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Medicare chief steps aside in political impasse

November 24th, 2011

The point man for carrying out President Barack Obama’s health care law will be stepping down after Republicans succeeded in blocking his confirmation by the Senate, the White House announced Wednesday…….click here to continue reading

Connecticut Senate approves health care pooling bill

June 7th, 2011

HARTFORD — The Senate on Monday gave final legislative approval to a bill that allows municipalities and nonprofit agencies to sign up with the state of Connecticut for health insurance for their employees, retirees and dependents…….click here to continue reading

Senate passes health care bills

April 26th, 2011

The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 7 and SB 8, legislation authored by State Senator Jane Nelson to control rising health care costs and improve patient outcomes. The bills now go to the House…….click here to continue reading

Therese Murray: Claim that Romneycare is budget buster a ‘myth’

March 3rd, 2011

Former Gov. Mitt Romney was “absolutely” an author of Massachusetts’s 2006 health care reform law, Senate President………click here to continue reading

Arizona aide: Ending Medicaid would cripple state

February 24th, 2011

Arizona’s Medicaid director says the state’s economy would be crippled if the state ends its health care program for low-income people as proposed under a bill advancing in the Senate…….click here to continue reading