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In a bipartisan event Democratic and Republican members of Congress debated about the state of health care in America and ways it can be made more affordable and accessible. Julie Rovner mod…

During the weekly Democratic radio address, Rep. Berry spoke about the Medicare system. Topics discussed include the need to extend the sign-up period and the need to eliminate the Bush admi…

The committee met to set guidelines and amendments for the August 2 debate on managed health care legislation. The four authors of the bill testified about the issues.

Senators spoke to reporters about managed care legislation and objected to proposals by President Bush and House Republicans to limit law suits against health maintenance organizations.

Senators and Representatives talked to reporters about the bipartisan Patient Protection Act. They focused on the medical protection that the bill would provide patients and doctors in deter…

Senators and others briefed the media on recent effort to create a patient’s bill of rights. This proposed legislation would protect managed care recipients from insurance company deci…

Members testified about potential measures to provide prescription drugs to the elderly. At issue were the costs of medication and developing an efficient system for providing the drugs.

Republican and Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about managed health care legislation which they had passed in the House by a vote of 275 to 151. The bill provided several new rights fo…