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At the Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $44,773,205,277 since January 1, 2009 in Additional Premium Costs to Cover Care for the Uninsured. Under the Microscope TODAY’S UPDATE House and Senate Leaders have spent much of today at the White House to discuss health insurance reform. Also today, House Democrats are starting their Caucus retreat during which health care will be a key topic of discussion. TOP 10 THINGS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW With the media devoting a lot of time and attention to the legislative process, many Americans still are not aware of key provisions in the reform bills that will significantly improve their access to quality, affordable health care. So House Democratic Leaders have prepared a document detailing the top 10 benefits of health insurance reform.
Health Care Headlines Congress Fights Healthcare Fatigue To Finish Bill
Facing an electorate more worried about jobs and the economy than healthcare, House and Senate Democrats have stepped up efforts to get a compromise bill to President Obama by the end of the month. [L.A. Times, 1/13/2010] House Dems Mount Health Assault
Furious with the Senate and desperate to regain a foothold in the health care debate, a wave of rank-and-file House Democrats assailed the Senate's tax on high-end health care plans Tuesday night, on the eve of a critical White House meeting with the president. [Politico, 1/12/2010] Obama, Congressional Democrats Meeting on Health
With congressional negotiators starting to make decisions on a final health overhaul bill, top Democrats are hoping a White House session with President Barack Obama will narrow differences between the House and Senate. [Associated Press, 1/13/2010] Pelosi, Hoyer, Panel Chairmen Will Represent House on Health Reform
House Democrats have opted to send five of their biggest guns to the healthcare negotiating table to iron out a deal with the Senate, according to a House leadership aide.
[The Hill, 1/12/2010] Support Grows for U.S. Health Exchange
The White House wants to include a national health-insurance exchange in the health bill, which would give House Democrats one of their top remaining demands, according to an official involved in the discussions. [Wall Street Journal, 1/13/2010] Labor Campaigns Against Tax on Health Plans
Having failed to persuade President Obama to scrap a proposed tax on high-cost health insurance policies, labor leaders took their case Tuesday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and they said they received a more favorable response. [New York Times, 1/13/2010] Deals to Restrain Generic Drugs Face a Ban
A group of House lawmakers and the head of the Federal Trade Commission want Congress to include a provision in the health care legislation that they say could save American consumers several billion dollars a year on prescription drugs. [New York Times, 1/13/2010] Health Insurers Funded Chamber Attack Ads
Just as dealings with the Obama administration and congressional Democrats soured last summer, six of the nation's biggest health insurers began quietly pumping big money into third-party television ads aimed at killing or significantly modifying the major health reform bills moving through Congress.
[National Journal, 1/12/2010] OPINION: Afraid Of Health Care Legislation?
By Steven Findlay
If so, relax. You’re probably all worked up about four of the myths polluting this debate. [USA Today, 1/13/2010] OPINION: Health-Reform Headaches the Democrats Don't Need
By Harold Meyerson
One of the few things we can be sure of when Congress finally enacts health-care reform is that the battle will rage on, unabated. [Washington Post, 1/13/2010] COMMENTARY: Harry Truman Would Like the House Bill
The final health care reform bill will probably look more like the Senate version than its House counterpart. And that result is backwards, according to a panel of advocates and experts convened by TNR.
[New Republic, 1/12/2010] | 