Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day 12.6 million non-elderly adults were discriminated against because of a pre-existing condition within a three year period.
(Commonwealth Fund) | Health Resources |
Under the Microscope WEEKLY ADDRESS: Health Insurance Reform Key to Stronger Economy & Improvement on Status Quo
Last Saturday in his weekly address, the President called health insurance reform critical to our nation's long-term economic strength and dispelled the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo. [White House, 8/8/2009]
Watch or download the President’s most recent weekly address. [White House, 8/8/2009].
Health Care Headlines Consumer Protections Lost in Health Care Debate
It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone - even the insurance lobby - seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness.
[Associated Press, 8/9/2009] Obama Heads to Town-Hall Meetings
President Barack Obama will spend the week trying to convince Americans with health insurance that legislation in Congress would benefit them, holding three town-hall meetings, a venue where Democrats have faced loud complaints.
[Wall Street Journal, 8/11/2009] Obama’s Grass-Roots Network is Put to the Test
To win the White House, Barack Obama and his political team built a vast grass-roots network of supporters and volunteers that came to be considered one of the most valuable assets in American politics. [L.A. Times, 8/10/2009] Religious Leaders Kick Off Health Overhaul Drive
A group of religious leaders is launching a health care blitz that will be highlighted by television ads, sermons and a nationwide "call-in" on Aug. 19 with President Obama that will stress the "moral imperative" to extend affordable coverage to the nation's uninsured. [CQ HealthBeat, 8/10/2009] Hispanics Watching Health Care Debate Closely
Perched at the edge of an exam table, Delmira Maravilla is anxious for a check-up — and for a timeline on the president's promise of health care for all Americans. She's paying out of pocket for the exam, and like one-third of Hispanics, the mother of nine doesn't have health insurance. [Associated Press, 8/10/2009] CBO Explains Prevention Scoring Approach
Often vilified by lawmakers crafting healthcare overhaul legislation for not attaching much-needed savings to prevention and wellness efforts, CBO explained late last week why such undertakings would increase federal spending rather than cut costs as Democratic leaders have insisted. [CongressDaily, 8/10/2009] Senate Dems Focus Recess Talk on Insurers
While opponents of healthcare legislation cause a furor by trying to disrupt local gatherings attended by Democratic lawmakers, Senate Democrats are pushing back by excoriating insurance companies. [CongressDaily, 8/10/2009] Sorting Out Claims About Healthcare Legislation
With lawmakers home for their August recess, a fierce battle has broken out over what precisely is in the mammoth healthcare bills being pushed by congressional Democrats. [L.A. Times, 8/10/2009] Hundreds Lining Up For Free Healthcare Checks At Inglewood Forum
Hundreds of people were already lining up to receive free healthcare checks at the the Forum in Inglewood. [L.A. Times, 8/11/2009] ‘80s Tax Bill Has Lessons For Health Care
Many Congressional lawmakers are at home discussing health care overhaul legislation with their constituents. They might want to think back to a time when Congress attempted a massive bill affecting every American and every special interest group — much as health care legislation is doing now. [NPR, 8/11/2009] OPINION: Health Insurance Woes: My $22,000 for Having a Baby
By Sarah Wildman
Our six-month-old daughter cost over $22,000. [Double X, 8/3/2009]
View a press conference with Sarah Wildman. OPINION: Bending the Curve Requires Health Care Reform, Not Just Sick Reform
By Joseph Califano, Chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
As President Obama and Congress struggle to bend the rising cost curve in order to make health care available to all Americans, the history of the first great expansion of health care coverage when Lyndon Johnson drove Medicare and Medicaid through Congress in 1965 offers some critical lessons. [Kaiser Health News, 8/10/2009] INTERVIEW: Is the Government Going to Euthanize Your Grandmother? An Interview with Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
By Ezra Klein
Sarah Palin's belief that the House health-care reform bill would create death panels might be particularly extreme, but she's hardly the only person to wildly misunderstand the section of the bill ordering Medicare to cover voluntary end-of-life counseling sessions between doctors and their patients.
[Washington Post, 8/10/2009] |