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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent the Hidden Health Tax On Insured Americans Was $31,617,814,041 Under the Microscope In The News Today… Yesterday the House Energy and Commerce Committee completed all submitted amendments to H.R. 3200. The Democratic Caucus also convened two more meetings on health insurance reform today. The Senate is back to 60 Members with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's appointment of Paul G. Kirk, Jr, a former aide to the late Senator Ted Kennedy, to the open Massachusetts seat. And the Senate Finance Committee continued with their third day of markup after a long day yesterday. Watch Tonight Three PBS television shows have collaborated to air tonight a PBS Special Report - Health Care Reform. Now on PBS, Tavis Smiley, and Nightly Business Report are providing an up-close look at health insurance reform in America, and the proposals in Congress. The 90-minute special airs tonight, 9:00-10:30 pm EST (check local listings).
Health Care Headlines House Democrats Look Toward Blending Panels' Versions Of Health Care Bills
House Democrats working on health care overhaul plans are ready to turn their attention fully to the floor, now that the Energy and Commerce Committee has disposed of a few remaining amendments held over from the panel’s July markup.
[CQ Today, 9/23/2009] Finance Committee's Markup Slogs Through Amendments, Policy Debates
Progress on a health care bill slowed in the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over both procedure and policy. [CQ Today, 9/23/2009] Antiabortion Black Ministers To Endorse Obama's Healthcare Plan
The group, led by the head of the Church of God in Christ, will embrace the government-run insurance option, reinforcing the president's assertion that taxpayer dollars won't pay for abortions. [L.A. Times, 9/24/2009] The Sick Business Of Health-Care Profiteering
Think Wall Street’s titans are the highest paid C.E.O.’s in the land? Think again. [Vanity Fair, 9/24/2009] SEIU's Burger Takes Pragmatic Stance
A top-ranking SEIU official says that the powerful union could support a health care bill that doesn’t include a public option — a striking contrast to the more hard-line stance on the issue taken by the new president of the AFL-CIO. [Politico, 9/24/2009] Health Reformers Struggle To Get Young People Tuned In
The rowdy town halls and protests that have come to define the health care debate have been dominated by the over-60 set, with young Americans largely giving up their place at the table. [National Journal, 9/23/2009] OPINION: Republicans For Waste and Abuse in Medicare
By Ezra Klein
The emerging Republican attack on health-care reform is that Democrats are going to cut your Medicare. If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Democrats must be feeling pretty flattered right now.
[Washington Post, 9/24/2009] | 