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House fights cutting Medicare payments
November 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a …
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Vanity tax could enhance funding for health care
November 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – They call it the “Botax.” The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as … 1
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Reid offers up $849 billion health reform bill to Senate
November 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presented an $849 billion health care overhaul package Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding … 5
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Reid reviews higher tax on well-off for health care
November 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the …
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Dodd offers tough finance legislation
November 11, 2009 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON – A key Senate committee chairman unveiled a sweeping 1,136-page bill Tuesday that, if enacted, would mandate the most comprehensive overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression. The …
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Abortion deal could sink bill
November 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Furious liberals on Monday threatened to derail the massive health care overhaul bill to protest a last-minute deal over insurance coverage of abortions that had secured passage of …
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Health care bill faces skepticism in Senate
November 9, 2009 in Nation/World The most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on how to get his signature health care bill through a balky Senate: knock … 1
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Health reform hurdles remain
November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With the struggle over health care entering another difficult phase, President Barack Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his dual pursuit of a …
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House OKs health bill
November 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health care overhaul legislation that would require nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance and create … 2
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AARP supporting House health bill
November 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday. An … 2
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Senate extends jobless benefits, home tax credit
November 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a … 1
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Congress extends benefits to military spouses
November 2, 2009 in Nation/World, City Congress on Monday sent President Barack Obama a bill that allows military spouses to claim residency in the same state as their wives or husbands.
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Senate likely to extend homebuyer credit
October 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers. The tax credit provides up to …
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Pelosi set to unveil health bill
October 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America’s medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new … 2
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Long-term care act favored
October 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – House health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, …
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Moderate Democrats chilly to public option
October 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Moderate Democratic senators remained reluctant Tuesday – and in one case, defiant – about backing the government-run “public option” health care plan that party leaders are offering as …
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Reid says public option included in Senate’s bill
October 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In a dramatic sign of Democrats’ growing confidence that they have the votes to pass a far-reaching health care overhaul, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday that …
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Congress adds gays to hate-crimes laws
October 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved …
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House panel votes to create consumer agency
October 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A House committee voted Thursday to create a federal agency to protect consumers from predatory financial products, such as subprime mortgages and payday loans with extremely high interest …
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Congress presses health insurers
October 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Efforts to strip the health insurance industry of key antitrust protections got significant boosts Wednesday, when a House of Representatives committee voted to end the 64-year-old exemption and …
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