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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $38,125,144,037 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope SENATE UPDATE The Senate Democratic Caucus will be holding a caucus meeting at 5:00 p.m. this evening to discuss the draft of the Senate’s merged health insurance reform bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who met today with Vice President Joe Biden regarding reform, expects to have a vote to proceed to debate before the Thanksgiving holiday. Senate Democrats To Meet On Final Draft Of Health Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to discuss a final draft of health care overhaul legislation, as well as its cost, with his fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon, a senior Democratic aide said Wednesday.
[CQ Today, 11/18/2009] Read a related article. BEHIND THE ATTACKS Remember that company of paid academics telling you nicotine wasn’t addictive? They’re back, this time with a new name but still selling distorted information with kid-friendly marketing tactics. Attacks on Health Reform Orchestrated By Yet Another Shadowy Corporate Front Group
Among the latest corporate front groups orchestrating a campaign of misinformation against health reform, ThinkProgress has learned, is an outfit called the “Center for Medicine in the Public Interest” (CMPI). CMPI was originally a project of the Pacific Research Institute, an older corporate front established in conjunction with Philip Morris to fabricate academic support for the tobacco industry.
[Think Progress, 11/18/2009]
Health Care Headlines Senate Weighs Long-Term Care Program
Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.
[Associated Press, 11/18/2009] Small Firms Scrapping, Scaling Back Health Plans
Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel agency let its workers walk away instead paying for insurance. [Associated Press, 11/18/2009] AARP Won't Endorse GOP Plan, Or Rescind Dem Support
House Republicans want the AARP to rescind its endorsement of comprehensive health reform legislation after a government report showed it could cause some providers to stop accepting Medicare patients. [Congress Daily, 11/18/2009] Client X Reveals the Secret Truth About Health Care Reform
Sometime in August, McKinsey & Company created a PowerPoint document called “Health Care Reform and Implications for Key Stakeholders: What this Could Mean for Client X.” Over the course of 44 slides full of charts and graphs, the firm examines the potential impact of reform on insurers, doctors, hospitals, and the drug industry. [New Republic, 11/18/2009] View the leaked slides. EDITORIAL: The Drug Industry Cashes In
The drug industry has been ramping up its prices in advance of any health care reforms that might clamp down on its profits. The industry’s rapid price escalation over the past year threatens to make a mockery of its deal with the Senate Finance Committee and the Obama administration to contribute $80 billion over the next decade to help pay for covering tens of millions of uninsured Americans. [New York Times, 11/18/2009] BLOG: Beware What “Critics Say” on Reform and Mammograms
By Dan Pfeiffer
One of the hallmark tactics from opponents of health insurance reform has been to grab onto any convenient piece of information and twist it into some misguided attack on reform, no matter how unrelated it may actually be. The hope appears to be that some media outlet will give them unchecked airtime under the banner of covering the “controversy.” [White House Blog, 11/17/2009] | 