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- Senate: There are two versions of a health care bill in the Senate, one from the Finance Committee and one from the H.E.L.P. Committee in the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85AbNFMRx...
- House of Representatives: The House passed H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Healthcare for America Act" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
- White House Position: The White House has sent mixed messages regarding the necessity of a "public option" in health reform legislation http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...
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Health care reform is the term used to describe a significant change in policy regarding the delivery of health care and the related insurance associated with delivery. The United States is currently in the process of reforming its health care system on the initiative of the Obama Administration, as this was a major part of his, and his party's platform during the 2008 presidential election campaign.http://www.healthreform.gov/ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/health_insurance_and_managed_care/health_care_reform/index.html
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History
The last major legislative push for health care reform occurred during the Bill Clinton administration. This effort was defeated, as the health care industry was, for the most part against any changes in the current system and lobbied heavily for defeat of any proposed legislation.
Most people in the U.S. have private health insurance and most of those people get the private insurance through their employer, with the employer, to varying degrees subsidising the employee's portion of the premium. Many others are covered by government-run insurance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. However, there is still a significant portion of the population which is not covered by employer-run health insurance and also do not qualify for the government-run programs.
There has been ongoing debate since the progressive movement in the early 1900s about what the government's role in health care for its citizens should be. Some advocate a national health insurance program, while on the other end of the spectrum some fiercely oppose expansion fo the government's role in protecting the welfare of its citizens beyond the already entrenched Medicare and Medicaid programs. There has even been some privatization of these programs in recent years. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/health_insurance_and_managed_care/health_care_reform/index.html -
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ill There Be a Bipartisan Health Care Reform Summit? We Shall See
...Will the President include in this discussion congressional Democrats who have opposed the House and Senate health care bills? ... (February 08, 2010)ABC News (blog) -
AAFP Asks Members to Call on Congress to Pass Health Care Reform
By News Staff The AAFP once again is rallying support for enactment of comprehensive health care reform legislation by asking its members to send a message ... (February 08, 2010)AAFP News Now -
White House, House GOP Clash Over Feb. 25 Health Care Talks, Premiums Vs ...
In a speech in Washington Monday, Sebelius also said the administration will not tolerate piecemeal health care reform. "The President remains committed to ... (February 08, 2010)FOXNews (blog) -
The Political Case for Passing Health Care Reform
... to be that simply having the House pass the Senate's version of health care reform — complete with $100 million in special Medicaid funding for Sen. ... (February 08, 2010)The Washington Independent
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Media Matters | 14 Myths and Falsehoods About Health Care Reform
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What you need to know about health care reform - CNN.com
Five years from now, there's an excellent chance you won't have the same health insurance you have (or don't have) right now. That's because members of Congress are gearing up to r...cnn.com -
Health Care Reform Educational Center
Health Care Reform Educational Center stresses information we all need to know to understand the effort to change our health care delivery syatem.healthcarereform.com
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Health care reform next steps « Rock the Vote Blog
Health care reform next steps. Blog Home » health care » Health care reform next steps. The latest news in the health care debate is that President Obama is going to hold a bipartisan summit on February 25th. ... (February 08, 2010)blog.rockthevote.com -
Health Care Reform Business: If Overhaul Fails, Expect Mergers And ...
Insurers, drugmakers and hospitals will likely slash costs and merge companies to maneuver through a US health-care landscape marked by rising medical expenses and the loss of millions of potential paying customers. (February 08, 2010)huffingtonpost.com -
Cantor: Only Route To Health Care Reform Is For Dems To Embrace ...
Eric Cantor's office responds to Obama's announcement of a bipartisan summit on health care with the most explicit and direct assertion I've seen yet that the only way Dems can win bipartisan cooperation is to fully embrace the GOP ... (February 08, 2010)huffingtonpost.com -
Bipartisan Health Care Reform: My Bottom Line, Arnold Kling ...
If I were a Republican, I would use any health care summit to set the following conditions for agreeing to support a bipartisan health plan. 1. All Medicare savings must be used to shore up Medicare. None of those savings ca... (February 08, 2010)econlog.econlib.org
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Is It The Process, Stupid?
[...] ever have enough patience to go through a bill as complicated as the health care reform bill now in question. And there's no way to reform something as complex as health care in a simple enough form to make it dramatically easier to explain. [...]Hu Chi | http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 03:44 AM) -
Obama's Health Care Summit: Merely Political Theater?
In all fairness, Dick Cheney never made a public pledge to have health care reform televised on C-SPAN, then cut deals with Big Pharma behind closed doors after making such a pledge. Barack Obama did. The HCR buck stops with President Obama, the [...]Bubba Gump | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 03:44 AM) -
Ending With A Whimper
I don't have a prescription for health care reform. I have a prescription for *designing* a good health care reform plan: gather more data. We have really crappy [...] that can be shown to statistically improve health is better eating and exercise. So [...]February 8, 2010 10:32 PM | http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 03:32 AM) -
Obama's Health Care Summit: Merely Political Theater?
[...] President! It doesn't matter they will still never vote for health care reform. The republicans don't believe in it. They want you to save for your future health care costs via HSA's! So, no matter what they will [...]Candyx | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 03:32 AM) -
Men At Work
[...] (a la Pres. Reagan), not making financial reform and jobs the first and primary issues addressed [...] benefits can be understood;- that the major goal of health care reform should be "bending the cost curve" not increasing the numbers of insured;- that [...]Valerie Curl | http://jontaplin.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 03:31 AM)
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Is It The Process, Stupid?
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Mahalo Answers for Health Care Reform
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Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao (R) Louisiana was the lone republican to vote for Health Care Reform (H.R. 3962),... 1 AnswerAlert: There was a malicious attack on my computer immediately upon clicking the first Google result that came up when I searched for this answer. Fortunatel... read more -
Will Ted Kennedy's death have an influence on the fate of Health Care Reform? 6 AnswersYes. While the Democrats have a wide majority in the Senate, the biggest obstacle to the bills passing depends on the moderate and conservative Democrats. Even ... read more -
Good news on Health care? CBO estimates that the Senate insurance reform bill will reduce deficit spending by $81 billion. 5 AnswersIf this were solid information it would be good news. Sadly, when the same CBO looked at the legislation then present in the House it came to exactly the oppos... read more
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