House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate
Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on Health Care overhaul. A government Insurance]Health Insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They're locked in a battle with liberals, with the fate of President Barack Obama's signature issue at stake. If a government plan is part of the deal, "as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the...

Health Bill Unacceptable In Senate: PHOTO
Washington (AP)

House Pass Health Care Reform Bill, 220-215: PHOTO
The final vote the Health Care bill 3962 is shown as members of the house attend the vote on last night. (Photo from AP TV) A House Republican joined 219 Democrats to vote for the landmark Health Care reform bill last night in the House of Representatives, enabling the bill to pass 220 votes to 215 . Rep. John Dingell (D-Michigan), who has "> introduced national Insurance]Health Insurance in every Congress since taking office 1955, said, "It provides coverage for 96 percent of Americans. It offers...

Compromises get U.S. health bill through
U .S. Republicans are counting on Democratic defectors in the Senate to upend President Barack Obama's goal of extending Health-Insurance coverage to all Americans, now that the House of Representatives has narrowly passed its own reform bill. Though Mr. Obama's objective of enacting Health reform is now nearer reality, major hurdles remain. Republicans vowed Sunday that no final bill will reach the President's desk, with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham calling the House legislation...

Health bill 'will not pass Senate'
Speaking from The White House about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, the president urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people". The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government Insurance]Health Insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. If a government plan is part of the deal, "as..

Health care overhaul faces stone wall in Senate
The glow from a Health Care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people." The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government Insurance]Health Insurance..

Health care overhaul faces stone wall in Senate
The glow from a Health Care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people." The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government Insurance]Health Insurance..

Obama Praises "Courageous" House Vote
ABC News' Rachel Martin reports: He's not taking a victory lap yet but today the President praised what he called an “historic” vote by the House of Representatives last night. “For years we've been told that this couldn't be done. After all, neither chamber of Congress has been able to pass a comprehensive Insurance]Health Insurance reform bill for generations,” the President said in remarks today in the Rose Garden, “But last night the House proved differently.”

Obama's Healthcare Reform: No Time To Rest
This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their Insurance]Health Insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive Health reform. This is history. But you and millions of your fellow Organizing for America supporters didn't just witness history tonight -- you helped make it. Each "yes" vote was a brave stand, backed up by countless hours of knocking on doors, outreach in town halls and town...

Health reformers prepare for Senate hurdle
The first thing Barack Obama did late on Saturday night following the passage of the healthcare bill in the House of Representatives was to phone the heads of three industry lobby groups to thank them for their support. Not included on the list was the largest Insurance lobby group, American Insurance]Health Insurance Plans, which doggedly continues to oppose Democratic reform efforts. Amid all the late night celebrations after the razor-thin 220-215 vote for the bill, Karen Ignagni, head of AHIP, warned..

Healthcare bill faces tough path in Senate
Washington (Reuters) - 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...

Healthcare bill faces tough path in Senate
By John Whitesides Washington (Reuters) - 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...

Healthcare bill faces tough path in Senate
By John Whitesides Washington (Reuters) - 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...

American House Passed Health Care Reform Bill
American House of Representatives passed the Health Care reform (220-215) bill at last on Saturday night. It is a sure outcome of President Obama's personal request and appeal to the House members for the favor to pass the bill. This bill deals with the American Affordable Health Choices acts and called HR 3962. The most important part of this bill is the reformation of American Insurance]Health Insurance acts and laws. It will include expanded coverage for uninsured Americans, family and business...

Health Insurance: Your Health Plan After Reform
This may feel like just another open enrollment season, one more anxious check of the coverage offered by your employer to see how much benefits have been trimmed and the financial pain heightened. [For help, consult America's Best Insurance]Health Insurance Plans and our plan-picking tips .] But before long, at least the worry that vital coverage will be lopped off could end. After Health reform, a few years from now, nearly all Americans would be required to have coverage—at a minimum, a...

US House approves healthcare bill
The lower house of the US Congress has backed a healthcare bill that may lead to millions of Americans gaining Insurance]Health Insurance. After hours of debate on Sunday, House members voted 220-215 for a $1.1 trillion, 10-year plan to extend Health coverage to 36 million Americans.

Government-Run -Public Option' in Pelosi Health Bill Threatens to Kill Hospitals, Says Democrat Who Voted Against the Bill: PHOTO
Rep. Rick Boucher (D.-Va.), who voted against the Pelosi Health Care bill that was approved by the House of Representatives yesterday, said he fears that the government-run "Public Option" Insurance]Health Insurance plan the bill would create could kill the Hospitals in his congressional district.

House Passes Health Care Bill
The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress. Nov. 7: Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joined by Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol after the passage in the house of the Health Care reform bill. (AP) In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark Health Care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to...

House passes health care bill on close vote
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark Health Care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the Insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress. A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi likened the legislation to the...

Obama Gears Up To Face The Senate After House of Reps Clears His Ambitious Health Bill.
Upon passing the censor of the House of Representatives through the course of an exhaustive, often bitter, fiercely contested and stormy session, the ambitious flagship Health bill of the Obama Administration, which claims to Fashion a revolutionary overhaul of the American medical system, now awaits the verdict of the Senate over the reform measure. Moments after this monumental verdict by the House of Representatives, President Obama, in a Rose Garden appearance was quoted as saying that,...

Landmark health bill passes House on close vote
Washington (AP)

Health care overhaul divides Democratic senators, so House legislation faces huge hurdles
Washington — The glow from a Health Care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people." The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The...

10 ways the House bill would change insurance
These are some of the changes in the way Insurance]Health Insurance would work in the United States under the House bill: 1. Creates a government-run plan, or "Public Option," to offer Insurance coverage. Would compete with private sector. 2. Sets up Insurance]Health Insurance "exchanges," or marketplaces, where consumers can easily compare coverage and rates. 3. Requires nearly everyone to obtain Insurance]Health Insurance coverage starting in 2013. 4. Requires Health plans to let people remain on their pa

House Health Bill Has Nowhere to Go in Senate
Government Insurance]Health Insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to some Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. Washington -- The glow from a Health Care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the..

Obama "absolutely confident" on Senate health bill
Washington (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was "absolutely confident" the Senate would follow the lead of the House of Representatives in passing legislation to overhaul the healthcare system. "Thanks to the hard work of the House, we are just two steps away from achieving Insurance]Health Insurance reform in America," Obama said in a written statement. "Now the United States Senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. I am absolutely confident it will."