Bush Health Care Plan Seems to Fall Short
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If the Republican-controlled Congress enacted President Bush&#39;s entire health care agenda, as many as 10 million people who lack health insurance would be covered at a cost of $102 billion
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President George W. Bush on Thursday  said he would veto a Democratic-backed bill to expand a  children&#39;s health care program and urged Congress to  temporarily extend the current one while lawmakers work out  differences.
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President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Friday of wasting time by passing legislation to expand children's health coverage, knowing that he would veto it again. At the same time, he criticized Congress for failing to approve spending bills to keep the government running.
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President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerryâs plans for health care and medical liability reform on Thursday, saying the result would be even higher costs and more federal involvement.
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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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The entrepreneur who hosted President Bush last week for a roundtable discussion on health care and small business said yesterday that he could barely get a word in as Bush opined on children's health insurance and other health topics.
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President Bush is readying a new budget that would carve savings from Medicaid and other benefit programs, congressional aides and lobbyists say, but it is unclear if he will be able to push the plan through the Republican-run Congress.
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More Americans without insurance and  higher costs have thrust the health care issue into the 2008  U.S. presidential campaign but candidates this time are far  less ambitious with their plans than in the past.
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US Democratic Senator John Kerry said Wednesday night that the health care system in the United States had gotten worse under President George W. Bush overthe course of the last four years.
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A major obstacle to the success of the new Medicare law has emerged in recent weeks: Private insurers have told the Bush administration they will not expand their Medicare role
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OTTAWA - Premier Gordon Campbell says the federal government&#39;s latest multi-billion offer to increase health-care funding falls far short of what&#39;s needed.
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Though candidates suggest adapting the health care program that covers Congress and offering it to millions of unisured Americans, such a plan would unlikely cut costs.
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Hoping to gain support for his health care proposal, President Bush pledged Saturday to reach across party lines to reform the nation's medical insurance system so more of the 46 million uninsured Americans can afford coverage.
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More Americans without insurance and higher costs have thrust the health care issue into the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign but candidates this time are far less ambitious with their plans than in the past.
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President Bush called a popular childrenâs health insurance program âa step toward federalization of health care.â
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President Bush yesterday vetoed a $35 billion expansion of a popular children's health insurance program, a move that left him as politically isolated as he has ever been and had even Republican allies questioning his hard-line strategy.
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Republicans said Thursday that Democrats again will fall short of a veto-proof majority when the House approves a revised children's health proposal that President Bush opposes.