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Elusive Answers on Health Law

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600

As the fight over health care returned to the House floor on Tuesday, the debate could largely be stripped down to four questions that are relatively simple to ask, if not to answer:

Will the health care law, approved last year by Democrats with no Republican support, increase or reduce future federal deficits?

Will the law lead to the elimination of jobs by overburdened employers as Republicans assert, or will it create jobs as Democrats maintain?

Democrats Consider New Moves for Health Bill

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

As lawmakers clashed fiercely over major health care legislation on the House floor, Democrats struggled Tuesday to defend procedural shortcuts they might use to win approval for their proposals in the next few days.

What are the chances that a national health care overhaul will be approved this week?

A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds.

Share your thoughts about the health care debate.

Top Discussions: The Public Option | Medicare and the Elderly | The Senate Bill

Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas, at a rally Tuesday in...

Dems Divided Over Reid Proposal

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Senate Democrats voiced deep disagreements on Tuesday over the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, suggesting that the decision by the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, to include a public plan in major health care legislation had failed, at least initially, to unite his caucus.

A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds.

Share your thoughts about the health care debate.

Top Discussions: The Public Option | Medicare and the Elderly | A Single-Payer System

Simply to get the Senate to take...

Dems Address Rifts on Health Care

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500