An array of public option possibilities in the health care overhaul now confronts House Democrats, who just a short time ago saw the concept nearly scuttled after a tumultuous August recess. Read more »
Now that senators are open to a health care compromise that would include a public insurance option, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is feeling less of a need to include a far-reaching government insurance plan in the bill she plans to bring to the House floor in the coming weeks. Read more »
More than a dozen House Democrats who have long complained that their regions are shortchanged in Medicare reimbursements lined up behind a health care overhaul bill (HR 3200) after Democratic leaders agreed to a geographic fix.
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The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would partially repeal a 60-year-old exemption from antitrust law for health insurers. Read more »
Legislation that would stop cuts to Medicare's physician payment rates over the next decade failed to surmount a procedural test in the Senate, sending Democratic leaders back to the drawing board. Read more »
For the third year in a row, the quality of health care in the United States has not improved, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance's 2009 report. Read more »