Topic: Health Insurance
Obama Health Care Overhaul
AP News
A historical look at health care legislation
AP Features
Pivotal moments in American health care history: _1798: The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen in 1798 marks the beginning of federal involvement in health care. _1854: President Franklin Pierce vetoes a national mental health bill on the basis that it would be unconstitutional to regard health ...
Companies weigh in on the healthcare bill
AlphaNinja
Caterpillar (CAT) says it will cost the company $100million in the first year alone:
The Peoria-based company said these provisions would increase its insurance costs by at least 20 percent, or more than $100 million, just in the first year of the health-care overhaul program. "We can ill-afford cost ...
Obama health plan faces Sunday make-or-break vote
AFP Global Edition
President Barack Obama's Democrats predicted victory in a cliffhanger vote Sunday on his historic plan to extend health care coverage to some 32 million Americans who lack it now. The 10-year plan, Obama's top domestic priority, aimed to bring the world's richest country closer than ever to ...
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