Posted by: Kate Blocher on Mar 03, 2010
After last week's bipartisan Health Reform Summit, it seems
pretty clear that many Republicans are unwilling to help move health reform forward.
So what options do Congressional Democrats have? The most likely course of
action is to pass the bill through reconciliation. The process would begin with
the House passing the current Senate bill, which would then be signed into law
by President Obama.
Posted by: Colleen Haller on Feb 26, 2010
After all the questions and anticipation surrounding
yesterday's health care summit, it was finally here! Congressional leaders and
President Obama had a unique opportunity to discuss health reform and, for the
most part, move beyond popular talking points toward a substantive discussion
of what's really in health reform. Despite moments of honest debate, Republicans
tended to revert back to those tried-and often untrue-scare tactics about
health reform. I'd like to set the record straight on some misinformation
presented at the summit.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Feb 23, 2010
The beltway has been abuzz ever since President Obama
announced he plans to hold a Health Care Summit between key Congressional
leaders. Will Republicans attend? Will President Obama provide a health reform
proposal? Will the Republicans provide their own proposal? If they do provide a
proposal, will meet
the criteria of meaningful health reform?
Posted by: Tara Bostock on Feb 03, 2010
Did you know that over 4 million people in this country were
born with a right to health care? Through treaties, American Indians and Alaska
Natives were guaranteed the right to health care and protection from the United
States government in exchange for land.
Posted by: Tara Bostock on Feb 01, 2010
I just want to say one thing to all of you who are worried:
Health reform is NOT dead. Seven hundred health reform advocates descended on
DC last week to attend Families USA's annual conference, and everyone here is
re-energized and ready to tell Congress and tell the President that the time is
now to pass health reform.
Posted by: Tara Bostock on Jan 29, 2010
My grandparents are
monumentally confused about health care reform. And rightfully
so-opponents of
health reform have told them that they're going to lose their Medicare,
and
that they will have to defend their life in front of a death panel.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jan 28, 2010
In a word, the general mood at the opening plenary was
"optimistic." Senator Al Franken remarked, "this isn't a funeral," and
HHS
Secretary Kathleen Seblius said, "We're at the one-yard line. We've
received a
penalty but the game is still on!" According to the advocates around the
room,
the game is, indeed, still on.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Jan 27, 2010
In the holiday classic Home
Alone, Kevin McCallister is petrified of his next door neighbor, "Old Man"
Marley. That is, until the end of the movie, when he actually takes the time to
get to know him. "Old Man" Marley turns out to be a kind man with a good heart.
We've all learned lessons like this, where we've found out the hard way that
our fears or judgments are false. The same is actually true for health reform.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Jan 25, 2010
Whether it is an obsession with town halls, vote counting,
or negotiations, much of the focus during this health reform debate has not
been on the actual human reasons why reform is so important.
Posted by: Ron Pollack on Jan 21, 2010
Health reform has never been
easy. That lesson has come up throughout this year's legislative process - as
if decades of failed reforms had not yet made that clear.
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