Congress completes overhaul of health care (AP)

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 7:31 pm

AP – Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats place the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to campaign for repeal in the fall election season, drawing a instant retort from President Barack Obama: “I welcome that fight.”

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Companies say health care costs hard to swallow (AP)

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 5:49 pm

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AP – The health care overhaul will cost U.S. companies as much as $14 billion this year and make them more likely to drop prescription drug coverage for retirees because of a change in how the government subsidizes those benefits.

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Senate OKs health care fix-it bill; House is next (AP)

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 12:32 pm

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AP – The Senate has passed a bill reshaping parts of the new health care overhaul law, and is sending it back to the House for final congressional approval.

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Senate’s fix to health care law slowed by snag (AP)

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 7:32 am

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AP – After nine honest hours of beating back Republican amendments, Senate Democrats hit a temporary snag Thursday in their drive to rush through a package of fixes to the huge health care law signed by President Barack Obama.