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CNNMoney: Health care reform: What small business wants

As Congress prepares to do battle over health reform, a parallel dispute is shaping up among small-business groups that are staking out opposing positions on a key element of reform proposals: whether Uncle Sam will take on a bigger role in offering insurance coverage or leave the field to the private market.

Poll: Obama health plan has slim majority support

A new national poll suggests that a bare majority of Americans support President Obama's health care plan.

CNNMoney: Wal-Mart backs mandatory health insurance

Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday that it supports President Obama's push to require large employers to offer health insurance to workers.

What you need to know about health care reform

Five years from now, there's an excellent chance you won't have the same health insurance you have (or don't have) right now. That's because members of Congress are gearing up to reform the U.S. health care system, and unlike in 1993 when then-first lady Hillary Clinton tried her hand at changing the medical system, this time the important players -- doctors, insurance companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers -- seem to be on board. You heard a lot about health care reform this week, and you'll be hearing even more in the months to come. It's an incredibly confusing, complex issue, so in this week's Empowered Patient, we break it down for you with 10 frequently asked questions about health care reform.

CNNMoney: How health reform may help ... or hurt

Americans are being told daily that health reform isn't just the right thing to do -- it will also help save the economy.

CNNMoney: The fear factor in health care costs

Every time a doctor orders an extra test for you, it pushes up your medical costs and -- some experts say -- contributes to the waste in the nation's $2.2 trillion in health care spending.

CNNMoney: Better access to health insurance: $1 trillion

Two key proposals to improve access to health insurance could reduce the ranks of the uninsured but cost $1 trillion over 10 years, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office.

Obama makes case for universal coverage, end of medical red tape

Health care reform should mean all Americans can get coverage while allowing doctors to heal patients instead of being bureaucrats, President Obama told the American Medical Association on Monday.

CNNMoney: Obama: Allow doctors to heal, not push paper

Health care reform should mean all Americans can get coverage while allowing doctors to heal patients instead of being bureaucrats, President Barack Obama told the American Medical Association on Monday.

CNNMoney: Taxing health benefits may fall short

Americans who want to follow how the health care debate could affect their tax bill should focus on one man in the next week: Max Baucus.

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