Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) told CBS' "Face the Nation" Nov. 1 that he would allow a Senate bill to move forward, but also plans to filibuster for removal of the public option from the bill. Lieberman told CBS that he would not filibuster to stop the health care reform debate, but "there are so many good things we can do to make health insurance more affordable and to extend it to people who don't have it now. Lieberman told moderator Bob Schieffer that the public option "came out of nowhere," and said it was not necessary to achieve what he described as the two goals of health reform: "Make health insurance more affordable, and to extend it to people who don't have it now. "There're so many good things we can do to make health insurance more affordable and to extend it to people who don't have it now, but I feel so strongly about the creation of another government health insurance entitlement, of the government going into the health insurance business, I think it's such a mistake that I would use the power I have as a single Senator to stop a final vote."
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 ...
WASHINGTON, March 17 - Tucked inside that healthcare bill and likely to become the law of the land, is a new federal long-term care insurance policy. Called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, the new program is a voluntary opt-in ...
Small businesses need the right kinds and amount of insurance as they do disaster prep Small business owners are getting some reminders this month that the forces of nature can threaten a company's survival. And that they need to be sure their ...
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 ...
Learning lessons from '09 flood, more North Dakota and Minnesota residents buy insurance When the swollen Red River threatened his uninsured house last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn't lose everything. In the end, ...
Gary Mailloux talks about his flood insurance policy outside his north Fargo, N.D. home on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Mailloux said he views his policy as a cheap investment. Mailloux bought insurance in 2008 and signed up again last September, six months ...
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 ...
