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Obama tears health insurers
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:17
President Obama on Monday tore into private health insurers for rec ...

White House Reaches Deal On Taxing Insurance Coverage According to The Washington Post, the White House has reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders to tax high-cost health insurance policies. The so-called Cadillac tax is a key source of financing for a proposal to dramatically expand health coverage to the uninsured. But it is also an important tool for reining in skyrocketing health care ...

Blacks and Hispanics still the losers in health care reform Blacks and Hispanics have the most to gain from real reform. ...

45 Million Americans Are Currently Without Health Insurance According to USA Today, over 45 million Americans were without health care for atleast the first half of this year based on recent survey results. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that for u ...

Obama Proposes Small Business Tax Cuts According to Reuters, President Obama proposed tax cuts for small businesses Tuesday, as well as an extension for unemployment and health insurance benefits. "There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits on the one hand, and investing in job creation and economic growth on the other. But this is a false choice," Obama said in a speech. ...

The racial bias of the new breast cancer guidelines New rules about when to get mammograms threaten Black women's lives. ...

Study: Uninsured More Likely To Die In Emergency Room According to TIME, a new study revealed that uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with h ...

More Than 2,200 Veterans Died Due To Lack Of Health Insurance In 2008 According to New America Media, more than 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year due to lack of health insurance. That number is more than 14 times the number of deaths suffere ...

Obama on AARP, AMA support
Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:48
The president speaks about two major endorsements of the House heal ...

House Unveils New $894 Healthcare Bill According to Reuters, the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a broad healthcare overhaul on Thursday that would cost an estimated $894 billion over 10 years — below President Barack Obama's target of $900 bi ...