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At the Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $47,140,777,864 since January 1, 2009 in Additional Premium Costs to Cover Care for the Uninsured. Under the Microscope HEALTH REFORM and ECONOMIC RECOVERY The following reports by the Center for American Progress, the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and the Commonwealth Fund, demonstrate how we can save money in the health care system and how reducing health costs will contribute to our economy and the fiscal health of the United States: Health System Modernization Will Reduce the Deficit
Health Reform and the Economy by the Numbers
The Economic Case for Health Care Reform
The Two Trillion Dollar Solution
Analysis of Health System Reform Provisions of Reform Bills in the House and Senate
Why Health Reform Will Bend the Cost Curve
New Jobs Through Better Health Care
Health Care Headlines White House Budget Offers Backup Plans for Health Overhaul
President Barack Obama’s federal budget proposal assumes that the embattled health bill will pass – but contains some back-up plans if it doesn’t. [Wall Street Journal, 2/1/2010] How Health Care Fares In Obama's Budget Freeze
President Obama's proposed three-year freeze on most non-defense programs in the budget has spared most of the popular health programs at the Department of Health and Human Services. [NPR, 2/2/2010] Obama's Struggle with Health-Care Reform Echoes Clintons' Failure In 1994
Obamacare in trouble? I've seen this story before. It may not end in the way the Clinton effort imploded in 1994. But a look back helps answer this question: How does health-care reform go from being an apple pie issue with voters to a lightning rod for discontent? [Washington Post, 2/2/2010] Obama Says He’s Counting on GOP Support on Health Care
President Barack Obama doesn’t seem to think much about the prospects of Democrats moving health care legislation on their own at this point. He said today that he is counting on Republican support.
[Wall Street Journal, 2/2/2010] Aging: Higher Co-Payments Tied to Costlier Care
When Medicare plans raise co-payments for outpatient care, older people cut back on doctors’ visits, then wind up needing more expensive hospital care, a new study reports. [New York Times, 2/1/2010]
Read the New England Journal of Medicine study. Virginia Senate Bills Say No to Requiring Health Insurance
Virginia's Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a direct challenge to the party's efforts in Washington to reform health care. [Washington Post, 2/2/2010] | 