Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day General Motors spent $4.6 billion on health care in 2007, more than the cost of steel. This puts them at a $5 billion disadvantage against Toyota, which spends $1,400 less on health care per vehicle. (Rick Wagoner testimony before House Financial Services Committee; George Will column) | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At the Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $47,975,852,570 since January 1, 2009 in Additional Premium Costs to Cover Care for the Uninsured. Under the Microscope BIPARTISAN MEANS BOTH SIDES COMPROMISE After efforts last year to work with Republicans on health insurance reform proved fruitless, Democrats have again started reaching out to Republicans to find a workable compromise for health reform legislation. Today the President hosted a bipartisan, bicameral meeting at the White House, and, in two weeks, House and Senate leadership from both parties are invited to meet at Blair House for a health insurance reform meeting. Democratic Leadership is hopeful that this session will prove constructive with both parties willing to compromise in order to get something important done for the American people.
Health Care Headlines Republicans May Opt Out Of Obama's Health-Care Summit
Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they may decline to participate in President Obama's proposed health-care summit if the White House chooses not to scrap the existing reform bills and start over.
[Washington Post, 2/9/2010] Calif. Insurer’s Rate Increases Draw Attention of Federal Government
President Obama's secretary of health and human services fired off a sharply worded letter to a California insurer Monday, demanding to know why it is raising rates for individual policyholders by as much as 39 percent.
[Washington Post, 2/8/2010] Progressives Plan Bicameral Health Care Huddle on Tuesday
House and Senate progressives plan to huddle Tuesday evening — weather permitting — to strategize on how to revive the public option in the health care reform debate.
[Roll Call, 2/8/2010] Bills Stalled, Hospitals Fear Rising Unpaid Care
President Obama says he aims to keep trying. But what happens if the health care legislation cannot be revived, and tens of millions of uninsured Americans continue without coverage? [New York Times, 2/9/2010] States Race to Pre-Empt Health Reform
President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats may be stymied in their drive for health care reform. But state lawmakers in at least three dozen states are pushing ahead with a series of measures aimed at pre-empting whatever might come out of Washington. [Politico, 2/9/2010] EDITORIAL: Fix Health Care Now or Pay Later
The health care reform plan put forth by the Obama administration is all but dead in Washington.
[Jackson Sun (TN), 2/9/2010] COMMENTARY: The 'Backroom Deals' Distraction
By Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law
From the beginning, the debate over health care reform has been a contest over who could sell the most successful narrative, who would prevail in framing the health reform story. [Politico, 2/9/2010] COMMENTARY: Paying For Health Care
By Annette John-Hall
Federal and state programs will pay more than 50 percent of the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/9/2010] | 