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.
CHICAGO, June 11 (UPI) -- The American Medical Association says it would support public option health care plans that do not force doctors to participate.
WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing the White House Office of Health Care Reform Wednesday to examine the U.S. healthcare system.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Some U.S. medical leaders urged initiation of the '"default option" for medical care, allowing an event or condition to occur if no alternative is chosen.
DEERFIELD, Ill., July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. drugstore giant Walgreen Co. said Monday it would purchase specialty-pharmacy operator Option Care Inc. for about $760 million.
DEERFIELD, Ill., July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. pharmacy chain Walgreen's said Monday it would acquire Option Care for $850 million, or $19.50 per share.
MASON CITY, Iowa, April 6 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama told Iowans he would propose a universal health care plan to insure all Americans by 2012.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Thursday called for universal health care during a speech to the Families USA conference in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. government says 16 percent of the nation's economic output is consumed by rising health care costs.
DENVER, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The United States needs a top-level commission to reform its troubled health care system, a leading scientist said late Thursday.
