Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – Breast cancer survival may be declining under government-run health care systems across the world, but not to worry about that in America, Democrats said Friday.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – Democrats turned down a proposal on Friday to stop a $500 billion raid on Medicare, voting 35-23 to let the cut contained in their bill take effect.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – Democrats decided Friday to give their government-run health plan such a head start that it could drive private competitors out of business.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s idea to give Americans the same kind of health insurance as congressmen get didn’t sit nearly as well when Republicans offered him a chance to vote for it on Friday afternoon.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – A Republican attempt to promote wellness programs among employers ran into a blast of one-size-must-fit-all rhetoric Friday and lost on a vote of 34-24 in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats spent two weeks denouncing private insurance plans, then used procedural rules to bail some of them out when the going got tough on Friday morning.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – A bizarre stand on Medicare was taken Thursday night by U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., who attempted to abolish the nation’s premier medical program for senior citizens on the 44th anniversary of it being signed into law.   Read More >

Friday, July 31, 2009

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., decided Thursday night not to allow a vote on adding members of Congress to the “public-option” government health plan.   Read More >