Health Reform in the House Tuesday, October 20, 1:00 p.m.
Hearing on The High Cost Of Small Business Health Insurance: Limited Options, Limited Coverage
Committee On Energy & Commerce
Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations
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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $34,557,255,197 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope THE PRESIDENT’S WEEKLY ADDRESS In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama praised the progress that has been made on health insurance reform, and spoke out against those who defend the status quo in order to score political points and protect their profits. With reform the closest it has ever been to becoming law, insurance companies are rolling out deceptive ads, paying for misleading studies, and flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists. The President asserts that Washington must serve the American people, not the special interests. View the video and download the audio, or read the transcript of the President’s remarks. [White House, 10/17/2009]
Health Care Headlines GOP Launches Strategy to Trip Up Health Bill
Senate Republicans, acknowledging they lack the votes to block a health care reform bill outright, have implemented a comprehensive political strategy to delay, define and derail. [Roll Call, 10/19/2009] Health Care Poses Stiff Tests For Top Democrats
As she pulls together a health care bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been exceedingly direct, lawmakers say, asking them explicitly what it will take to win their vote.
[New York Times, 10/19/2009] In Health Debate, Those Numbers Are Just Numbers
Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you've never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis is the man who has to decide what it would cost to rebuild the health insurance system. He has essentially condemned two legislative proposals by slapping them with trillion-dollar price tags. A third plan rocketed to prominence after he said it would cost much less.
[Washington Post, 10/19/2009] Obama Threatens Insurers’ Anti-Trust Exemption
President Obama mounted a frontal assault on the insurance industry on Saturday, accusing it of using “deceptive and dishonest ads” to derail his health care legislation and threatening to strip the industry of its longstanding exemption from federal antitrust laws. [New York Times, 10/17/2009] Analysts To Dems: Aim Pitch At Women
With health reform still struggling among voters, analysts say Democrats are missing the chance to win over one key group — women — despite dramatic proposals to transform the way insurers treat them.
[Politico, 10/19/2009] White House Aides Reaffirm Public Option Is Not Mandatory
The television airwaves were filled Sunday with rat-a-tat over reforming the nation's health-care system, as top administration officials hit the talk show circuit and interest groups waged a record advertising blitz. President Obama's team, preparing for an intense round of private negotiations on Capitol Hill, used public appearances to set the parameters for the negotiations.
[Washington Post, 10/19/2009] CEOs Tally Health-Bill Score
The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especially those that cater to the individual market -- look like they are in for a tougher time. [Wall Street Journal, 10/19/2009] EDITORIAL: The Public Plan, Continued
In the debate over health care reform, no issue has produced more fury and sound bites than the question of whether to include a government-run insurance plan. It is not indispensable, and its role would be limited. Even so, we strongly support inclusion of a public option — the bigger and stronger the better.
[New York Times, 10/18/2009] |
