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.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Sixty-three percent of U.S. physicians support health reform that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance, a survey indicates.
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.
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, July 21 (UPI) -- A public option in a healthcare reform bill would shift 83.4 million people from private carriers to the public plan, a Heritage Foundation report indicates.
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.
