Mar 19th, 2010 · Provisions to establish a federal commission to review insurance rates, beef up antitrust enforcement against delays in generic drugs and some state-specific Medicare and Medicaid deals are gone from health overhaul.
Mar 19th, 2010 · In their push to pass a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, House Democrats unveiled a package of legislative fixes to lure undecided or opposed members of their party to the "yes" category.
Mar 19th, 2010 · President Obama promised to make overhauling immigration laws a top priority in his first year as president, but the odds that it will happen even in his second year seem long. Thousands of activists plan to converge on Washington, D.C., in hopes of prodding him to action.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Thousands of activists are arriving in Washington D.C. for this weekend's rally for an overhaul in immigration law. Arizona has some of the toughest laws in the nation targeting illegal immigrants. Churches and advocacy groups from the state are sending delegates off to Washington to march for changes at the federal level. Peter O'Dowd of member station KJZZ reports.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Thousands of activists are arriving in Washington D.C. for this weekend's rally for an overhaul in immigration law. Arizona has some of the toughest laws in the nation targeting illegal immigrants. Churches and advocacy groups from the state are sending delegates off to Washington to march for changes at the federal level. Peter O'Dowd of member station KJZZ reports.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Film critic Mia Mask says that the new movie Repo Men is a science fiction flick that comments on two prominent policy issues: health care overhaul and the regulation of the financial industry. Mia Mask teaches film at Vassar College, and is the author of "Divas on Screen."
Mar 18th, 2010 · Democrats unveiled what they hope will be the final version of their health care overhaul bill after days of closed-door meetings, setting the stage for a showdown vote in the House on Sunday. With his top domestic priority hanging in the balance, President Obama again postponed an overseas trip that has already been pushed back once.
Mar 18th, 2010 · In a future where artificial organs can be bought on credit, an unsentimental guy can make a quick buck when borrowers fall behind on payments. But when one such repo man (Jude Law) finds himself on the other end of the equation, he discovers an urgent new meaning in the phrase "health care overhaul."