WASHINGTON – The Senate health committee's top two Democrats on Thursday rolled out a revamped plan to overhaul health care that is projected to cost less than $600 billion over 10 years, far less than their previous version, but which would impose a tax on many employers.

WASHINGTON – The fate of White House and congressional efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system is likely to depend on the price tag, but there's no precise, reliable way to estimate the cost.
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As a chubby, smiling baby boy, Marlon Barton delighted everyone around him. Now that he is a strapping young man who flaps his hands and makes odd noises, no one knows quite what to do with him.
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A mathematician and a neurobiologist at UC Davis have earned almost a $1 million federal research grant, part of the stimulus money approved by Congress and President Barack Obama.



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Dr. Michael Wilkes, director of global health and professor of medicine at UC Davis school of medicine, answers your questions about health care.

Q: I have lived for the past 30+ years with the results of a traumatic brain injury and "Attention Deficit Disorder, Inattentive Type". Although the doctors still debate (at my expense) which of these disorders is primary, I have still to find anyone--at least inside the Kaiser system--who will refer me, or apparently anyone with adult ADD, to an appropriate therapist, coach, or cognitive-behavioral "expert". After many attempts, and appeals, I still get a stone wall whenever I ask for this. The stimulant medication no longer works well for me. I do find meditation, exercize, and acceptance of my condition helpful emotionally. But how can one live successfully and productively, not simply adequately, with such a mental health condition? I fear my own lack of results may be very similar to others with a long-term mental health condition, not easily treatable by medication alone. Any hopeful, or helpful suggestions? Thanks.
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