Obama, Clinton Target Drugs, Insurers for Health-Care Savings
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Bloomberg - May 30 (Bloomberg) -- For the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls, making health care more affordable is a tale of two villains. Barack Obama is targeting drugmakers, while Hillary Clinton is taking aim at insurers.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton will roll out a health care reform plan on Monday that would require all Americans to have health insurance, Clinton campaign sources said.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a sweeping universal health care plan Monday that includes an individual mandate requiring each American to have health insurance. Individuals could keep their current coverage or pick from the same menu of private coverage options available to members of Congress, and the plan would provide refundable tax credits to help individuals pay their premiums.
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The new drug benefit guarantees patients access to medicines while giving insurance companies potent tools to control costs.
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Seeking to add heft to his presidential bid, Democrat Barack Obama is offering a sweeping plan that would require every American to have health coverage and calls on government, businesses and consumers to share the costs of the program.
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The pharmaceutical industry is expected to face pressure to curb rising prescription-drug costs no matter which candidate wins next week's U.S. presidential election.
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry decried President George W. Bush's health care policy, saying Americans are paying too much for medication while neighboring Canadians are able to buy cheaper prescription drugs.
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Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton, whose first attempt at a health care overhaul fell flat 13 years ago, unveiled a broad proposal on Monday to require health insurance for all Americans and make it more affordable.
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CONCORD, N.H. -- Democrat Barack Obama complained on Wednesday that rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards have promised to mandate health care coverage without providing specifics on enforcement or affordability.
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NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health-care proposals on Saturday, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could shape tight nominating races in New Hampshire.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Thursday proposed cutting health care costs by overhauling the patent process for breakthrough drugs and requiring health insurance companies to spend at least 85 percent of their premiums on patient care.
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The state today will kick off a new drug prescription program that could provide as many as 200,000 lower-income people an average cash savings of 20 percent on drug purchases.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.
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WASHINGTON -- Democrats looking for money to pay for health care priorities renewed their focus on insurers Thursday.
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Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked ahead on Wednesday to a long and bruising presidential battle, and Clinton said she loaned $5 million of her own money to the costly fight to keep pace.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Governor Bredesen and the leading advocate for TennCare enrollees may have their differences, but they agree controlling the health care program&#39;s skyrocketing drug costs is key to saving it.
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Millions of uninsured Americans could save money on prescriptions under a discount program that 10 major drug makers unveiled Tuesday.