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Published: June 17, 2009
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Senators seeks ways to fund health care
WASHINGTON — Confronting cost estimates as high as $1.6 trillion, Senate Democrats agreed Tuesday to scale back planned subsidies for the uninsured and sought concessions totaling hundreds of billions of dollars from private industry to defray the cost of sweeping health care legislation. At the same time, key Democrats disagreed openly among themselves over a proposed tax on health insurance benefits to pay for expanding coverage to the uninsured. And attempts to reach a compromise with Republicans over a role for government in the insurance marketplace proved elusive. Despite numerous uncertainties, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announced that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would begin formal work today on legislation to provide "successful, affordable, quality health care.”
Company, pair admit guilt in tainted ingredient case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Las Vegas-based company and its owners have pleaded guilty to...
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