Although scores of lawmakers pledged to repeal health-care reform legislation, only a handful of House Republicans have signed a discharge petition calling for such a repeal…….click here to continue reading
Times-Union readers want to know: Is it true that members of Congress are exempt from the provisions of the new health-care act? Such as they’re not required to buy insurance? No, it’s not true. All members of the House of Representatives and Senate are subject to the law. They must have insurance and, according to FactCheck.org, those plans must meet the same minimum benefit standards that ………click here to continue reading
White House adviser David Axelrod says President Barack Obama isn’t giving up trying to overhaul the country’s health care system…….click here to continue reading
The Senate health care bill has too many unpopular provisions to win approval from the House at this time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday…….click here to continue reading
Despite knowing Senate Democrats will lose their filibuster-proof majority after Tuesday night’s political upset in Massachusetts, House Democrats across the political spectrum largely rejected the idea of passing the Senate health care bill…….click here to continue reading