Health care jobs stable
Many people who have lost jobs to the Recession may find a cure for Unemployment in the Health Care field.

Despite House approval, health care reform faces tough battle
Washington (CNN) -- Narrow passage of a sweeping Health Care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for President Obama and fellow Democrats to get a bill through the Senate and into law. The House voted 220-215 late Saturday, with 39 Democrats opposed and one Republican in favor, to approve what would be the biggest expansion of Health Care coverage since Medicare was created more than 40 years ago.

Women deprived of health care at key times in life: WHO
Geneva (AFP) – Women are often deprived of Health Care in the crucial years of adolescence and old age due to social inequalities and neglect in male dominated decision-making, the World Health Organisation said Monday. "It's time to pay girls and women back, to make sure that they get the Care and support they need to enjoy a fundamental human right at every moment of their lives, that is their right to Health," said WHO Director General Margaret Chan.

Politics Today: After House Health Care Vote, What's Next?: PHOTO
Politics Today is CBSNews.com's inside look at the key stories driving the day in politics, written by CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris: ** All eyes turn to the Senate's Health Care bill... ** The party tenets Democrats compromised to pass a bill... ** A closer look at those 40 renegade House members... (AP) Health Care — THE NEXT STEP The House passed its version of Health Care reform late Saturday night and by early Sunday morning, there were major warning signs about the upcoming...

Despite House approval, health care reform faces tough battle
Narrow passage of a sweeping Health Care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for President Obama and fellow Democrats to get a bill through the Senate and into law.

Everybody Wins? Little incentive for compromise, as both sides celebrate health care vote
--> ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Wait -- which side won again? The champagne in both clubhouses in the wake of this weekend's Health Care vote tells you everything you need to know about the polarization of politics these days -- and why Health Care reform is still a very long way from reality. Adding a single Republican from a Democratic-leaning district may help a bit in the packaging -- but efforts to woo Democratic centrists in the Senate look no different than they have all along....

Reproductive Rights Left Behind After Health Care Bill Passes House [Roe Vs. World]: PHOTO
Saturday night, Congress threw a party, jubilant that its members had passed a version of a Health Care bill. Which version? That would be the one that traded the right to choose for a majority vote.

80% of House Democrats Who Voted Against Health Care Were In McCain-Winning Districts
80% of House Democrats Who Voted Against Health Care Were In McCain-Winning Districts That's neat. 31 of the 39 Democratic representatives who didn't vote for the Health Care bill are in districts that had more McCain voters than Obama voters last year. Mmm hmm! Also, twelve of them are former Republicans of formerly Republican districts. (And to be noted: 1 of the 39 was Dennis Kucinich, who voted against the bill because it was too friendly to Insurance companies.) — Choire...

Health Care Bill Passes House, Goes To Senate
Seen as a major victory for the Obama Administration, a Health Care reform plan has cleared a major hurdle, passing the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote, for the most part, was along party lines.

Obama faces a tall agenda -- on Asia trip
Reporting from Tokyo and Washington - With Unemployment topping 10% and his healthcare plan still facing Senate action , President Obama has plenty to keep him busy at home. But on Thursday, he will head to Asia for more than a week, a trip that underscores The White House's conviction that a close partnership with China and other Pacific Rim nations is crucial to American interests. Obama is scheduled to stop in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, bringing to 20 the number of nations he...

US job losses hit 26-year high: PHOTO
Washington, Nov 8

Editorial: Unemployment rate ... a number to worry about
The number that President Barack Obama needs to worry about is not two, the number of governorships the Democrats lost on Tuesday. It is 10.2 percent, the Unemployment rate for October announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. Unless the Obama Administration can wrestle that rate down, he and his party face serious political trouble next November. The last time Unemployment passed the highly symbolic double-digit mark was in 1982, and President Ronald Reagan and the Republicans lost 26...

Abortion provision in health-care bill provoke tears, shouts -- Obama fights aloof image with personal revelations -- Ben Porritt engaged
Barack Obama fights off the public perception that he is distant with personal revelations.

Healthcare Bill Faces Tough Path in Senate
Washington - After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama 's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed. On a 220-215 vote, including the support of one Republican and opposition from 39 Democrats, the House backed a bill late on Saturday that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans and bar Insurance practices such as refusing to cover people with pre-existing medical...

Might U.S. 'Secure' Pakistan's Nukes? Seymour Hersh Says Yes; Countries Say No: PHOTO
Protecting them is critical. ( Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images ) By Mark Memmott Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh's latest piece for The New Yorker has this page-one-worthy conclusion: Current and former officials said in interviews in Washington and Pakistan that (the Obama) Administration has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani Military. These would allow specially trained American units to provide added security for the Pakistani (nuclear) arsenal in case...

My Tax Dollars Should Not Be Spent On Your Expensive Vagina
My Tax Dollars Should Not Be Spent On Your Expensive Vagina "Well, we're all different. Why should a smoker pay more?" —National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX), explaining why women should pay more for medical treatment than men. — Balk Published at 11:05 am , Monday, Nov 9, 2009 TAGS: Health Care    Pete Sessions    Politics    They Really Are This Misogynistic    Vaginas

Rep. Scott Garrett Opposes Health Bill: PHOTO
MYFOXNY.COM - Congressman Scott Garrett is one of several Republicans opposed to the Health Care for America Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Saturday. It's now up to the U.S. Senate to vote on the bill. Rep. Garrett explained why he's against the bill. Thousands of Americans, particularly seniors, have a lot to lose, says Rep. Garrett. "If you're a senior citizen" you could lose your current coverage. The vote on Saturday is the "most profound change in U.S. history.. this...

Health reform: Senate showdown
Democrats exchanged high-fives on the floor of the House of Representatives after narrowly passing a Health-care reform bill over the weekend. But Republicans vowed to continue

Joseph Cao: Voting For Health Reform Was "A Decision Of Conscience" (VIDEO)
The one House Republican to support Health Care reform said on Sunday that his decision to back the bill was driven by his conscience and the needs of his district and not back-room dealing with The White House or Democrats. Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La), appearing on CNN, said that he cast his vote in favor of reform only after an amendment greatly restricting the coverage of Abortions was allowed to come to a vote. Once that hurdle was clear, Cao said, "I called The White House and said I could...

Pelosi Jeopardized Vulnerable Democrats With Healthcare Vote
By Linda Killian, Thomas Jefferson Street blog In all of the celebratory remarks by President Barack Obama and other Democrats about making history with this weekend's House vote in favor of healthcare reform nobody is really talking much about the fact that the Democrats did it by the skin of their teeth. Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the measure which passed 220-215. Shortly after the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership team gathered before reporters to take a...

Joker Care Wars: GOP Takes Aim At Vulnerable Dems
Politico: Within minutes of Saturday's historic House vote on Health Care reform, Republicans pronounced the political death of Rep. Thomas Perriello (D-Va.), pointing to the vulnerable freshman congressman's vote in favor of the bill. And in the aftermath of the politically charged vote, Perriello wasn't the only Democratic congressman whose fortunes were being reassessed. The GOP, which voted nearly in lock step against the measure, began crowing about the demise of various other...

Covidien closes in on Aspect buyout
Covidien plc , an international Health Care company with U.S. headquarters in Massachusetts, has completed its acquisition of 90 percent of the outstanding shares in Aspect Medical Systems Inc. Covidien said the purchase of 16.2 million Aspect shares were purchased by its Transformer Delaware Corp. subsidiary and that it plans to exercise an option to purchase newly issued Aspect (NASDAQ: ASPM) shares to complete the buyout. That move “will permit Covidien to complete the acquisition ......

Memorable HCR moments
The two most buzzed about moments during this weekend's Health Care debate? 1. The lei worn by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) in order to show support for Hawaiians opposed to the Health Care reform bill (all of Hawaii's representatives ended up voting for the bill). "Last Friday a couple from Hawaii decided the time was so short they needed to get on a plane, come to Washington, to beg their representative to vote no — from Hawaii," said Bachmann. "What sacrifices...

Haemonetics: Cutting-Edge Innovation
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The Dems Who Cast the Toughest Votes
While many Democrats in red districts voted against the House healthcare bill, quite a few representatives who hold tough seats did the courageous thing and voted "aye." These are the members of Congress who sit in Republican-leaning districts but still did the right thing : District Representative PVI ND-AL Pomeroy, Earl R+10 WV-01 Mollohan, Alan R+9 AR-01 Berry, Marion R+8 IN-08 Ellsworth, Brad R+8 PA-10 Carney, Chris R+8 OH-18 Space, Zach R+7 SC-05 Spratt, John R+7 AZ-01 Kirkpatrick, Ann R+6...