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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $37,071,816,506 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope HOUSE PASSES HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM BILL Just after 11:00 p.m. Saturday night the House passed a bill by a vote of 220 to 215 that put our country closer to making real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people. The Motion to Recommit with Instructions offered by House Republicans was rejected by a vote of 247 to 187 after a speech by Majority Leader Hoyer right before the vote. The Affordable Health Care for America Act provides stability and security for Americans who have insurance; quality affordable options for those who don’t; and brings down the cost of health care for families, businesses, and the government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare. It is also fully paid for and will reduce our long-term federal deficit. View the implementation timeline here. INTERACTIVE TOOLS Find out how the Affordable Health Care for America Act will affect you. Kaiser Family Foundation has updated their side-by-side comparison of the House health insurance reform bill and the Senate HELP and Finance Committee bills. Use the updated Kaiser Family Foundation affordability credit calculator for individuals and families in the Exchange marketplace.
Health Care Headlines Landmark Health Bill Passes House on Close Vote
The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority. [Associated Press, 11/8/2009] Compromise Won Over Democratic Holdouts
So much for the political power of the public option. Reps. Baron P. Hill (Ind.), elected with the class of 2006 that gave Democrats the House majority, and Dan Maffei (N.Y.), who rode to office with President Obama on a Democratic wave last year, were among the last lawmakers to make up their minds on Saturday's historic health-care vote. [Washington Post, 11/9/2009] Obama Presses Senate to Pass Its Health Bill
The White House, growing concerned that the Congressional timetable for passing a health care overhaul could slip into next year, is stepping up pressure on the Senate for quick action, with President Obama appearing Sunday in the Rose Garden to call on senators to “take up the baton and bring this effort to the finish line.” [New York Times, 11/8/2009] Health Bill Faces Senate Heat
President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul faces an uncertain battle in the Senate after a narrow weekend victory in the House revealed the continuing divide among Democrats.
[Wall Street Journal, 11/9/2009] For Abortion Foes, a Victory in Health Care Vote
A restriction on abortion coverage, added late Saturday to the health care bill passed by the House, has energized abortion opponents with their biggest victory in years — emboldening them for a pitched battle in the Senate. [New York Times, 11/9/2009] Louisiana Republican Breaks Ranks on Health Bill
House Democrats were thrilled by the passage of their major health care legislation on Saturday, but were particularly tickled by denying Republicans a solid wall of opposition with the solitary vote of Representative Anh Cao of Louisiana. [New York Times, 11/9/2009] EDITORIAL: Healthcare's hurdles
The House passed a sweeping healthcare reform bill Saturday despite the opposition of as well as 39 mainly centrist Democrats. This illustrates both the success and the failure of the Obama administration and House Democratic leaders on this issue. [L.A. Times, 11/9/2009] EDITORIAL: Health-care reform, GOP-style
Comparing the House Republican and Democratic health-care bills is like comparing a mouse to an elephant. The two measures are different in ambition and therefore in size: The newly released GOP bill is deliberately modest and has an accordingly modest impact. [Washington Post, 11/9/2009] OPINION: The Cost of Not Enacting Health Care Reform
By Linda J. Bilmes, public finance faculty member, Harvard University, and Rosemarie Day, deputy director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority of Massachusetts
Much of the health care debate is focused on whether the country can afford the $850 billion the Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost. The debate centers on whether the bundle of new taxes, credits, efficiencies, and Medicare spending cuts will be sufficient to offset the new spending so as to deliver health care reform without, in President Obama’s words, "adding a dime to the federal deficit."
[Boston Globe, 11/7/2009] | 