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US Senate nears health care bill with new compromises (AFP via Yahoo! News)

December 15th, 2009

Democratic senators were to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday to discuss health care reform, amid reports of new compromise likely to infuriate liberal lawmakers…….click here to continue reading

US health care tab to keep growing under overhaul (AP via Yahoo! News)

December 11th, 2009

Democrats trying to push President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may harm the program…….click here to continue reading

Democratic health care coalition survives deal (AP via Yahoo! News)

December 9th, 2009

After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Senate Democrats woke up Wednesday to find that the fragile coalition backing President Barack Obama’s health care bill is still together…….click here to continue reading

Medicare cuts focus of Senate health care debate (AP via Yahoo! News)

December 6th, 2009

Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul…….click here to continue reading

Senators begin debating health care reform (AFP via Yahoo! News)

November 30th, 2009

The US Senate was on Monday to begin debating a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces stiff Republican opposition and is plagued by divisions in Democratic ranks…….click here to continue reading