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Senator Ted Kennedy’s healthcare legacy

 Kester Freeman August 31, 2009
One of Sen. Edward Kennedy’s lasting legacies will be his championing of comprehensive health insurance reform.
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Senate panel approves health reform bill

 Healthcare Finance News Staff July 16, 2009
The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday passed The Affordable Health Choices Act.
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Senate panel approves health reform bill

 Diana Manos July 16, 2009
The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday passed The Affordable Health Choices Act.
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Senate panel considers health reform bill amid controversy

 Diana Manos July 08, 2009
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is working on a reform bill proposed by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) that they hope to pass this summer.
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Battle building over healthcare reform

 Diana Manos July 02, 2009
Congressional leaders have promised President Barack Obama they will come up with a comprehensive healthcare reform bill by Oct. 1, and as Congressional panels and party leaders began their campaigns in earnest, the heat on both sides of the aisle is mounting.
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Healthcare reform battle intensifies

 Diana Manos June 18, 2009
Congressional leaders have promised President Obama they will come up with a comprehensive healthcare reform bill by Oct. 1. The president says any reform plan needs bipartisan support in order to be sustainable. As congressional panels and party leaders begin their campaigns in earnest, the heat on both sides of the aisle-on and off Capitol Hill-- is starting to mount.
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Democrats lay out initial healthcare reform legislation

 Diana Manos June 10, 2009
Democrats on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions released a health reform bill Tuesday that would build on employer-based coverage and include a public health plan option.
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Obama uses weekly address to press Congress on healthcare reform

 Bernie Monegain June 08, 2009
President Barack Obama devoted his entire weekly address on Saturday to championing healthcare reform.
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Obama, Senate back tougher FDA foreign inspections

 Diana Manos April 24, 2009
Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduced legislation Thursday that would give the Food and Drug Administration more resources to inspect domestic and foreign-made prescription drugs and devices.
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Next up: Healthcare reform- but what kind?

 Diana Manos April 03, 2009
Congress is brewing up some recipes for healthcare reform, and quite a few cooks are expected to crowd into a very hot kitchen. Congressional leaders have called for a final bill by this summer. The unanswered questions likely to draw the most heat are: how to pay for the reform and how far will the plan lean toward universal mandated care?
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PNHP: Massachusetts healthcare system a failure

 Chelsey Ledue February 19, 2009
The Massachusetts healthcare system, widely regarded as an example of how to provide universal coverage and keep costs low, is faltering badly and should not be held up as a national model for reform, according to a study released by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Public Citizen.
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111th Congress will be 'ready to roll' on healthcare reform, leaders say

 Diana Manos November 07, 2008
Key Congressional leaders say they are "ready to roll" on passing healthcare reform legislation early next year.At a Thursday briefing hosted by Families USA, Michael Myers, on staf...
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Senate panel approves bill to protect against genetic discrimination

 Diana Manos April 25, 2008
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has approved a bill introduced by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would prohibit g...
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Kennedy-Dingell bill would expand Medicare to all

 Diana Manos April 27, 2007
WASHINGTON - If Medicare is a good thing, then why not expand it? So say Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Rep. John Dingell (D-...
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