The Senate on Tuesday rejected an amendment to health-care reform legislation that would have placed strict new limits on women’s access to abortion coverage. The move was cheered by abortion rights advocates, but it may have eroded the support of some moderate Democrats for the underlying bill — leaving questions More…
In the wee hours of last Friday, as the Senate Finance Committee was wrapping up its marathon markup of sweeping health reform legislation, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) showered a very weary audience with a message of optimism about the fate of the bill.
“We’re within striking distance,” Baucus More…
In a major victory for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday shot down legislation to provide seniors full coverage through the controversial coverage gap in Medicare’s prescription drug benefit.
The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), would have closed Medicare’s so-called “doughnut hole,” which forces millions More…
CQ Politics has a piece today that anyone actually interested in what the health care debate is (and isn’t) about ought to look at. It looks at the wildly exaggerated or even completely fabricated claims that have been made by various interest groups and advocacy organizations online and More…
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