 2010 03:30)
... taxes, industry fees and savings in the Medicare program, the bill will reduce the deficit ... The analysis comes a day after President Barack Obama scored a lobbying victory by getting a ...
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Obama close to health law success that eluded past
(20 Mar 2010 14:30)
... President Barack Obama finishes speaking about health care reform at ... simple words, as if flicking a switch: "Medicare begins tomorrow." Obama practically needs a spreadsheet ...
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Democrats sweeten health-care measure
(20 Mar 2010 03:37)
... headed for a climactic weekend vote. President Barack Obama scuttled an Asian trip in favor of ... the health-care industry financed by ever higher Medicare cuts and tax increases, including a new ...
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3rd UPDATE:Democrat Leaders Confident Before Health-Care Vote
(20 Mar 2010 04:20)
... their ranks on health-care legislation, with President Barack Obama set to make an appeal to Democratic ... other lawmakers concerned about issues ranging from Medicare reimbursements to the affordability of insurance coverage ...
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US Congress poised to pass Obama's cost-cutting health plan
(20 Mar 2010 07:54)
... poised to pass Obamas cost-cutting health plan Barack Obama spoke Friday in northern Virginia, making a ... hundreds of billions of dollars from the Medicare program for the elderly, and set into ...
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A House, and nation, divided on health care
(20 Mar 2010 00:54)
... U.S. President Barack Obama greets the crowd as he speaks on ... to low-income Americans. It will add a Medicare tax on unearned income and will eventually ...
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Democrats Work to Woo Abortion Foes
(20 Mar 2010 09:12)
... leaders wrestled with Friday. A dispute over Medicare payments rates also flared as rank-and-file lawmakers ... the Democrats pressed toward a vote. President Barack Obama, making a quick trip to northern Virginia, ...
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House Democrats seek deal with abortion opponents on health care legislation
(20 Mar 2010 09:14)
... wrestled with on Friday.
A dispute over Medicare payment rates also flared as rank-and-file lawmakers ... the Democrats pressed toward a vote. President Barack Obama, making a quick trip to northern Virginia, ...
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Health care battle tilts Obama's way; vote set for Sunday
(20 Mar 2010 12:34)
... deficits would rise by $59 billion once the costs of raising doctor fees under Medicare were added in. The House has already approved the increase in fees, and the ...
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The Thread: Checking the Math on Health Care
(20 Mar 2010 16:57)
... the imposition of a new 3.9 percent Medicare payroll tax on capital gains and other ... have to increase while Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama blather on about cost savings in ObamaCare. ...
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Bill O'Reilly Is President Obama's "'Red' Klotz," Not His Formidable Foe
(20 Mar 2010 03:41)
... member Alan Maki, writing on the official Barack Obama website, in the 'community blogs' section under ... for people, not for profit. It's called Medicare For All. It's a single-payer program. And ...
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Florida adds 2 more 'ayes' for health care bill in House
(20 Mar 2010 04:12)
... needed to pass even as disputes over Medicare payments and abortion restrictions arose. Rep. Suzanne ... House Democratic leaders cajoled their charges, President Barack Obama continued his efforts to drum up public ...
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Obama predicts a 'historic' weekend as vote on health reforms nears
(20 Mar 2010 01:37)
... national blight, decades in the making, that Barack Obama is within reach of correcting as the ... seniors. Federal reimbursement rates to privately administered Medicare Advantage plans will be cut by more ...
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Democratic holdouts falling in line on health bill
(20 Mar 2010 04:52)
... the White House to talk with President Barack Obama. “I want to make up my own ... that the so-called doc fix, restoring proposed Medicare cuts to doctors, should not be ignored ...
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