Jennifer Haberkorn

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Hospitals agree to cut spending

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The nation's hospitals Wednesday became the latest industry group to promise voluntary cost cuts on the road to health care reform.

Most polled oppose health benefits tax

59 percent oppose levying charge to pay for reform

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Taxing employer-provided health care plans is a tempting pot of money for Democrats looking for ways to fund an overhaul of the nation's health care system, but the public isn't buying it.

Democrats claim deep cuts in health care bill

Hoping to broaden support

Friday, July 3, 2009

Senate Democrats said Thursday that their health care plan would cost $611 billion over 10 years, a dramatic drop in cost that could bring their proposal greater support in the Senate.

Dingell, in father's steps, backs health care to end

Biennial reform reworked from senior's '43 bill

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Over the past 27 sessions of Congress, there has been a Dingell universal health care bill pending, a proposal first introduced in the middle of World War II.

Seven cross aisle for health care 'coalition'

Baucus' panel aims to find compromise

Monday, June 29, 2009

Seven Senate Finance Committee members from both sides of the aisle have emerged as the key negotiators on a health care reform plan as President Obama's August deadline quickly approaches.

Baucus: $1 trillion health bill within grasp

Friday, June 26, 2009

A $1 trillion, bipartisan health care reform bill with a payment plan is within grasp of the Senate Finance Committee as Congress leaves for its recess.

Health bill to be $1 trillion

Thursday, June 25, 2009

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday that he can write a bill that comes in under $1 trillion and fully paid for, a symbolic goal that may win him additional support.

Lawmakers debate health 'public option'

Employers, workers may flee private plans to public ones

Thursday, June 25, 2009

The latest hurdle in crafting a health care reform bill is figuring out how to prevent employers and employees from leaving their traditional employer-based health care coverage in favor of a government plan, which would dramatically increase costs.

Rangel warns on health reform costs

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday he wouldn't support a health care reform bill if the cost reaches $3.5 trillion.