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Health reform: Senate showdown
feature Health-care reform narrowly passed the House, but can Democrats clear the remaining hurdles?
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Health & Science
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Health-care reform battle advances in Senate
feature In a party-line vote of 60–39, senators voted to begin debate on an $848 billion measure that would expand coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans and increase insurance competition through new market exchanges and a public option g
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Health reform facing a tough test in the Senate
feature The House of Representatives passed a landmark $1.05 trillion health-care bill last weekend, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown in the Senate.
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Jailing the uninsured
feature Could Americans who refuse to buy health insurance actually be imprisoned?
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Health & Science
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Health & Science
feature How men react to political losses; Our growing family of planets; A taste for fizz; A cave of her own; Why won’t that dog stop barking?
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Health care reform’s endgame
feature Now that the House and Senate both have health-care bills to vote on, the final round begins
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Health reform advances, with a ‘public option’
feature The Senate bill will now include a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers; the House bill should be brought to the floor next week.
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Can Obama save health reform?
feature What Obama's "pep talk" to Senate Democrats did for the prospects of the health-care bill
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The death of the public option
feature Senate Democrats have reportedly agreed to drop the health care public option. Should Obamacare critics break out the bubbly?
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Health & Science
feature The political overtones of color; A new way to create blue; Cigarettes and bacteria; Strange creatures from below; More germs, please
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Health & Science
feature Babies cry in their native tongue; Diets that make you grouchy; Splashdown on the moon; The pig in the mirror
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Can the public option pass?
feature The Senate OKs debate on health-care reform, but a government-run insurance option still divides Democrats
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