Final push begins on health legislation
Philadelphia Inq Reports:
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats and President Obama resumed work yesterday to resolve difficult issues still standing in the way of their national health-care overhaul.
Topping the list: How to help Americans pay for insurance premiums.
Republicans weren’t invited, and they complained that the Democrats intend to deliberate behind closed doors – though lawmakers often do [...]
PA GOP reacts after President Obama’s speech
Say bipartisan reform is still possible.
Obama takes to primetime tonight
His address to Congress, urging them to support his healthcare reform plan, will be televised live.
Town hall meetings on healthcare reform continue to be nasty
There are a slew of articles on yesterday’s town hall meeting to discuss healthcare reform held by Sen. Specter. They all convey the same point: these meetings aren’t actually “debates,” but rather events where those who oppose healthcare reform come to bash legislators.
In addressing town hall meeting protests, Obama blasts insurance industry
Says the industry is bankrupting families and businesses.
White House still optimistic about healthcare reform bill
The Obama administration is maintaining that a bill will be passed by the end of the year.
Arguing over President Obama’s healthcare reform plan
President Obama’s healthcare reform plan, still majorly in the works, is drawing comments from the R’s and D’s as much as ever.
PA Health Care Assoc: Cuts won’t buy better care
Stuart H. Shapiro, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, has an opinion piece in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer in which he applauds President Obama’s move toward health care reform but denounces the cuts to Medicare and Medicaid which will help fund the effort.
House Health Plan Outlines Higher Taxes on Rich
House Democratic leaders took a big step toward guaranteeing health insurance for most Americans on Tuesday as they unveiled a bill that detailed how they would expand coverage, slow the growth of Medicare, raise taxes on high-income people and penalize employers who do not provide health benefits to their workers, according to the New York Times.
U.S. House & Senate Dems still can’t agree on how to fund healthcare reform
The House is proposing an income tax increase on the wealthiest Americans, but the Senate is saying “forget about it.”