﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS generated by theamericanworker at Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:34:02 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><channel><title>theamericanworker News</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/</link><copyright /><generator>theamericanworker</generator><item><title>Obama to Offer Health Bill to Ease Impasse as Bipartisan Meeting Approaches</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=41</link><description>WASHINGTON — President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats ahead of a summit meeting with Republicans next week, senior administration officials and Congressional aides said Thursday. </description><content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats ahead of a summit meeting with Republicans next week, senior administration officials and Congressional aides said Thursday. ]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds Explain How To Comply With Year-Old Law  </title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=40</link><description>About 12 months after the federal government imposed children’s health program eligibility notice rules on employers, it is telling employers how to implement the rules they already were supposed to be implementing.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[About 12 months after the federal government imposed children’s health program eligibility notice rules on employers, it is telling employers how to implement the rules they already were supposed to be implementing.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=39</link><description>WASHINGTON – No, maybe he can't. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – No, maybe he can't. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Feds to pay more than half of health costs</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=38</link><description>WASHINGTON -- For all the hue and cry over a government takeover of health care, it's happening anyway. </description><content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- For all the hue and cry over a government takeover of health care, it's happening anyway. ]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buck: Employers Face Higher Benefits Bills</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=37</link><description>Health maintenance organization plans are doing a little better than other plans at holding down health care costs – but not much better.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Health maintenance organization plans are doing a little better than other plans at holding down health care costs – but not much better.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama, allies now seek pared-down health care bill</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=36</link><description>WASHINGTON – Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they may try to scale back his sweeping health care overhaul in an effort to at least keep parts of it alive.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they may try to scale back his sweeping health care overhaul in an effort to at least keep parts of it alive.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House concessions to unions panned</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=35</link><description>President Obama struck a deal with labor leaders and others Jan. 14 to increase the thresholds of the proposed 40% health care plan excise tax for family plans valued at $23,000 to $24,000 and individual plans from $8,500 to $8,900, delay the effective date of the tax by five years for collectively bargained [...]</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[President Obama struck a deal with labor leaders and others Jan. 14 to increase the thresholds of the proposed 40% health care plan excise tax for family plans valued at $23,000 to $24,000 and individual plans from $8,500 to $8,900, delay the effective date of the tax by five years for collectively bargained plans and public employers, and make dental and vision plans exempt starting in 2015.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Married Couples Pay More Than Unmarried Under Health Bill </title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=34</link><description>Some married couples would pay thousands of dollars more for the same health insurance coverage as unmarried people living together, under the health insurance overhaul plan pending in Congress.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some married couples would pay thousands of dollars more for the same health insurance coverage as unmarried people living together, under the health insurance overhaul plan pending in Congress.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expanding Health Coverage and Shoring Up Medicare: Is It Double-Counting?</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=33</link><description>WASHINGTON — At the heart of the fight over health care legislation is a paradox that befuddles lawmakers of both parties. Separate bills passed by the Senate and the House would squeeze nearly a half-trillion dollars from projected spending on Medicare over the next 10 years. These savings would help [...]</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — At the heart of the fight over health care legislation is a paradox that befuddles lawmakers of both parties. Separate bills passed by the Senate and the House would squeeze nearly a half-trillion dollars from projected spending on Medicare over the next 10 years. These savings would help offset the cost of providing coverage to people who are uninsured.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MEDICARE – MEDICAID &amp; NOW MEDICHAOS?</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=32</link><description>So, the premise is that we will give 48 million people enhanced health coverage that typically costs an employer close to $10,000 annually, for free, and it will not increase the deficit.  It will all come from internal savings and taxing the rich!</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[So, the premise is that we will give 48 million people enhanced health coverage that typically costs an employer close to $10,000 annually, for free, and it will not increase the deficit.  It will all come from internal savings and taxing the rich!]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcome To Our New Website!</title><link>http://www.theamericanworker.com/news/news.aspx?nid=31</link><description>Thank you for coming to the new The American Worker website.  Browse around to find out more information and feel free to contact us if you have any question.  Please enjoy your browsing experience!</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Thank you for coming to the new The American Worker website.  Browse around to find out more information and feel free to contact us if you have any question.  Please enjoy your browsing experience!]]></content:encoded><dc:creator /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>