Category Archives: hospital

Obama says health care reform helping people get by

By doris | Published: September 24, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Faced with a divided public over his signature legislative achievement, President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed the health care reform bill passed in March as important for helping both the government and the American people deal with rising medical costs. The measure endured a bitter political fight that [...]

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Lawmakers probe hospital that may have infected veterans with HIV

By doris | Published: July 13, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon into the safety lapses at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in Missouri. The hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. The center [...]

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Sen. Robert Byrd hospitalized in serious condition

By doris | Published: June 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Sen. Robert Byrd, the 92-year-old Democrat from West Virginia who is the longest-serving Congress member in history, has been hospitalized in serious condition, his office said Sunday. Byrd was admitted to a Washington area hospital last week and his condition is “seriously ill,” according to the statement by [...]

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Health care overhaul clears divided Senate committee

By doris | Published: July 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The 13-10 vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee split along party lines, with its top Republican arguing it costs too much and would ration care to Americans. But Sen. Edward Kennedy, its chairman, said, “We have done the hard work that the American people sent us here [...]

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White House open to new tax on health benefits

By doris | Published: June 29, 2009

Full Story At News.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The Obama White House left open the possibility Sunday that the president would break a campaign promise and raise taxes on people earning less than $250,000 to support his health care overhaul agenda. White House adviser David Axelrod said the administration wouldn’t rule out taxing some employees’ benefits to [...]

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Democrats fear Obama health care plan ‘on the rocks’

By doris | Published: June 22, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com One of the Democratic advisers told CNN there is fear within the party that the president’s signature issue is “on the rocks” because of dramatically high cost estimates for separate bills being drafted by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts and Max Baucus, D-Montana. The Congressional Budget Office’s estimate for the Kennedy bill [...]

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Report: Senators mull 3 health-insurance plans

By doris | Published: May 9, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Senators are considering three different designs for a new government health-insurance plan that middle-income Americans could buy into for the first time, congressional officials said Friday. Officials familiar with the proposals said senators plan to debate them in a closed meeting next week. The officials spoke on condition of [...]

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Questions surround health IT money

By doris | Published: March 23, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Here’s the best-case scenario for the government’s plans to spend $19 billion on computerized medical records: seamless communication among doctors and patients, and far fewer mistakes. And the worst-case: $19 billion goes down the drain. The medical industry is hoping for the first outcome, even while some fear the [...]

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