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. 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. 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.
DENVER, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- While eight of 10 Americans say they favor a public health insurance option, fewer than four in 10 can define what that option is, an AARP survey indicates.
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.
ATLANTA, July 1 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. children with health insurance rose in 2004 but the percentage of working-age adults with health insurance remained stable, officials said.
WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- A report released Tuesday shows more mental health services are being paid by U.S., state and local government programs than by private insurance.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said a health-insurance gap among Latino, black and white Americans persisted in 2003.
