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At the Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $52,953,304,367 since January 1, 2009 in Additional Premium Costs to Cover Care for the Uninsured. Under the Microscope One year ago today, the first Daily Dose draft was created. 243 Daily Doses later, health insurance reform has been signed into law! PRESIDENT SIGNS HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM INTO LAW; SENATE TO START DEBATE ON IMPROVEMENTS BILL This morning, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590. This afternoon, the Senate began debate on a package of improvements to the Senate bill signed today. Twenty hours of debate on the improvements bill and any amendments will be equally divided between Senate Democrats and Republicans. Watch the video of or read the President’s remarks prior to signing reform into law. Read remarks the President gave at the Interior Department immediately following the signing ceremony. View White House photos of the health insurance reform effort over the past year.
Health Care Headlines Opinions Turn Favorable On Health Care Plan
Americans by 9 percentage points have a favorable view of the health care overhaul that President Obama signed into law Tuesday, a USA Today/Gallup Poll finds, a notable turnaround from surveys before the vote that showed a plurality against it. [USA Today, 3/23/2010] Obama Signs Landmark Health Care Bill
With the stroke of President Obama’s pen, his health care overhaul — the most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades — became law on Tuesday. [New York Times, 3/23/2010] How Obama Revived His Health-Care Bill
It was the Barack Obama the American public rarely sees -- irritated and wondering if he had arrived at the moment of defeat. [Washington Post, 3/23/2010] The Immediate Effects of the Health Reform Bill
Obama administration officials and wonks call them "early deliverables." They're the benefits of the health legislation that would kick in this election year. [Kaiser Health News, 3/22/2010] Power to Reduce Deficit Persuaded Waverers
A turning point in the drive for healthcare reform came on Friday, when congressional budget analysts declared that the bill would cost $940bn but rein in the US deficit by $140bn during the first decade and more than $1,000bn in the second. [Financial Times, 3/23/2010] First Wave Of Health-Care Changes Will Target Insurers With New Rules
In affixing his signature Tuesday to comprehensive health-care legislation, President Obama will set in motion a fundamental shift across a sprawling industry, from insurers who will face an expanding list of restrictions to hospitals and doctors confronted with new incentives to practice more-efficient care.
[Washington Post, 3/23/2010] Parliamentarian Rules Against GOP Challenge
Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin late Monday ruled against a Republican challenge to the health care reconciliation package, a Senate aide confirmed. [Roll Call, 3/23/2010] GOP Weighs Costs of Losing Ugly
The only thing worse than winning ugly is losing uglier. The Democrats’ ungainly march toward a victory on health care reform Sunday night provoked a graceless response from angry House Republicans, who shouted insults across the chamber, encouraged outbursts from the galleries, brandished “Kill the bill” placards from the Speaker’s Balcony and, apparently, left veiled threats of electoral retribution on the benches of undecided Democrats. [Politico, 3/23/2010] EDITORIAL: Will Health-Care Reform Work?
Throughout the long debate on health-care reform, many experts complained that Congress seemed set on expanding a dysfunctional system rather than curing the dysfunction. [Washington Post, 3/23/2010] OPINION: For Democrats, a Win Is a Win
By Stanley B. Greenberg
Passage of the new comprehensive health care reform bill by Congress may not be the “game changer” some joyful Democrats are declaring it to be, but it may at least herald a new game for the 2010 midterm elections. [New York Times, 3/23/2010] OPINION: An Absence of Class
By Bob Herbert
Some of the images from the run-up to Sunday’s landmark health care vote in the House of Representatives should be seared into the nation’s consciousness. We are so far, in so many ways, from being a class act. [New York Times, 3/23/2010] OPINION: The backroom deals won't matter
By Bruce J. Schulman
At last, it’s done. After six decades of frustrated hopes, a year of partisan wrangling, the untimely death of Sen. Ted Kennedy and the shocking results of the special election to fill his seat, the United States now possesses national health insurance. [Politico, 3/23/2010] | 