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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $33,374,098,581 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope A Few Steps Closer To Reform in Both House, Senate House Democrats continued to work through the details of their health insurance reform legislation. They are currently awaiting feedback from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to help inform their decisions. On the Senate side, armed with the new CBO score, Finance Committee Members are reviewing their bill before the Committee vote next week. Work continues on putting together the Senate Finance Committee bill and the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions bill into one Senate Floor bill. Comparison Tool Kaiser Family Foundation has an updated online tool to compare differences between health insurance reform proposals in Congress.
Health Care Headlines Obama, Democrats Court Women On Health Overhaul
The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party's health overhaul proposals, are increasingly targeting women, a politically crucial group with strong opinions on health care that polls suggest has yet to be sold on the changes. [Associated Press, 10/9/2009] Pelosi Seeks CBO Score On Various Forms Of Public Option
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she has asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to score three variations of a public insurance option for the Democrats’ massive health care overhaul bill. [CQ Today, 10/8/2009] House Moves Closer To Combined Health Measure With Tax Changes
House Democrats are close to completing a draft of legislation calling for the broadest expansion of the U.S. health-care system in more than four decades as they consider a range of new taxes to fund the plan.
[Bloomberg, 10/9/2009] Senate Health Bill Gains Momentum
The White House-backed drive for a health-care bill picked up steam Thursday, propelled by a favorable report on its price tag and positive comments by some key players. [Wall Street Journal, 10/9/2009] Democrats Are Considering Additional Tax On Insurers
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that House Democrats were considering a "windfall profits tax" on insurance companies to help pay for legislation that would provide coverage to most of the uninsured.
[New York Times, 10/8/2009] OPINION: Health Costs Are Crushing Small Businesses
By Sen. Mary Landrieu
After years of struggling with costs that were eating into his bottom line, David White, a small business owner in Maine, recently dropped health insurance for himself and his employees. It was a nerve-wracking decision. "I just hope my people or I don't get sick," he told a small business advocacy group.
[Wall Street Journal, 10/9/2009] Lawmakers Seek Support To Extend Dependent Coverage
Hoping to scoop much of the nation's young uninsured population back into the healthcare system, four House Democrats are trying to build support for a proposal that would let young adults stay on their parents' or guardians' insurance plans until age 26. [CongressDaily, 10/7/2009] | 