Read more health care stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/80/health-care.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:18:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74634/at-one-clinic-two-standards-of-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt one New York City radiology clinic you get what you pay for—there are different names, different doors, and very different experiences for those paying with insurance and those shelling out their own cash. MSNBC found that on the insurance side, appointments can take 15 days to schedule, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74634/at-one-clinic-two-standards-of-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith all eyes on her last night, Blanche Lincoln cast the deciding vote to push health reform forward—and simultaneously swung herself soundly into the epicenter of the brouhaha. By warning fellow Dems she won't support a final bill with a public option, she guaranteed their attention. But in casting...http://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74460/mammogram-backdown-hurts-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth secretary Kathleen Sebelius has set back the cause of health care reform in her rush to distance herself from the recommendation of her own department's task force concerning mammograms, writes Steven Pearlstein. The advice that women under 50 shouldn't get annual mammograms was based on science, and Sebelius should...http://www.newser.com/story/74460/mammogram-backdown-hurts-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 1:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74340/cbo-estimate-senate-health-bill-costs-849b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLegislation headed to the Senate floor would extend health care coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, says a senior Democratic aide. The long-awaited figures come from the Congressional Budget Office, clearing the way for Harry Reid to move forward. The bill...http://www.newser.com/story/74340/cbo-estimate-senate-health-bill-costs-849b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 16:09:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74128/wanted-economist-to-trash-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPro-business groups opposed to the president's health care reform are raising funds to hire a "respected economist" to study the impact of the reform—and find that it is a threat to jobs and the economy. In an email obtained by the Washington Post , a top official at the Chamber...http://www.newser.com/story/74128/wanted-economist-to-trash-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 9:01:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74059/big-pharma-lobbyists-put-words-into-reps-mouths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYep, that's an echo you hear in the House chamber. The New York Times has obtained emails showing that language drafted by lobbyists working for biotech giant Genentech made it almost unchanged into statements and speeches made on health care—by Democrats and Republicans alike. A Genentech lawyer told staffers,...http://www.newser.com/story/74059/big-pharma-lobbyists-put-words-into-reps-mouths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 8:37:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73850/why-the-senate-health-bill-will-move-at-a-crawl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House version of the health bill galloped from introduction to passage in just 10 days, but the Senate's version won't be through until Christmas at the earliest. Suzy Khimm at the New Republic explains the reasons for the snail's pace. The Senate has to vote on a “motion to...http://www.newser.com/story/73850/why-the-senate-health-bill-will-move-at-a-crawl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 4:55:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73822/democrats-ought-to-thank-stupak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiberal Democrats are angry at Bart Stupak for forcing an amendment restricting abortion into the House’s health care bill. But one day, they may view the unassuming congressman as a savior of health care reform. Polls show the American public is evenly split on abortion, and most don’t want government...http://www.newser.com/story/73822/democrats-ought-to-thank-stupak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73821/dems-should-embrace-a-health-care-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate is broken, writes Steven Pearlstein , its members so mired in dysfunction they don’t even realize how undemocratic current legislative practice is. The mere threat of a filibuster is enough to kill a bill, a fact that "violates the letter and spirit of the US Constitution." In the quest...http://www.newser.com/story/73821/dems-should-embrace-a-health-care-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:07:22 CST