WASHINGTON (AP) — Risking the wrath of Democrats, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., threatened today to join Republicans in opposing health care legislation if it permits uninsured individuals as young to 55 to purchase Medicare coverage. ...more

December 13, 2009

The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are trying to push through Congress. ...more

November 12, 2009

Senate Democrats voiced deep disagreements Tuesday about the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, suggesting that the decision by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to include a public plan in major health care legislation had failed to unite his caucus. ...more

October 28, 2009

Under immense pressure from the liberal wing of his caucus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told colleagues that he may include a government-run health insurance plan in a health care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor, Democratic senators said on Thursday. ...more

October 23, 2009

Little has been in print regarding the "already in place" health insurance. People have agreed that all "we the people" want is to be treated the same as the congressmen who supposedly represent us. ...more

September 15, 2009

What will an Obama administration and a Congress with increased Democratic majorities do? That's a relevant question, given the Democrats' leads in the polls. And it's a little hard to answer, given the financial crisis that has been raging and the recession that seems to be ahead. ...more

October 26, 2008

Cover Florida, a new low-cost health insurance plan Gov. Charlie Crist says will address the problem of the uninsured, looks like a dud before it gets out of the gate. ...more

August 6, 2008

The Florida Legislature ended its annual session yesterday following a final week devoted to farewells and back-slapping even as lawmakers acknowledged the tough choices they were forced to make in a brutal budget year. ...more

May 3, 2008

Like many Americans, I am experiencing my own recession. ...more

February 1, 2008

House Democrats fell 13 votes short Wednesday in trying to overturn President Bush's veto of a $35 billion expansion of the government children's health insurance plan, prompting calls for new negotiations to decide the fate of the 10-year-old program. ...more

October 19, 2007