WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Top Democrats are leaning toward including a publicly funded health insurance option in a healthcare reform bill in the U.S. Senate, sources said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's spokesman Tuesday refused to say whether the president would draw "a line in the sand" over the public health insurance option.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A public health insurance option may have to be axed from the U.S. House healthcare bill so it can pass, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Obama administration's fight to include a "public option" in its health insurance reform package has been a "wasted effort," a senior U.S. Democrat says.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Support for government-sponsored health insurance for U.S. adults under age 65 is about 40 percent, no matter how government is involved, researchers say.
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Insurers and drug companies spent nearly $35 million lobbying so far in 2009 as the U.S. Congress considers healthcare reform, disclosure forms indicate.
