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President Barack Obama will urge Congress to "finish its work" on healthcare reform, which he described as a test of whether the political system is capable of tackling the nation's biggest issues.Added: March 3, 2010 at 12:44PM EST
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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who withheld his support for the Senate-passed healthcare reform bill until practically the last minute, strongly hinted that he is prepared to back the final push to finish the job this spring.Added: March 2, 2010 at 2:07PM EST
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A tense moment between President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) highlighted Thursday’s healthcare summit. Added: February 25, 2010 at 2:39PM EST
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President Barack Obama’s healthcare proposal is easing the minds of centrist Democratic senators who grew skittish after the election of Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.).Added: February 25, 2010 at 2:26PM EST
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President Barack Obama unveiled a detailed healthcare proposal on Monday that closely tracked legislation favored by Democrats, setting the stage for a contentious bipartisan summit at the Blair House on Thursday.Added: February 22, 2010 at 9:37PM EST
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On Monday, in a gambit to breathe new life into his signature domestic policy initiative, President Barack Obama unveiled his most detailed proposal yet to reform the U.S. healthcare system.Added: February 22, 2010 at 10:59AM EST
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The woeful state of the economy drove more people to sign up for Medicaid from June 2008 to June 2009 than during any 12-month period in the program's history, according to a study released by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.Added: February 19, 2010 at 2:45PM EST
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Marilyn Tavenner, who was secretary of Health and Human Resources in the administration of then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) from 2006 until Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) took office last year, has joined CMS as principal deputy administrator, a newly created position that makes Tavenner the second-ranking official at the agency -- and the Obama administration's most senior appointment to the agency under the Obama administration.Added: February 17, 2010 at 11:36AM EST
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National health spending accounts for the largest share of the U.S. economy since federal auditors began tracking the data in 1960, according to a new report authored by the Office of the Actuary, an independent auditing body at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and published online by the journal Health Affairs.Added: February 4, 2010 at 12:16AM EST