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U.S. lawmakers plan far-reaching insurance market reforms, and would require that businesses and individuals purchase medical coverage as they seek to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, an early draft of Senate legislation said on Saturday.

Fixing the economy requires overhauling the U.S. health care system, a White House report concludes just the message the administration ...

Senators are meeting behind closed doors to consider whether the federal government should jump into the health insurance business.

“The stars are aligned” to pass health care legislation, President Obama said on Wednesday in an appearance at the White House with House Democratic leaders.

The Obama administration's senior healthcare official Wednesday flatly rejected the idea of taking over the nation's medical insurance system, saying the federal government did not want to assume management of healthcare coverage.

Congressional Democrats are near a deal to ram through legislation overhauling the U.S. healthcare system, overriding Republican objections to one of President Barack Obama's top policy goals.

This time it's really going to happen. Or so they claim. Senators get down to work this coming week on turning ideas into legislation ...

Major reform is likely this year, but deep rifts remain over how to pay for expanded coverage.