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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released his plan to overhaul the health system. Tamara Keith reports on what the plan means for people who don't have insurance and the businesses that employ them.

When it comes to health care, one thing almost everybody agrees on is that everyone should have insurance.

But getting there is the problem. Tamara Keith reports.

In his prime-time speech, President Obama said fixing health care would cost $900 billion over the next decade and help millions of uninsured people get coverage.

Tamara Keith checks out a few of his claims.

Reporter Tamara Keith talks with Kai Ryssdal about what President Obama had to say in his speech to Congress, whether he still favors a public-insurance option, and what happens next.

Health care isn't the only item lawmakers have to tackle. Tamara Keith reports that Congress' to-do list also includes climate legislation and reforming the financial regulatory system.

Recessions can wreak havoc in people's lives. But some couples have decided to take the extra time the recession has given them to focus on their family.

Tamara Keith reports.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay $2.3 billion to settle charges that it illegally promoted pills for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Tamara Keith reports on the down sides to off-label marketing.

Senior citizens and others who count on income from Social Security most likely won't get a cost-of-living adjustment in 2010 because the recession has put the brakes on inflation.

But for many, the cost of living is still going up. Tamara Keith reports.

A new survey says the average family still has a lot of room in the backpack for items on their back-to-school shopping list.

Tamara Keith reports.

The White House struck a deal with Big Pharma to lower prescription costs for seniors by $80 billion. But some say that figure isn't nearly enough, especially since a clause in the deal protects the companies from congressional pressure to offer more savings.

Tamara Keith reports.