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U.S. Rep. Steve King is hoping to derail health care reform legislation scheduled to be debated in the U.S. House by trying to harness the Tea Party protests that took place throughout the summer and once again bringing them to the nation’s capital on Saturday.
King announced Friday that “will join his Republican colleagues and Americans [...]

WASHINGTON — How effectively will the U.S. House health care bill cover children? Turns out, it depends on where they live. The $894 billion health reform bill working its way toward a House vote this week would repeal the Children’s Health Insurance Program, shifting some low-income kids into Medicaid and others into private plans that would both cost more and guarantee fewer benefits.

A version of health care reform legislation currently in the Senate makes nearly 1,000 references to the Health and Human Services secretary, a clear indicator that the bill is actually a government takeover of health care, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday.
The Republican lawmaker is pointing to an 839-page health care bill drafted by the [...]

Two Iowa lawmakers played key roles in the debate and passage of the latest reauthorization of the Ryan White Program, ensuring that thousands of Americans living with HIV/AIDS will continue to receive the support and medical care they need.

Some Des Moines-area Catholics received a little extra information along with their bulletin during services this week: an insert encouraging them to take political action on potential health care reform in Congress.

While the insert is “an example of permissible issue advocacy,” some abortion rights advocates see the action as their own call to arms.

While once again renewing his call that a Congressional health care reform will bill with a public option will be passed and on Pres. Barack Obama’s desk by Christmas, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin suggested that there are several reasons why speculation that Connecticut’s independent senator would block a bill with a public option won’t come [...]

The latest health care reform proposal, which includes a public insurance plan that state’s could “opt out” of, has raised the possibility that the debate currently raging in Washington could be headed to state capitols around the country.
As the news site Politico points out, the details of how, exactly, a state can opt out are [...]

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius teamed with U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) on Tuesday to pitch health care reform as one of the few remaining ways to level the playing field for many Americans who reside in rural areas.

The announcement Monday that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to go forward with health-care reform legislation that includes a public option is bad news for everyday Americans, Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday.

The steady decline in rural health care access can take a toll on patients’ health, but it can also impact the economic well-being of rural communities.