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Insurers test health plans that stress patient choices
"Value-based insurance design" plans help steer patients to high-quality treatments, which could improve health and possibly slow health costs.

Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.

Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming next week.

Health Care and Student Loan Programs Collide
Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform.

Democrats try to finish health care reform
Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.

Democrats to use contentious tactic on health care
US Senate Democrats Thursday heralded a bitter endgame of President Barack Obama's health reform drive, announcing they would use a contentious legislative tactic to try to pass the bill.

Obama health bill gets boost from budget office
In a boost to President Barack Obama's flagship reform drive, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday a Senate health care bill would cut the deficit by 118 billion dollars.

Senate Democrats Weigh Linkage of Student Loan, Health Care Bills
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he is leaving it up to his caucus to decide whether to wrap a health care overhaul and a student loan bill into a single budget reconciliation package.

World News In Brief

U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
Despite America's mounting national debt, world financial markets still prefer the dollar, because other countries' finances are in worse shape.

Lolo looking for hurdles history at world indoors
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- American Lolo Jones will try to become the first woman to successfully defend her indoor hurdles title at the world indoor championships that begin Friday.

ESPN gives ABC a new wide world of sports
ESPN/ABC will today announce a sort of 21st-century update of a 20-century concept: Saturday afternoon network sports shows, that do not include big events, in the old time slot of ABC's Wide World of Sports.

Coaches hired for women's world football tourney
NEW YORK (AP) -- John Konecki has been hired as head coach of the U.S. women's team for this summer's first world championships in Sweden.

Buffett, world's 3rd-richest person, gets pay rise
Warren Buffett was awarded total compensation of about $519,490 in 2009 to run Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a 6 percent increase mainly reflecting the higher cost of keeping the world's third-richest person safe.

Hingis to face Serena in World Team Tennis
NEW YORK (AP) -- Martina Hingis will face top-ranked Serena Williams and two former No. 1 players in World Team Tennis competition.

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