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Health Care Reform: How They Voted
By Christina PellettBy noon on Christmas Eve, I'd been sent a link to the Washington Post's look into how each senator voted, an enlightening little graphic that showed - surprise! - the party loyalty with which each senator cast his or her vote.
December 28, 2009
A Side-by-Side Comparison of the House and Senate BillsNow that the Senate health care reform bill has passed, both the House and Senate versions of the legislation will be sent to a Conference Committee for them to be reconciled into one bill, which will be sent back to the floor for debate
December 28, 2009
Preventive Care: How Do Unfunded Mandates Affect the Insurance Industry?In November 2009, a little-known advisory group of the federal government -- the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- set off a political firestorm when it announced new guidelines for breast cancer screening...
December 27, 2009
MetLife: Large Employers Hungry For Health Legislation AdviceBenefits buyers at big companies are depending on their benefits advisors to help them understand congressional health care reform efforts.
December 24, 2009
Senate Votes 60-39 To Pass Reid Health BillMembers of the Senate voted 60-39 at 7:16 a.m. today to pass H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act bill.
December 24, 2009
Senate Passes Healthcare Reform 60-39The Senate passed historic healthcare legislation--the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act--by a 60-39 vote on Christmas Eve, the first Senate vote on the "day before Christmas in more than a century."
December 23, 2009
Illinois Posts Rescission BulletinIllinois health carriers that want to take back health coverage must be prepared to send regulators a complete copy of their health coverage underwriting guidelines.
December 23, 2009
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