President Barack Obama held a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, early this afternoon to push for health care reform.
(Daily Report) Aug 11, 2009
As the health care debate revs up over the August recess, certain key lawmakers are in the spotlight.
(Daily Report) Aug 11, 2009
Illegal immigrants are listening to the debate over whether they will be included in landmark health care reform legislation. But in the meantime, they are making life-and-death decisions about the care they need now.
(Daily Report) Aug 11, 2009
Aspects of congressional proposals to overhaul the health care system are being scrutinized.
(Daily Report) Aug 10, 2009
"While much of the American health care discussion has focused on providing coverage to the country's 46 million uninsured, there is growing concern about millions more who are underinsured, or whose policies require them to pay thousands of dollars out-of-pocket before coverage kicks in," The Sacramento Bee reports.
(Daily Report) Aug 10, 2009
Governors from both parties are concerned that health reform will leave them with expensive new Medicaid obligations.
(Daily Report) Aug 07, 2009
More young workers in Florida — who make up 25 percent of the uninsured in that state — are going without health insurance coverage because they cannot afford it, and experts say it could mean problems in the future, The Orlando Sentinel reports.
(Daily Report) Aug 07, 2009
While health reform legislation includes additional funds for community health centers, proposals to expand health coverage to the underserved and uninsured could overwhelm facilities that already provide reduced-cost care to 18 million people.
(Story) Aug 07, 2009
"Although states are facing their worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression, 14 (states) found the dollars this year to increase health coverage for about 250,000 children," Stateline/Finance and Commerce reports.
(Daily Report) Aug 06, 2009
A Selection of Today's Opinions and Editorials
(Daily Report) Aug 06, 2009