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The Privacy Act of 1974 - the law designed to protect your rights as the government collects, uses, and shares your data - fails to consistently protect of citizens' privacy because circuit courts disagree on how to interpret its language.

The question will be debated fiercely in coming months as President Obama and some Democratic lawmakers push for the creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurance companies for the business of nearly 50 million people who are ...

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Party lines are drawn for battle in Washington over what looks to be a long siege about health care reform. But the one thing Alamance County-area members of Congress can agree on is that something has to be done. "The current health care system is ...

In addition, guests will be analyzing the health care proposals moving through Congress and the week's international headlines - North Korea's decision to launch a barrage of missiles, defying a United Nations resolution and the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities.

Susanne Richter et al. of the Department of Social Medicine, L?beck University have documented that panel physicians are increasingly offering individual health services (IHS) to patients with statutory health insurance. The details appear in the ...

Most people are cutting back in these tough economic times, trying to save more and make do with less.

We understand that health care reform is now our top legislative priority. Among the many proposals under consideration, the centerpiece is creation of a new public health insurance program aimed at the 50 million Americans without coverage. While ...

Party lines are drawn for battle in Washington over what looks to be a long siege about health care reform.

State Rep. Kenneth B. Horn says members of Congress should take their own medicine on health care reform. Horn, a Frankenmuth Republican, has introduced a resolution in the state House that calls on his U.S. representative counterparts to live with ...

Routinely, we hear about the obesity problem in America. Much commentary has been offered on the subject, but today I received a suggestion from the Heartland Institute which was a new twist.

Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) ??? First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be ...

Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) ??? First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be ...

Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass without Republican support.

As the economy teeters, many of us who are fortunate enough to still have jobs are noticing companies are putting health-insurance options to the ax and putting more of the burden on employees. Of course, those who are not employed have it much worse ...

It's going to be a hot one this weekend. If your plans are going to take you outside, make sure you bring plenty of water to drink.

Our present health care system of insurance coverage, exploding costs, denial of care to people with pre-existing conditions, unconscionable prices for necessary and in some cases life saving drugs, does and continues to violate the Hippocratic oath ...

President Barack Obama has pledged to reform health care this year to make quality care available for all.

PROVIDENCE ? The state?s three commercial health plans withdrew requests Friday for double-digit rate increases for next winter, a move that state Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher S. Koller estimated could save employers roughly $150 ...

The scene: A crowded committee room in the state Capitol as the final hours of the 2009 legislative session tick away.

Another presidential "no new taxes" pledge may be ready to bite the dust. President Barack Obama promised during his campaign to contain his tax hiking zeal to those Americans who, in his view, make too much money. For everyone else, candidate Obama ...

For July 4, here's a suggestion for a teensy-weensy bit of stimulus money: Correct the misquotations in the Jefferson Memorial.

Boston (DbTechNo) - A new bill introduced yesterday by Democrats would result in Americans paying a fine if they refuse to purchase health insurance. These fines could be as steep as $1000, and would be levied against Americans who although given the ...

Should the government get in the health insurance business? The question will be debated fiercely in coming months as President Obama and some Democratic lawmakers push for the creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurance companies for the business of nearly 50 million people who are without insurance.

WASHINGTON (AP) - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health ...

As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side.

WASHINGTON -- Determined to advance President Barack Obama's health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do ...

PLAINFIELD ? U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is facing the same choice in Washington, D.C., as he did in Montpelier ? whether to support a health care plan that will almost certainly fall short of the broader reform he favors. Welch, a member of the House ...