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Chris Dodd Enforces a Health Care Bill According to Newsweek, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd has implemented a health care bill without republican support. "This continues to be a top priority for the president and we're looking forward to taking every step we can to move the process forward," says White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki. "Certainly that means speaking publicly about it as well as working behind the scenes." ...

Obama To Appear On Fox News To Promote Health Care President Obama will appear on Fox News Wednesday night on Special Report with Bret Baier to promote health care, USA Today reports. "Obviously, they have a pretty big audience share," explained Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs. ...

House Democrats Look To Vote On Health Despite Abortion Opposers According to The Associates Press, Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Reps will look to reach a vote on President Barack Obama's health reform bill without gathering support from their anti-abortion counterparts. The group acknowledges that the issue brings a major obstacle into the bill's passage and is not willing to take the matter ...

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Patient Deaths Bring Select Medical Investigation By Senate According to BusinessWeek, the Senate Finance Committee announced yesterday its investigation into claims that Select Medical Holding Corp. provides substandard treatment at some hospital locations. Long-term care hospitals are being looked into as deaths of seriously ill patients are alleged over poor service by the provider. Recent shares in the company have r ...

Obama Pinpoints Insurers, Looks To Speed Health Reform Passage According to The Washington Post, President Barack Obama spoke to health insurance on Monday urging them to swiftly find a compromise in order to advance health care reform. Obama also target Democrats saying that they should be looking to pass the reform in the next three weeks. ...

Health Care To Move Forward In Wake Of Disagreement According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama said in a letter to Congress that the Democratic majority would will ultimately continue its path for health care despite opposition. Obama highlighted suggestions by Republicans that he found agreeable, including cracking down on medical fraud. He also stated that reimbursment for doctors shoul ...

President Obama Will Make An Important Announcement Regarding Health Care This Week According to CNN Politics, President Obama will make an announcement on "the way forward" on the health care bill next week, his spokesman said Friday. Democratic sources have said that the general plan is for the House to pass the Senate bill and send it to the president, and for a package of changes that mirror the president's plan to be passed through both ch ...

One In 3 Young Adults In U.S. Without Health Insurance According to Reuters, a third of young adults in the U.S. were without health insurance at the time of a 2008 study released Wednesday. The government released report showed that about 13 million young adults between the ages of 20 and 29 had no insurance, and were twice as likely than those 30 to 64 to be uninsured. ...

Obama Pushes Health Care Reform According to NPR, the White House is expected to post a version of President Obama's plan for overhauling health care on its website on Monday. The plan, which will most likely be opposed by the GOP, is expected to require most Americans to carry health insurance coverage, with federal subsidies to help many afford premiums ...