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. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Sunday she would not support a "trigger" for a public option component in healthcare reform proposals.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. healthcare reform is achievable this year with or without the cooperation of Republicans, a senior Democratic senator said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Healthcare cooperatives could be as effective as a government-run public health insurance option, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid 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, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says he could support a health insurance public option if a "trigger" on its use were included.
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.
