Harkin new head of Senate health committee
Friday, September 25th, 2009
The five-term Iowa senator has championed legislation advancing nutrition, preventive health care and the rights of people with disabilities.
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Senate negotiations generate new health reform bill, but not consensus
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Senate Finance legislation includes a one-year Medicare pay patch, a primary care bonus and a ban on new physician-owned hospitals.
U.S. uninsured total again tops 46 million
Friday, September 25th, 2009
But fewer children were uninsured in 2008 than in any year since 1987, the first year the U.S. Census Bureau collected comparable data.
Doctors, nurses, seniors target reform myths
Friday, September 25th, 2009
The AMA joins with AARP and the American Nurses Assn. to clarify positions on health system reform and help move the debate beyond anti-reform rhetoric.
FDA pick answers lawmakers on tobacco regulation, flu
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Dr. Hamburg, a former New York City health inspector, faced a largely friendly audience at a Senate confirmation hearing.