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22 October Bookmark and Share

Senate Votes Down Medicare Fix

While House and Senate Democratic leaders try to cobble together enough votes to pass their health care legislation, both chambers had votes on components of reform that could signal what smaller issues could impact the passage of a larger bill. The Senate ...

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20 October Bookmark and Share

Finance Committee Releases Legislative Language

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday released the legislative language for its health care reform proposal.  The massive 1,502 page bill contains few surprises, reflecting the Finance Committee mark-up earlier this month and technical corrections made to ...

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13 October Bookmark and Share

Finance to Vote on Health Care Today

Today, beginning at 10 AM, the Senate Finance Committee will vote to pass its version of health care reform.  If the bill passes committee (as it is expected to do) it will be merged by the Senate Majority Leader with the Senate HELP bill for Senate floor ...

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Most Major Issues Ducked by Finance Committee

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday continued to debate the list of amendments to its comprehensive health care reform legislation, but conspicuously absent from the discussion were any amendments tied to the major issues being discussed by members of ...

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1 September Bookmark and Share

Waxman Investigates Small Business Insurance Purges

Bloomberg News is reporting this morning that House Energy & Commerce Chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent letters to six insurance companies demanding information on their small business plans and specifically a response to allegations that the insurers ...

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