Health Reform in the House | Fact of the Day The House health insurance reform bill extends the eligibility of rural hospitals and clinics to have access to outpatient and inpatient drugs at low prices. | | Follow Health Insurance Reform
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At The Time This Daily Dose Was Sent, Insured Americans Had Paid a “Hidden Tax” of $35,632,935,653 This Year In Additional Premium Costs To Cover Care For The Uninsured. Under the Microscope HOUSE WORKING TO FINISH HEALTH REFORM BILL House Democratic Leaders are working today to make final decisions on that chamber’s bill. As of yet, there has been no final decision about timing of introduction. House Democrats Prepare To Unveil Health Bill
House Democrats are poised to unveil health care legislation that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and offering a new government-run plan for people without affordable coverage.
[Associated Press, 10/28/2009] RURAL AMERICA & HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM Rural areas have higher rates of poverty, chronic disease, and uninsurance, and millions of rural Americans have limited access to a primary health care provider. Health insurance reform aims to extend coverage to all Americans and improve the access of vital health care to rural America. Earlier this week the White House came out with a new report: More Choices, Better Coverage: Health Insurance Reform & Rural America. Read more about health care in rural America and hear the stories of rural Americans.
Read about what’s in the House health insurance reform bill for rural America here. HHS Secretary Pushes Health Care Reform for Rural America
The health-care crisis in this country is felt nowhere more than in rural America, where a lack of providers and affordable insurance coverage leaves many without needed treatment or in a financial bind. [Salt Lake Tribune, 10/28/2009]
Health Care Headlines House Leader Applauds Reid Public Option Move
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says House leaders are pleased that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is including government-sponsored insurance in the Senate's health care bill. [Associated Press, 10/27/2009] House Leaders Ready to Unveil Moderate-Favored Health Plan
House Democratic leaders are preparing to unveil a health care overhaul including a version of the public insurance option favored by moderates that would allow the federal government to negotiate rates with doctors and hospitals, top Democratic aides said. [Roll Call, 10/28/2009] Democrats Divided Over Reid Proposal for Public Option
Senate Democrats voiced deep disagreements on Tuesday over the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, suggesting that the decision by the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, to include a public plan in major health care legislation had failed, at least initially, to unite his caucus.
[New York Times, 10/28/2009] Public Likes Public Option. Joe Lieberman Doesn't
The public generally supports the public option. This may be one big reason that Senate majority leader Harry Reid surprised many in Washington by including a proposal for government-run insurance – also known as the “public option” – in the Senate’s version of healthcare reform legislation.
[Christian Science Monitor, 10/27/2009] In Health Debate, Both Sides Vie For Seniors' Support
Nearly all seniors already have health insurance through the Medicare program, but they are among the most sought-after groups in the political struggle to pass or kill a health overhaul bill. [NPR, 10/28/2009] Obama Looking to Main Street
The White House is aggressively courting the small-business community, believing that some on GOP-friendly Main Street can be enlisted in the fight for health care reform and that assistance to mom-and-pop shops is vital to chipping away at the unemployment rate. [Roll Call, 10/28/2009] End Of COBRA Subsidy Rattles Newly Unemployed
Laura C. Trueman has spent much of her career promoting affordable health care. Now, she wishes she could find some herself. [Kaiser Health News, 10/28/2009] | 