Read more Senate Health Committee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5486/senate-health-committee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:47:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72613/how-reid-rescued-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe public health insurance plan was brought back from the brink of oblivion thanks to Harry Reid's swift adoption of an "opt-out" plan brought to his attention just three weeks ago. In backroom negotiations with members of the Democratic caucus, the majority leader found that the federal approach bridged the...http://www.newser.com/story/72613/how-reid-rescued-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 5:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72594/public-option-a-go-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid will include a public insurance plan in the pending health care reform bill, with a provision allowing individual states to refuse to participate. The Senate majority leader’s bill is likely to include an “opt-out” version of the public plan, taken from the Senate health committee, as well as...http://www.newser.com/story/72594/public-option-a-go-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:07:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72331/drug-makers-big-spending-pays-off-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDrugmakers could get quite a gift from the health care reform bill. Senate and House amendments passed this summer give the makers of biologics—next-generation wonder drugs derived from living matter—12 years of exclusivity on their hyperexpensive products. That’s 7 more years than normal drugs get, and critics say...http://www.newser.com/story/72331/drug-makers-big-spending-pays-off-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69911/will-real-senate-leaders-please-stand-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Democrats fight among themselves over health care, it’s becoming painfully clear that they lack a clear public leader on the issue, writes Manu Raju for Politico. In part it’s because, with a number of House and Senate committees involved, there are too many cooks stirring the pot, and in...http://www.newser.com/story/69911/will-real-senate-leaders-please-stand-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 10:53:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69065/you-lie-rep-essentially-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGive Joe Wilson a break. It’s hard to fit the complexities of policy into an outburst during a presidential address, but the South Carolina congressman has a point: If you connect two of President Obama’s top policy priorities, he does want to give insurance to illegal immigrants. It’s just that...http://www.newser.com/story/69065/you-lie-rep-essentially-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 13:56:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65141/no-vote-on-health-care-reform-before-fall-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate will not vote on the health-care bill before the August recess, Majority Leader Harry Reid said today, citing the need to build bipartisan support—or even unified Democratic support—for such comprehensive reform, the AP reports. “Working with Republicans, one of the things that they asked for was...http://www.newser.com/story/65141/no-vote-on-health-care-reform-before-fall-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 12:52:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64514/obama-steams-as-baucus-holds-up-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe health care reform bill is now in the hands of the Senate Finance Committee and chairman Max Baucus won't be rushed, Politico reports. The Montana Democrat, under pressure from the White House to get a deal done, has been locked in talks to build bipartisan consensus for financing the...http://www.newser.com/story/64514/obama-steams-as-baucus-holds-up-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 7:16:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63828/reid-pulls-plug-on-gop-friendly-health-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid yesterday pulled the plug on painstaking efforts to win bipartisan support for health care reform, telling Max Baucus to drop a proposal, aimed at wooing Republicans, that would tax health benefits and leave out a public insurance option. The Senate majority leader told Baucus, the Finance Committee chairman...http://www.newser.com/story/63828/reid-pulls-plug-on-gop-friendly-health-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 7:03:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63361/senate-dems-shave-400b-off-health-care-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Democrats outlined a revised health care bill last night that lops $400 billion off the price tag of an earlier trillion-dollar proposal. The plan trims costs, the AP reports, by including a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers and charging employers $750 annually for each employee not...http://www.newser.com/story/63361/senate-dems-shave-400b-off-health-care-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 8:26:10 CDT