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Obama, congressional Dems near health care accord (AP via Yahoo! News)

January 16th, 2010

President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats closed in on agreement Friday on cost and coverage issues at the heart of sweeping health care legislation, their marathon White House bargaining sessions given fresh urgency by an unpredictable Massachusetts Senate race…….click here to continue reading

Democrats begin work to finalize health care bill (AP via Yahoo! News)

January 5th, 2010

President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats embarked Tuesday on the tough work of ironing out differences between House and Senate health care legislation with the aim of quickly approving a bill as midterm elections near…….click here to continue reading

Public option may be dropped from final health care bill (CNN)

December 28th, 2009

House Democrats are signaling that a final health care bill will drop the government-run public health insurance option favored by liberals but rejected by conservatives from both parties…….click here to continue reading

Senate passes health-care bill, now must reconcile it with House (Washington Post)

December 25th, 2009

Senate Democrats approved landmark legislation just after sunrise Christmas Eve that would transform the nation’s health-care system by requiring people without insurance to obtain coverage and protecting those who have it from the most unpopular private insurance practices…….click here to continue reading

FAQs about health care reform (CNN)

December 21st, 2009

Senate Democrats claimed a major victory this weekend after voting to end debate on their version of the health care bill…….click here to continue reading