Senators seek new push on health care
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A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday signaled a willingness to work with President George W. Bush on an effort to improve the U.S. health care system, saying it was crucial to rein in costs and expand coverage to the uninsured.
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Health-care initiatives aimed at federal retirees and employees are under consideration in Congress and in the Bush administration.
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Democrats in Congress said Wednesday that they were willing to tweak, but not overhaul, a bill that would renew and expand the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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HAMILTON, Mont. -- Sen. Conrad Burns gazed at a debate audience and asked if anyone could guess who was blocking efforts in Washington to control health-care costs.
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Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.
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Senate and House leaders last night fought over new health regulations for tobacco, a dispute that threatens to derail a broader bill designed to end a trade war with Europe and dole out billions in new corporate tax breaks.
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While the 2008 presidential campaign  grabs most of the headlines, Republicans hope to buck the odds  on another front -- the U.S. Senate, where last year they  narrowly lost control to the Democrats.
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Congress's bid to renew a program for poor children revives debate over healthcare.
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Congress probably will take its time in considering President Bush's plan for expanding health insurance coverage. Lawmakers, however, are moving more quickly to renew a program that now provides coverage to 6 million people, mostly children.
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A senator suggested Tuesday that money federal health officials have sought to upgrade flu vaccine production is on the way - an effort to avoid another year like this one, when
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A Maryland family caught in the partisan crossfire over a children's health-care bill in Congress is now stepping back into the divisive debate, advocating this time for state legislation that would expand coverage for adults.
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Lawmakers in a key Senate committee brokered a bipartisan agreement Friday that they said would extend health insurance to an additional 3.3 million low-income children in the U.S.
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House Democrats have drafted a plan that calls for major changes in Medicare and promises to intensify the battle with the White House over health care.
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BOSTON -- There is a lot of talk about overhauling health care in the United States, but Massachusetts is actually trying to do it -- again.
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Senate Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday battled over blame for a record increase in Medicare health premiums, which Democratic presidential candidate John
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New Democratic and Republican leaders, trying to break Senate gridlock, are planning secret "bipartisan caucuses" to speed up business.
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WASHINGTON -- A dozen years after Congress rejected a Clinton administration plan for universal health care, an Oregon Democrat is readying a proposal to provide health care coverage to all Americans through a pool of private insurance plans.