Health Reform in the House Thursday, October 15, 1:30 p.m.
Hearing on Insured But Not Covered: The Problem Of Underinsurance
Committee On Energy & Commerce
Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations
2123 Rayburn House Office Building | Fact of the Day The last of the five House and Senate Committees with jurisdiction over health reform, the Senate Finance Committee, reported out a health insurance reform bill this afternoon with a bipartisan vote of 14 to 9. | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $33,864,557,072 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope The President’s Weekly Address In his Weekly Address on Saturday, President Obama praised past and current political leaders from across the spectrum who have come forward in support of health insurance reform. Doctors, nurses, hospitals and drug companies have already expressed their support as well. They all recognize that the status quo is unsustainable and in need of an American solution. Read the transcript, download the audio, or watch the video here. AHIP Overreach On Senate Finance Bill The insurance industry’s effort to derail the Senate Finance Committee health insurance reform bill with a new report has been widely criticized. PricewaterhouseCoopers, which compiled the study, acknowledges that the industry-backed study is skewed and leaves out critical components that would impact affordability. Leading health experts also released a statement today against the flawed study. Insurers Face Blowback After Report
In the health care reform debate, where playing nice has been the rule, a scathing insurance industry report looked to critics Monday like a grenade aimed at scuttling progress in Congress. But it also looked to some like too little, too late.
[Politico, 10/12/2009]
Health Care Headlines Senate Panel Clears Health Bill With One G.O.P. Vote
The Senate Finance Committee voted on Tuesday to approve legislation that would reshape the American health care system and provide subsidies to help millions of people buy insurance, as Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, joined all 13 Democrats on the panel in support of the landmark bill.
[New York Times, 10/13/2009] Obama Points to Health-Care Progress
U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to point to growing momentum to overhaul U.S. health care and to urge Congress to "finish the job" of enacting such reforms.
[Wall Street Journal, 10/10/2009] Democrats Call Insurance Industry Report Flawed
Obama administration officials and Congressional Democrats fired back on Monday at a new insurance industry report that said premiums would climb sharply with the passage of comprehensive health legislation. [New York Times, 10/13/2009] Discovery: Health Care Reform Could Save Medicare Money in the Long Run
A new study from Harvard Medical School finds that adults who have been continuously covered by insurance between the ages of 51 and 64 spend about $1,000 less per year on health care after they become eligible for Medicare at age 65 than those who have had intermittent health insurance or none at all.
[AARP Bulletin, 10/13/2009] Hatch’s Trust in the CBO Hinges on the Bill It’s Scoring
Republicans crowing about a positive Congressional Budget Office analysis of one of their favored health care proposals — new restrictions on medical liability lawsuits — should hope no one remembers their previous assessments of the scorekeepers’ accuracy. [CQ Today, 10/13/2009] | 