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Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 17, 2009
With so much happening these days, we wanted to catch you up on what's going on. Here's a great summary from Speaker Pelosi's office.
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Category: Affordability,Congress,Health Care Costs,Insurance Industry,Pre-Existing Conditions,Public Plan,Small Business,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 17, 2009
Couldn't resist sharing this clip of Kathleen Sebelius talking health care on the Daily show.
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Category: Affordability,Insurance Industry,President Obama,Public Plan
Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 17, 2009
Harry and Louise have changed their minds about health care reform. Now, the same actors are back in a new campaign, this time to support a government overhaul of the medical system promoted by a Democratic president, Barack Obama.Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 16, 2009
Yesterday, the Senate HELP committee, chaired by Senator Ted Kennedy, passed it's version of the health care bill.
Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 16, 2009
While the Senate continues to struggle over its approach to health care reform, House Democratic leaders have unveiled a bill that would go a long way toward solving the nation's health insurance problems without driving up the deficit. It is already drawing fierce opposition from business groups and many Republicans. This is a bill worth fighting for.
Posted by: Ella Hushagen on Jul 15, 2009
Each week, another 44,230 Americans lose health coverage. That adds up to a staggering 2.3 million people losing coverage per year-more people than live in the state of Nebraska!
Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 15, 2009
Yesterday, three committees in the House - Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce - came together to release a health reform bill that goes far in fixing American's broken health care system. The robust bill (America's Affordable Health Choices Act) guarantees that everyone is covered and it promotes shared responsibility among individuals, employers, and the government. It effectively provides quality and affordable health care for all.Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 15, 2009
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 13-10 along party lines to pass a $600-billion measure that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans by requiring individuals get insurance and employers to contribute to the cost.Posted by: Jeff Davis on Jul 14, 2009
As people around the country watch Congress debate health reform proposals, a question going through many people's minds is, "What will health reform do for me?"
Posted by: Julia Eisman on Jul 14, 2009
President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.