care-legislation

Health care law requires insurance purchase

December 4th, 2011

On March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives rendered a final vote approving health care legislation that made significant changes to the manner in which personal health insurance is offered, sold and purchased in the United States…….click here to continue reading

Health care, education focus of Cardin visit

September 15th, 2010

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) defended last year’s federal health care legislation and stressed the need to keep education a top priority among other subjects at a town hall meeting Sunday at Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton…….click here to continue reading

Health care reform: Preventive services ignored

August 18th, 2010

The new health care legislation soon will require insurers and employers to fully cover preventive services for workers. But the challenge may be to get employees to take advantage of the benefit, according to a new study…….click here to continue reading

Democrats see progress on health care bill compromise (USA Today)

January 15th, 2010

President Obama agreed Thursday to soften a proposed tax on high-cost insurance plans, but work continues on several remaining sticking points in the health care legislation including the thorny issue of abortion…….click here to continue reading

Health care bill in balance without Nelson’s vote (AP via Yahoo! News)

December 18th, 2009

A year in the making, sweeping health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama hung in the balance Thursday as conservative Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson withheld his vote in pursuit of stricter abortion limits and liberals grew restive on the left…….click here to continue reading