Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day The House legislation will not reduce benefits to seniors. In fact, among other things, seniors will pay 50 percent less for brand-name drugs and the Medicare Part D donut hole will close over time. | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent the Hidden Health Tax On Insured Americans Was $32,088,358,148 Under the Microscope This week will hold more deliberations between Members, while headlines across the country continue to make the case for health insurance reform. A case in point is an editorial in this Sunday’s New York Times. It makes the case in clear terms why “the various reform bills now pending should actually make Medicare better for most beneficiaries — by enhancing their drug coverage, reducing the premiums they pay for drugs and medical care, eliminating co-payments for preventive services and helping keep Medicare solvent, among other benefits.” Read the entire editorial below. Editorial: Medicare Scare-Mongering
What the Republicans aren’t saying — and what the Democrats clearly aren’t saying enough — is that in important ways, coverage for a vast majority of Medicare recipients, those in traditional Medicare, should actually improve under health care reform. [New York Times, 9/27/2009] REPORT OF THE DAY Trust for America's Health and the New York Academy of Medicine released a report, Compendium of Proven Community-Based Prevention Programs, featuring a range of evidence-based disease prevention programs that have shown results for improving health and reducing costs in communities. Read more about how prevention is a part of health insurance reform.
Health Care Headlines Health care benefits: Workers to pay 10% more in 2010, Hewitt Associates study predicts
The cost of medical benefits is projected to jump again next year with premiums and out-of-pocket expenses rising 10 percent, and that likely will mean more pain for workers, who have seen their share of the tab triple since 2001. [Chicago Tribune, 9/28/2009] Stacks Of Medical Bills Afflict The 'Underinsured'
More than 25 million Americans have Swiss-cheese health insurance: It's full of holes. Experts call them the "underinsured." [NPR, 9/28/2009] Use of Federal Health Clinics Soars
Federally funded health centers, originally created to serve the poor, are seeing a surge of patients as more Americans struggle financially. [Wall Street Journal, 9/28/2009]
Read here how Community Health Centers will benefit from health insurance reform. On Medicare Spending, a Role Reversal
After years of trying to cut Medicare spending, Republican lawmakers have emerged as champions of the program, accusing Democrats of trying to steal from the elderly to cover the cost of health reform.
[Washington Post, 9/28/2009] E-Records Get a Big Endorsement
The nation’s drive toward computerized medical records is getting a push from big hospitals, which hope not only to improve patient care but to gain an edge on competitors. [New York Times, 9/28/2009] Reid the Quarterback May Call on Obama to Referee
As the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, takes on the delicate task of melding two competing versions of major health care legislation, aides say he will lean heavily on President Obama to arbitrate a number of contentious issues that still threaten to divide liberal and centrist Democrats and derail a final bill. [New York Times, 9/28/2009] EDITORIAL: Our View On Paying for Health Reform - Part 1
Taxing ‘Cadillac’ plans would raise millions and encourage efficiency. [USA Today, 9/28/2009] | 