Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day Effective 6 months after enactment (March 22, 2010), children under 26, at the parent’s choice, will be able to stay or get on their parent’s insurance plan during open enrollment if the child does not already have coverage through their employer. Starting in 2014, a child up to age 26 may enroll under their parents plan even if they could get coverage through an employer. | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At the Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $53,073,152,963 since January 1, 2009 in Additional Premium Costs to Cover Care for the Uninsured. Under the Microscope SENATE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF IMPROVEMENTS BILL Yesterday the Senate began debate on the improvements bill. Under the rules there must be 20 hours of debate, controlled evenly by both parties. This morning, Senate Majority Leader Reid decided to yield the rest of general debate time controlled by Democrats, and Republicans subsequently agreed to split that time evenly. Debate is ending this evening and a “vote-a-rama” will begin a little after 5:00 p.m. Votes will be on 23 Republican amendments, and last approximately ten minutes each, with possible additional votes expected. Almost 200 groups have written Senators urging them to vote ‘no’ on any offered amendments. Also this afternoon, the President signed an Executive Order to underscore that there will be no federal funding of abortion, with Members in attendance.
Health Care Headlines Obama Signs Health Care Overhaul Bill, With a Flourish
With the strokes of 20 pens, President Obama signed his landmark health care overhaul — the most expansive social legislation enacted in decades — into law on Tuesday, saying it enshrines “the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care.
[New York Times, 3/24/2010] In Health Care Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth Inequality
For all the political and economic uncertainties about health reform, at least one thing seems clear: The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago. [New York Times, 3/24/2010] Senate Begins Debate on Health-Care Bill
The U.S. Senate began debate Tuesday on legislation combining the last pieces to the Democratic overhaul of the health-care system and a shake-up to the student-loan industry, commencing what promises to be a contentious few days.
[Wall Street Journal, 3/24/2010] Health Bill Included Big Republican Idea: Individual Mandate
The lawsuit against the health care overhaul filed Tuesday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is focused on a provision that has long been advocated by conservatives, big business and the insurance industry. [McClatchy, 3/23/2010] Investors Upbeat About Health Care Bill
Costly health care reform was supposed to kill the Wall Street bull market. But there were more winners than losers on the first trading day after the House passed the landmark bill. [USA Today, 3/23/2010] Calorie Data To Be Posted at Most Chains
Buried deep in the health care legislation that President Obama signed on Tuesday is a new requirement that will affect any American who walks into a McDonald’s, Starbucks or Burger King. Every big restaurant chain in the nation will now be required to put calorie information on their menus and drive-through signs.
[New York Times, 3/23/2010] EDITORIAL: After Health Reform, Is Anyone Willing To Compromise?
President Obama on Tuesday presided over a stirring signing ceremony for health insurance reform. The bill, Mr. Obama proclaimed, enshrines "the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care" -- a principle, he noted, that other presidents had been championing for a century. [Washington Post, 3/24/2010] EDITORIAL: The Day After
It is worth pausing to dwell on what happened in the White House on Tuesday: President Obama, just over a year into a tumultuous presidency in which he was sometimes wrong-footed and often adrift, signed the most momentous social legislation in many years. [New York Times, 3/24/2010] | 