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Reality Check: Health Care

29th July 2009 by admin No Comments

CBS News’ Wyatt Andrews reports on a “Reality Check,” determining whether or not Pres. Obama’s claims about health care reform are fact or fiction.

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Obama: Future of Medicare Depends on Health Care Reform

29th July 2009 by admin No Comments

(CBS)

Speaking to members of AARP, the advocacy group for senior citizens, President Obama said today that Medicare benefits could be at risk without reform.
“We all know right now we’ve got a problem that threatens Medicare and our entire health care system,” the president said. “Unless we act, within a decade, the Medicare trust fund will [...]

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Obama Voicing Confidence on Health Care Changes

24th June 2009 by admin No Comments

President Barack Obama says he’s “very optimistic” about the prospects for legislation revamping health care, arguing that the country simply must control skyrocketing costs in this field.
He told a news conference th at unless the government acts now, the country will spend $1 out of every $5 on health care within the next 10 years. [...]

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Kennedy Health Plan Would Include Public Insurance

2nd June 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Senator Edward Kennedy, chairman of a Senate panel drafting a health-care overhaul, is circulating a plan that would require everyone to have insurance and would create a government program to compete with private insurers, said people familiar with the plan.
The proposal would pay health-care providers participating in a public plan 10 percent more than they [...]

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Kennedy’s Health-Care Measure To Require Employers to Chip In

30th May 2009 by admin No Comments

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is circulating the outlines of sweeping health-care legislation that would require every American to have insurance and would mandate that employers contribute to workers’ coverage.
The plan in the summary document, provided by two Democrats who do not work for Kennedy, closely resembles extensive changes enacted in the senator’s home [...]

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