Health Insurers, With a Big Condition, Offer to Accept All Applicants
The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.

Daschle Could Be a Boost to Obama's Health-Care Agenda
As Obama's reported pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, the former South Dakota Senator returns to an issue that has long been his passion

Obama Picks Daschle as Next Health Secretary
Transition team sources say former Democratic Senate leader from South Dakota is president-elect's choice to head Health and Human Services.

Daschle to oversee Obama's health transition team
An official with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team says former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will oversee Obama's health policy working group.

Daschle to Be Nominee for Health Post in Obama Cabinet
Tom Daschle, the former South Dakota senator, has accepted Mr. Obama?s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democrats said.

Daschle to take health post, another familiar face
Barack Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary, embracing a third Washington insider in the early stages of Cabinet-building by the president-elect who promised change. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the capital's most famous woman for two decades, seemed ever more likely to be his secretary of state.

Schoolchildren get health checks
All P7 pupils at Highland Council's 184 schools are to receive health and fitness checks.

Daschle may be health czar
WASHINGTON -- Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday.

Health Insurers Want Mandatory Coverage for Americans (Update2)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The health insurance industry proposed guaranteeing coverage for every American, regardless of medical condition, in return for an enforceable requirement that everyone have a policy.

Taking On Health Reform
Signaling that he will ask Congress to take on the thorny challenge of refashioning American health care, President-elect Barack Obama has asked former Sen. Tom Daschle to be secretary of health and human services.

Obama picks Daschle for Health and Human Services
President-elect Barack Obama has offered the nomination of Secretary of Health and Human Services to his close ally Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the former Democratic Senate leader who was an early supporter of Obama's run for the presidency.

Insurers pitch health coverage mandate
The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions ? but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.

Health care insurers for revamp of the system
WASHINGTON ? The health insurance industry said Wednesday it supported an overhaul of the health care system that would require insurers to accept all customers, regardless of illness or disability. But in return, insurers said, Congress should require that all Americans have coverage.

Daschle Said to Accept Offer as Health Secretary (Update1)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Tom Daschle has accepted President- elect Barack Obama 's offer to become Health and Human Services secretary and lead the effort to revamp the U.S. health-care system, a Democratic official familiar with the matter said.

Health insurers say they'll back overhaul if purchase is mandated
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON ? The health insurance industry said Wednesday that it will support a national healthcare overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions ? but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage. Lawmakers have signaled their intent to craft healthcare legislation early next year, and the insurance ...

Health insurance costs inching up for Va. employers
Employers' health plan costs increased nationally by a moderate 6 percent this year - and slightly less in Hampton Roads - but employees are shouldering higher deductibles and co-payments, according to a survey released Wednesday.

Health insurers want to make deal
WASHINGTON ? The health insurance industry said Wednesday that it would support a national health care overhaul that required them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions ? but in return it wanted lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.

Health premiums expected to rise
Many Michigan companies can expect to pay nearly 8 percent more for health benefits next year, on top of a similar increase this past year, according to a report released Wednesday by Mercer, a benefits consulting firm with offices in Detroit.

Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate
WASHINGTON -- The health insurance industry said today it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions -- but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.

Court rules air officials need to prove public health benefit
Regional air officials must prove that public health will benefit from a rule to clean up pollution caused by the dairies and other animal operations, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.