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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushed by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers plunged into marathon talks at the White House on Wednesday in a hurry-up bid for agreement on overdue health care legislation. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prodded by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers held lengthy talks at the White House on Wednesday as they searched for a final compromise on overdue health care legislation. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators working on President Barack Obama’s health overhaul bill appear likely to drop a proposed income tax increase on high-wage earners and possibly jettison a requirement for large businesses to offer coverage to their employees, Democratic officials said Tuesday. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending a proposal to tax high-value insurance plans to pay for covering millions of uninsured Americans. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House economist Christina Romer is indicating a readiness to negotiate a proposed tax on high-cost health plans as a means of financing a health care overhaul. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans would see only a modest rise in health care costs under the Senate’s plan to extend coverage to 34 million people who currently go without health insurance, government economic experts say in a new report. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, on Saturday highlighted some of the changes that would come in the first year and permanently ban “the worst practices of the insurance industry.” (more)

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe said Friday she’s still willing to work with the Obama administration to try to improve the final version of the health care overhaul bill even though she’s frustrated by the way it was rushed through Congress. (more)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Sen. Ben Nelson said Thursday he’s asked Democratic leadership to extend to all states the extra Medicaid funding promised to Nebraska in the health care reform bill. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gladys LaBoy has taken care of her 84-year-old husband, Adelo, since he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002. The 71-year-old Indianapolis woman helps Adelo get dressed, feeds him meals, helps him to the bathroom and stays with him at night when he’s walking around instead of sleeping. Sometimes Adelo doesn’t remember Gladys’ name, or that he’s been married to her for 35 years. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are embarking on the tough work of ironing out differences between the House and Senate health care legislation with the aim of finalizing a bill quickly as midterm elections loom. (more)

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says it finished transferring retiree health liabilities to a union medical-benefits trust on Thursday, the last day of 2009. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Democrats intend to bypass the traditional format when they negotiate a final compromise on health care legislation. (more)