senate health

Health care loophole would allow coverage limits

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 12/11/2009 - 13:38

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurance companies place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer....


 

Pelosi supports Medicare buy-in plan in senate health-care deal

washingtonpost.com - Health  Thu, 12/10/2009 - 23:00

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed a proposal Thursday that would allow people in late middle age to buy insurance through Medicare, helping to sustain an idea that sprang unexpectedly from the Senate this week.


 

Senators Near Agreement on Health-Care Bill

washingtonpost.com - Health  Thu, 06/25/2009 - 22:00

Senate health-care negotiators said yesterday they were closing in on a $1 trillion health-care bill that would be fully funded by tax increases, Medicare cuts and new penalties for employers who do not offer health insurance.