Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day H.R. 3962 will invest in prevention on the state and local level, strengthen Medicare benefits, provide more affordable coverage for both young Americans and seniors, reform the insurance industry, and expand the health care workforce. | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $36,832,364,424 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope READ HOYER’S STATEMENT OPENING DEBATE Majority Leader Steny Hoyer opened the House floor debate today on the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Read his statement here. For more statements, information and resources on health insurance reform check out these sites: Majority Leader Clearinghouse
House Energy & Commerce Committee
House Ways & Means Committee
House Education & Labor Committee REPUBLICANS SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC REFORM EFFORTS House Republicans today are claiming that the House bill doesn’t have bipartisan support, but prominent Republicans – who aren’t trying to score political points - have expressed support for Democratic health insurance reform efforts, including: Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist [10/2/2009]
Former Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole [9/12/2009]
Former CMS Administrator under President Bush, Mark McClellan [10/6/2009]
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger [10/6/2009]
Former Senator Chuck Hagel [10/7/2009]
Former HHS Secretary under President Bush, Tommy Thompson [10/5/2009]
Former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [10/21/2009]
Health Care Headlines Obama Rallies House Democrats
President Obama is meeting with House Democrats in the Cannon Office Building and given all the applause, it might be hard to remember that the president is on Capitol Hill to twist the arms of undecided lawmakers, and push some to cast a risky vote. [New York Times, 11/7/2009] Read a related post. Democrats Clear Impasse Blocking Health Care Vote
Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had finally lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. [Associated Press, 11/7/2009]
Read a related piece and blog post. Democrats Round Up Health Bill Votes
House Democratic leaders pushed with mounting confidence Friday toward a historic vote on expanding the nation's health-care system, and President Obama joined an intense last-minute lobbying campaign to pick up the last few votes needed to secure the measure's passage. [Washington Post, 11/7/2009] House Republicans Plan To Vote Unanimously Against Health-Care Measure
The 177 Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to unanimously oppose health-care legislation that would constitute the biggest expansion of insurance to Americans in decades, illustrating the huge divide that remains between the two parties on key issues and setting up a major debate in next year's elections. [Washington Post, 11/7/2009] House Debate: Objections
Curtain’s up. The first nasty floor fight in the health care debate is under way, and it’s all over a bit of theater that Democrats decided to put on at the outset of today’s proceedings. [New York Times, 11/7/2009]
View how the GOP tried to censor Democratic Congresswomen here and here. On Health Care, Democrats Play Down Election Results
When Democrats lost races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia this week, officials in both parties suggested that the outcome could undermine President Obama’s push for a health care bill, scaring off politically vulnerable moderate Democrats at the very moment the White House needed them to get the bill through. [New York Times, 11/7/2009] Making Health Care Better
The evidence-based medicine practiced at Intermountain hospital could be the cure for American health care. [New York Times, 11/3/2009] John Dingell: The House's Link To Health-Care History
When people think of health care and Congress, often the first name that springs to mind is the late Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. While Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., may not be as well known, his legacy on health care is even richer than Kennedy's. [NPR, 11/6/2009] EDITORIAL: House Poised To Make Health Care History
Sometime within the next few days, and perhaps even as soon as Saturday, the U.S. House is destined to make history. [Oregonian, 11/6/2009] | 