Pivotal moments in American health care history: _1798: The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen in 1798 marks the beginning of federal involvement in health care. _1854: President Franklin Pierce vetoes a national mental health bill on the basis ...
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Copyright 2010 AP News
Caterpillar (CAT) says it will cost the company $100million in the first year alone: The Peoria-based company said these provisions would increase its insurance costs by at least 20 percent, or more than $100 million, just in the first year of the ...
President Barack Obama's Democrats predicted victory in a cliffhanger vote Sunday on his historic plan to extend health care coverage to some 32 million Americans who lack it now. The 10-year plan, Obama's top domestic priority, aimed to bring the world's richest ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly one in four Californians under age 65 lacked health insurance during all or part of last year, well above the latest national average, in a trend fueled by shrinking coverage due to mounting job layoffs, a new ...
Health Care 101: If Obama's bill passes, the changes start small and keep getting bigger It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to ...
US President Barack Obama Monday pleaded with lawmakers to pass his health reform bill, relating the heart-rending plight of a cancer victim at the 11th hour of a bitter debate. Obama told the story of Ohio woman Natoma Canfield who survived cancer ...
US President Barack Obama launched an impassioned week-long closing campaign on Monday to drive his historic health reforms through Congress at a pivotal moment that may help define his presidency. Obama left the White House for Ohio and an appearance designed to ...
Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature health care overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week, after a year of costly political wrangling. "I think we will have the votes to pass this," said David Axelrod, ...
Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature healthcare overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week after a year of costly political wrangling. "I think we will have the votes to pass this," said David Axelrod, Obama's ...
