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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $39,668,827,881 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope SENATE IN DISCUSSIONS Senate Majority Leader Reid is in discussions with the Minority on an agreement regarding moving forward on amendments to the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. Last night, HHS Secretary Sebelius, Interior Secretary Salazar, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Messina, White House Office of Health Reform Director DeParle, and former Senate Majority Leader Daschle, met with Senator Reid to discuss strategies to keep the Senate health insurance reform debate moving forward.
Health Care Headlines Senate Health Bill Gets a Boost
As the Senate opened debate Monday on a landmark plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system, congressional budget analysts said the measure would leave premiums unchanged or slightly lower for the vast majority of Americans, contradicting assertions by the insurance industry that the average family's coverage would rise by thousands of dollars if the proposal became law. [Washington Post, 12/1/2009]
Read the CBO Letter and economist Jonathan Gruber's report. Sharp Tones Kick Off Senate Debate
A historic debate on health care opened in the Senate on Monday on a fiercely partisan note, as Democrats and Republicans traded shots over the $848 billion bill and the breakdown of trust between the parties. [Politico, 11/30/2009] Up For Debate: How To Cure Rising Health Care Costs
As the Senate plunged Monday into a colossal debate on health care reform, a key question is blaring louder than ever: whether national proposals would do much to control health care costs. [Denver Post, 12/1/2009] Millions of Jobless Lose Insurance Aid
The changes that the health care bills in Congress envision are years away — not soon enough to help the millions of unemployed people who, on Monday, lost their temporary federal subsidies for health insurance. [New York Times, 12/1/2009] OPINION: Roosevelt Understood the Power of a Public Option
By Adam Cohen
As governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt crusaded for “public power,” government-owned electric plants. He was outraged by the high prices that monopolistic utility companies were charging and by their refusal to bring electricity to rural parts of the state, which, they said, could not be done economically.
[New York Times, 12/1/2009] | 