Eyes on California as Lawmakers Pursue a Health-Care Deal
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California did not start the current wave of efforts to overhaul the American health-care system, but what happens in Sacramento over the next few weeks could have a big impact on whether the drive gains momentum or peters out.
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An end-of-the year push in Congress to stave off a 10 percent cut in the fees Medicare pays doctors has revived political interest in another thorny issue: whether physicians should be able to own the hospitals they send their patients to.
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A bill that would require health insurers to cover more of the costs of treating mental health conditions moved forward in Congress on Wednesday with wide backing from employers and insurers.
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Lawmakers are gathering at their state capitols this week, with some new faces in the crowd and big decisions looming on taxes, schools, health care and crime &#151; not to mention a minefield of cultural disputes such as gay marriage and the moral beliefs of pharmacists.
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As rising health-care costs hurt workers and retirees alike, America's trade unions are seen inching toward a broad-sweeping agreement with U.S. corporations on health-care reform.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s 40-member cabinet will roll up its sleeves at a retreat here in Kelowna today and try to hammer out a plan to fix the nation&#39;s health-care system that will satisfy provincial premiers.
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Officials have not reached agreement on either the breadth or the financing of a proposal to extend health coverage to all uninsured Californians.
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House members are about to learn whether some nips and tucks to a children's health bill will be enough to secure a veto-proof margin against a White House that wants major surgery.
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President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, both have plans to lower rising health care costs and broaden health insurance coverage for Americans, but their visions would take health care in two different directions.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- House lawmakers are working to pass legislation to extend dozens of trade and tax benefits and preserve fees that Medicare pays doctors knowing that some senators may object when it gets to their chamber.
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To the delight of business  groups, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out  against four out of five health-care measures on the state's  Nov. 2 ballot, including one employers call a "jobs-killer."
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Yesterday was Health Care Day in North Carolina&#39;s race for the US Senate, as Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Richard Burr rolled out competing prescriptions to treat the nation&#39;s health-care system.
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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more Americans without health insurance.
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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more of the Americans without health insurance.
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The agreement on expanding a popular childrenâs health insurance program sets the stage for passage by Congress next week â and a showdown with President Bush.
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California may be losing its chance to set the U.S. agenda for providing health care to millions of uninsured as lawmakers on Friday said a bill supported by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to do just that is on its deathbed.
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California and New York City ponder making some employers pay for insurance - or help government do it.