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Experts warn that there won't be enough doctors in the United States to treat the millions of American newly insured under the health care law.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-212 on Sunday to send the health care overhaul bill to President Barack Obama for his signature in order to extend coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, reduce deficits and ban insurance company pr...
White House insists healthcare summit no trap
The purpose of the Obama administration's upcoming summit on healthcare is to find solutions to issues like soaring insurance premiums, not score political points against the Republicans, the White House insisted on Tuesday.
White House formally invites Republicans to health-care summit
The White House formally invited Republicans on Friday to attend a health-care summit Feb. 25, calling it "the next step" in the process of reforming the country's broken health insurance system and pledging to post the text of a reform proposal o...
Obama Ask Republican Lawmakers to Discuss Health Care Overhaul
President Barack Obama invited Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the House and Senate to a Feb. 25 meeting to discuss ways to get an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system through Congress.
White House Proposes 9% Increase in Global-Health Funding
The Obama administration proposed a 9% increase in funding for global health needs in its fiscal 2011 budget, pledging to spend more to combat preventable diseases and reduce deaths among women and children at a time when it is tightening its belt...
Obama Health Plan in Doubt as Democrats Reject Fast Fix
Though reeling from a political body blow, House Democrats rejected the quickest fix to their health care dilemma Thursday and signaled that any agreement on President Barack Obama's signature issue will come slowly, if at all.
Democrats reconsider healthcare possibilities
Washington - President Obama and congressional Democrats are rethinking their healthcare strategy in the wake of a Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, giving serious consideration to abandoning the comprehensive approach in favor ...
Obama, Congressional Dems Near Health Care Accord
President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats closed in on agreement Friday on cost and coverage issues at the heart of sweeping health care legislation, their marathon White House bargaining sessions given fresh urgency by an unpredictab...
Obama, unions agree to modify high-cost health-benefit tax
WASHINGTON — The White House and labor leaders agreed Thursday on a formula to tax high-cost insurance plans, removing one of the last obstacles to a health-care overhaul, officials said.