Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day In H.R. 3962, small businesses which are exempt from the employer mandate are still eligible for the two-year tax credit if they choose to offer insurance to their employees. | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $37,905,275,122 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope STATE OF PLAY In the Senate, Majority Leader Reid is still waiting on information from the Congressional Budget Office, but expects to bring a vote on the motion to proceed to debate before Senators adjourn for Thanksgiving. Harkin Says Senate Will Work Weekends This December On Health
The chairman of a key Senate committee overseeing healthcare reform said Monday that the chamber will work every weekend in December to pass the bill by Christmas.
[The Hill, 11/16/2009] BILL COMPARISON TOOLS The Commonwealth Fund now has a report that provides an overview of key provisions in each of the three health insurance reform bills: the Affordable Health Care for America Act House bill, the Senate Finance bill, and the HELP bill. Kaiser Family Foundation also has an outline of differences within certain provisions.
Health Care Headlines Where Two Contentious Issues Intersect
The 31-year-old woman creeping gingerly into Adventist HealthCare's free-standing emergency department in Germantown was obviously in pain, and physician Orlee Panitch quickly diagnosed the problem: gallstones.
[Washington Post, 11/16/2009] Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform
Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’s health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation’s drug costs after the legislation takes effect, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years. [New York Times, 11/16/2009] Health Bill Foes Solicit Funds for Economic Study
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an economic study that could be used to portray the legislation as a job killer and threat to the nation's economy, according to an e-mail solicitation from a top Chamber official. [Washington Post, 11/16/2009] First Lady Highlights Health Care Reform Issues Affecting Older Women
First lady Michelle Obama hosted a group of women leaders in the East Room of the White House Friday in an event designed to highlight the plight of older women grappling with the inequities of the current health care system. [AARP Bulletin, 11/13/2009] EDITORIAL: One Nation, Insured
As healthcare reform legislation advances in Congress, more state lawmakers are looking for ways to limit its effects on their constituents. [LA Times, 11/16/2009] EDITORIAL: Reform and Medical Costs
Americans are deeply concerned about the relentless rise in health care costs and health insurance premiums. They need to know if reform will help solve the problem. The answer is that no one has an easy fix for rising medical costs. [New York Times, 11/15/2009] OPINION: My Near Death Panel Experience
By Rep. Earl Blumenauer
I didn’t mean to kill Grandma. I didn’t even mean to create death panels. But now that I and my fellow lawmakers in the House have passed a health care bill, I’m finally free to explain what I learned as the author of the now-famous end-of-life provisions. [New York Times, 11/15/2009] | 