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Headlines! Wednesday, Jul 29

Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jul 29, 2009

On the Hill, Elizabeth Edwards Calls Attention to Medical Bankruptcies -The Washington Post

Elizabeth Edwards today lent her political star power to an underlooked element of the ongoing health care debate: the rise in bankruptcies related to health care costs.

Obama on Health Care for Seniors -The New York Times

President Obama sought to reassure older Americans on Tuesday that health reform would not disrupt their Medicare coverage or force them to change doctors.

Infamous Astroturf Lobbying Firm behind New Anti-Health Reform Group ­-Think Progress

The new anti-health reform front group known as the Coalition to Protect Patients' Rights, is being managed by the lobbying firm known as the DCI Group. After being contacted by ThinkProgress this afternoon about its sponsorship of CPPR's press conference last week, DCI Group staffers acknowledged that they coordinate PR for the front group. Not be confused with Conservatives for Patients' Rigths, another front group opposing health reform, CPPR has been organizing lobbying efforts against health reform and publishing op-eds across the country with misinformation about the public option.

Big Employers Could End Up Paying "Cadillac" Tax -Kaiser Health News

As Congress contemplates taxing insurers for gold-plated health benefits to pay for a health overhaul, it might catch another group in its net: employers who "self-insure"-or pay for their workers' health bills on their own.

White House Will Spread New Message Online and at Presidential Events Today -Politico

DRIVING THE DAY: Trying to reassure the middle, President Obama today will unveil EIGHT CONSUMER PROTECTIONS for health reform. He's holding a town hall on health care reform at 11:55 a.m. at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C., then flying to the Kroger supermarket in Bristol, in southwest Virginia, where he'll take questions from store employees on the need for health care reform at 4:15 p.m.