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Almost 30 key lawmakers helping draft landmark health-care legislation have financial holdings in the industry, totaling nearly $11 million worth of personal investments in a sector that could be dramatically reshaped by this summer's debate.

President Clinton believes President Obama has a better chance than he did to remake the nation’s health care system.

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.

With job loss on the rise and many people who can not afford medical insurance on their own, yet don't qualify for state or federal assistance, there are many who will skip medical treatment to save money. Your health is certainly not something you can take likely.

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 ...