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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.
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Category: Affordability,Congress,Pre-Existing Conditions
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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Category: Congress,President Obama,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Ron Pollack on Jan 21, 2010
This week, Republican candidate Scott Brown won the Senate seat in Massachusetts, leaving the Democrats just short of the 60 votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority. Unfortunately, this is not the outcome we had hoped for.
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Category: Congress,President Obama,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jan 15, 2010
The health reform debate is rounding the corner and barreling towards the finish line-signing the bill into law. However, before we reach this momentous end, there are a few more procedural hurdles to overcome. The most daunting of them will be merging the House and Senate bills into a single piece of legislation that will be able to receive a majority vote in both chambers and to be signed into law by President Obama.
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Category: Affordability,Congress,Health Care Costs
Posted by: Tara Bostock on Jan 11, 2010
Since my mom discovered the Internet, she has been a voracious forwarder of e-mails. I get all kinds of stuff from her-morality tales, IQ tests, and even one titled "Interesting Aspirin Information." Really? I'm not sure what I would find "interesting" about aspirin. But alas, my mom is only doing what all her friends do, sharing stuff via this magical thing called the Internet.
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Category: Women's Health,Congress,Health Care Costs
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Dec 24, 2009
At 7:15 a.m. the Senate took the last vote on their version of health insurance reform legislation and passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on a strictly party line vote of 60 top 40.Posted by: Jessica Larochelle on Dec 19, 2009
This has been a remarkable day for the health reform movement. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) announced this morning that he would support the Senate health reform bill. "Change is never easy," Nelson told reporters. "I truly believe this legislation will stand the test of time. The lives of millions Americans will be improved."
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Category: Affordability,Congress,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Dec 19, 2009
We are getting down to the wire in the Senate health reform debate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has been working around the clock to meet a Christmas Eve deadline of passing the bill, but he has been met with several obstacles along the way -some even more tough to maneuver than the snowstorm that hit the northeast this weekend.
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Category: Congress,Health Care Costs,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Angela Shubert on Dec 18, 2009
We keep saying it every week: We're closer than ever to making health reform history. But, today, we could not mean it more. Really. We are on the brink of seeing comprehensive health reform legislation passed in the United States Senate.
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Category: Congress,Health Care Costs,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Ron Pollack on Dec 17, 2009
Families USA today sent letters to members of the Senate indicating that we intend to endorse the health insurance reform bill and that we will support the legislation despite the our disappointment about the lack of a robust public plan option.
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Category: Congress,Health Care Costs,Uninsured Americans