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Kaiser Permanente Colorado is climbing its way to the top among the state's health-insurance companies, snagging a No. 1 national ranking and along with it, a significant chunk of the competition's business.
Vice President Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.
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The attorney general wants Health Net to notify Arizona policyholders of a major data breach.
Professors and researchers had to wow tough critics -- fourth-graders from Foster and Carver elementary schools in Compton. The 200 judges at the biomedical science fair surveyed the exhibits, pursing their lips. They clutched their clipboards, rating the effectiveness of presentations on topics from DNA extraction to magnetic accelerators.
The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally.
Health care reform backers won a key victory Saturday night as the Senate voted to move ahead with a floor debate on a sweeping $848 billion bill.
A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes in decades.
Pres. Barack Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a briefing for ethnic news media in order to debunk fears about flu shots and encourage mass vaccinations.
Montgomery County residents will see premiums double next year for some Keystone Medicare Advantage plans, but Bucks residents with the same plan won't. Why the difference?
If you've recently found yourself wondering, "What the heck is going on with the health care reform debate?", you're not alone. The American legislative process is unwieldy, and never more so than in the United States Senate. The Senate voted Saturday to move its bill to a full debate, but some big hurdles still remain.
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats' nearly $1 trillion health insurance reform plan passed a crucial hurdle in the Senate last night -- bypassing the threat of a filibuster after leadership nailed down the support of two party holdouts. Majority Leader H...
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- New York Governor David Paterson said “avoidant behavior” and “denial” by lawmakers, who refuse to cut spending and have put their interests ahead of the state’s, threaten to pull it deeper into a budget crisis.
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill.
Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.
In his Nov. 15 column, "Insurers not to blame for health care costs," William Marino, president and CEO of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, asserts that effective health care reform must bring down rising health care costs.
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