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Max Baucus (D-Mont.). Sen. Baucus is the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and has been vocal on many issues concerning healthcare, including developing healthcare reform, protecting Social Security and Medicare and expanding healthcare programs. Born and raised in Montana,…

The construction of a $150 million hospital in Webster, Texas, has resumed following a delay in funding, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., has purchase a new building, which it plans to use to house outpatient clinics and offices, according to a report in the Kansas City Business Journal.

Summa Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a joint venture between Western Reserve Hospital Partners, a group of 200 physicians, and Summa Health System, has opened, according to a report in the Beacon Journal.

The Central Louisiana Ambulatory Surgical Center in Alexandria will convert to a hospital within a year, according to a report in The Town Talk.

Construction resumed on the Presbyterian Rio Rancho (N.M.) Medical Center, after the project had been delayed in 2008 due to the economic downfall, according to a report in the New Mexico Business Weekly.

The Howard Keck Center, a $499 million replacement facility for St. John's Medical Center, opened in Santa Monica, Calif., after 15 years of development, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

The House committee has reached a consensus on the Democratic side with respect to a plan that satisfies the left and center (Blue Dogs) of the Democratic Party. This includes the weaker version of the public insurance option, i.e., the…

Reader Jane Haslem suggests the following as a four-point healthcare plan:

This article describes the overriding goals and concepts discussed in the healthcare reform plans currently under consideration by the Congress. Specifically, the article discusses the concept of a public option as part of healthcare reform, the concept of providing universal…