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NewsGOP open to bipartisan solution for rising healthcare costs
As health reform continues to play a key role in the budget battle between Republicans and Democrats, top Republican lawmakers said they would be willing to compromise with the other side on ways to Read more...
House GOP intends to introduce amendment to defund health reform
To defund the healthcare reform law, House GOP plan next week to introduce an amendment to a spending bill needed to fund the government through Sept. 30, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) Read more...
Public still differs on health reform, but most oppose defunding
Americans remain divided in their opinions of health reform, although most object to defunding the law, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. The Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: GOP attempt to strip Medicare cuts from reform bill fails
The Senate has voted down a GOP proposal that would have taken back a proposed $500 billion in Medicare cuts. Republicans have argued that these cuts would impose great damage on Medicare in the Read more...
Healthcare co-ops losing traction in Senate
The Senate Finance Committee's bill recently gained momentum from the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) favorable cost analysis, but the health insurance co-ops proposed in the bill may be the Read more...
GOP protests rules barring health plans from lobbying seniors
Recently, Humana found itself in the middle of a major controversy after sending out a letter to Medicare Advantage members that attacked current health reform plans. Not only did CMS launch an Read more...
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