More Democrats come out against health care bill

House Democratic leaders need at least 216 of their party's 253 members to vote in favor of the health care legislation. Washington (CNN) -- As House Democratic leaders advised their members Friday to prepare for a ...

CNN International- 138 days ago

CNN International

Student loan overhaul seems likely to join Senate health-care bill

The move would create a potential double victory for President Obama, who has championed both causes as among domestic priorities.

Washington Post- 139 days ago

National Post

Health Care War: Can Democrats Pass Bill by White House Deadline

Democratic lawmakers say they are close to a final deal on a health care bill, but serious questions remain as to whether the final legislation can be passed by President Obama's deadline of March 18, when he departs for Indonesia and ...

ABC News- 139 days ago

Reuters

Senate Health Care Bill Dead on Arrival, Say Pro-Life House Democrats

The health care reform bill passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve is dead on arrival in the House because it lifts a decades-old ban on federal funding for abortion services, pro-life House Democrats said Wednesday.

FOXNews- 140 days ago

CBS News

Republicans work to split Democrats, block health-care bill

As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and Senate.

Washington Post- 141 days ago

ABC News

Obama health bill holds key to elderly care fees

Barack Obama took to the road yesterday in a frenetic itinerary to drum up a last-minute surge in support for healthcare reform. The outcome of the vote, which Mr Obama wants passed by the middle of next ...

Financial Times- 142 days ago

The Quincy Cove

New Deadline Set to Pass Health Care Bill

Republicans took to the airwaves Sunday to lament President Obama's latest deadline on health care reform. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivers the Republican response to President Barack Obama's.

ABC News- 143 days ago

The Guardian (blog)

Obama: Congress 'Must Act Now' On Health Care Bill

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--US President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to urge lawmakers to schedule a final vote on a Democratic health-care overhaul plan, rejecting Republican requests to start over on a bill with bipartisan support.

Wall Street Journal- 144 days ago

CBC.ca

Health-Care Reform: Lessons From '94 Crime Bill

Democrats nervous about voting for health-care reform should look back to lessons of the 1994 crime bill. Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.

Newsweek- 145 days ago

Washington Post

Could Issue of Abortion Derail Health Care Bill?

Rep. Bart Stupak Says He Won't Vote for Bill if it Maintains Senate Language on Abortion By HUMA KHAN Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich.

ABC News- 145 days ago

New York Times (blog)

Activists, lobbyists pressing campaigns on health care bill

As President Barack Obama began pushing for a prompt vote on his health initiative, lobbyists and activist groups launched advertising and grass-roots campaigns to press the two dozen members of ...

Baltimore Sun- 146 days ago

CBC.ca

Obama Begins Drive for a Health Care Bill

WASHINGTON - President Obama, beginning a full-court press for his health care overhaul, met Thursday with insurance industry executives and selected House Democrats as party leaders on Capitol Hill struggled to figure out ...

New York Times- 146 days ago

Washington Post

White House gives Congress two weeks to pass health-care bill

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is ratcheting up the pressure on Congress to complete health-care legislation, setting March 18 as the deadline by which a final bill should be passed.

Washington Post- 146 days ago

VietNamNet Bridge

Obama offers to include GOP initiatives in health care bill

By DAVID LIGHTMAN AND MARGARET TALEV WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama offered Tuesday to include four Republican initiatives in his health care bill, but GOP leaders were unenthusiastic as Democrats prepared a last big push to get legislation ...

MiamiHerald.com- 148 days ago

BBC News

Obama explores Republican ideas for revised health care bill

President Obama says he is exploring four Republican proposals to add to his updated health care plan, according to a letter he sent today to congressional leaders.

USA Today- 148 days ago

National Post

Pelosi Struggles to Corral Votes for Health Care Bill

WASHINGTON - The future of President Obama's health care overhaul now rests largely with two blocs of swing Democrats in the House of Representatives - abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives - whose ...

New York Times- 151 days ago

FOXNews (blog)

Obama's Health Care Reform: More Health Care, Less Reform?

President Obama's health care proposal doesn't look too different from the Senate bill that still hasn't passed the House.

Atlantic Online- 155 days ago

National Post

Health Care Reform Bill Clears Senate; Merger With House Bill Looms

On Dec. 24, the Senate passed its health reform bill (HR 3590), setting the stage for negotiations to combine the Senate bill with the House bill (HR 3962) to begin, the Wall Street Journal reports (Hitt/Adamy, Wall Street Journal, 12/28/09).

California Healthline- 205 days ago

New York Times

Marin health experts say health care reform bill won't stop the bleeding

Marin residents knowledgeable about health care reacted with skepticism Thursday to the Senate's passage of a heath care reform bill.

Contra Costa Times- 213 days ago

WNCT

Public Health Clinics Want Health Care Bill Passed

SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Public health clinics are asking for the passage of the health care reform bill currently moving through the US Senate.

KHBS/KHOG 40/29- 219 days ago

Arkansas News

Special Health Care for Congress: Lawmakers' Health Care Perks

This fall while members of Congress toil in the US Capitol, working to decide how or even whether to reform the country's health care system, one floor below them an elaborate Navy medical clinic -- described by those ...

ABC News- 299 days ago

WWLP 22News

The only way to save health care reform is to kill health care reform

This Roll Call article from Monday in which Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa defends his approach on health care seems to have passed a lot of people by.

True/Slant- 328 days ago

Washington Post

What terms mentioned in health care debate mean: Health Care Fact ...

Lots of terms are being thrown around in the health-care debate. What do they mean? CHIP: The Children's Health Insurance Program, a federal-state program that provides health-care coverage for uninsured low-income children who are not eligible for ...

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com- 333 days ago

San Francisco Chronicle