In my first post, I described the major features and basic approach of HR 3962, as well as the provisions of the bill that would go into effect......
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Refuting Lieberman’s Cost-Shift Arguments Against The Public Option
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26 days 8 hours 30 minutes ago
This afternoon, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) appeared on Fox News to defend his intention to filibuster any health care reform bill that includes a...
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Health Reform: Pelosi Moves to Middle
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25 days 5 hours 29 minutes ago
Posted by: Jane Sasseen on October 29 Congress moved another step closer to health care reform today, with the release by Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
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Big U.S. companies balk at healthcare public option
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26 days 9 hours 11 minutes ago
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the nation's largest companies pushed back against U.S. Democrats' plans to deliver a government-run...
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A Compromise Proposal On Financing Health Reform
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24 days 10 hours 9 minutes ago
Both the new House health reform bill and the Senate Finance Committee bill, despite their best efforts, have to impose some taxes on some...
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CBO: Public Option To Attract Only 6 Million Enrollees & Doesn’t Offer Lower Premiums
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25 days 4 hours 57 minutes ago
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the recently released House health bill has concluded that the bill costs $894 billion over 10 years...
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Who Would Be Eligible For A Public Option? Far more than â??10%â?? of the Population
HealthBeat - 26 days 7 hours 44 minutes ago
In fact, the uninsured, the self-employed, the owners and employees of small companies, and those who are temporarily uninsured will be able to...
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7 Things to Watch in the House Health Care Bill
The Atlantic - 25 days 11 hours 56 minutes ago
House Democrats unveil their health care bill today. In a key compromise hammered out between conservative and liberal Democrats, the legislation...
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Health Reform By Bleeding The Rich
Forbes - 25 days 2 hours 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the House of Representatives have unveiled a new health care bill that they say will deliver $30 billion in savings over...
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HR 3962: The Affordable Health Care for Americans Act
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24 days 11 hours 47 minutes ago
HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act, hit the House floor with a thud Thursday morning at 1990 pages, almost double the size of...
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Will Abortion Derail Health Care Reform?
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26 days 4 hours 56 minutes ago
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has scheduled a press conference tomorrow morning at 10am to release the final House health care bill with hopes of...
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House Democrats announce health-care bill
Washington Post - 24 days 22 hours 12 minutes ago
After six months of dealmaking, House Democratic leaders introduced a health-care reform bill Thursday that would expand coverage to almost all...
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ANALYSIS: House Bill More Affordable Than Senate Legislation
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24 days 6 hours 11 minutes ago
A rough analysis of the affordability measures in the House and Senate conducted by Sonia Sekhar at the Center for American Progress Action Fund...
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- argued (http://thehill.com/homenews/house/65161-an...)
- would not reduce rates providers charge to private insurers (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp...)
- confuse cost shifts with price differentials (http://theincidentaleconomist.com/price-di...)
- also (http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?d...)
- House bill (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/...)
- Robert Pear (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/health/p...)
- George Stephanopoulos (http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/10/dr...)
- Chris Frates (http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1009/Spe...)
- Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/na...)
- Shailagh Murray (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...)
- Bill Kristol (http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSF...)
- John Nichols (http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/489...)
- Hyde allows for this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Amendment)
- to block House health reform legislation (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/Ne...)
- at least one plan in each market area offer abortion services and one plan not (http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/200...)
- release the final House health care bill (http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/10/dr...)
- still need to find compromise wording (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/28...)
- already organizing around the Stupak provisions (http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/)
- Sonia Sekhar (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/abou...)
- MGMA Calls For Careful Design and Testing of Meaningful Use
- Healthcare Roundup: Aetna Layoffs, Lakeside Absorbed, ASCs Rake in Profits, Retail Clinics Forecast to Grow, and More
- The House Busts The Budget By Passing a "Doc Fix"
- Grassley's Attack on Reform Belies Some Earlier Stands
- Senate's Unified Reform Bill Owes Much to Finance Committee
- White House Puts Focus On Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
- Hospitals Recovering From Recession Woes
- Doctor Shortage Is Worsening, Say Hospital CEOs
- Interest Groups Redouble Fight on Healthcare Reform
- Kerry Bill Would Help Physicians Borrow Money For EHRs
- Provider Cost Reports Have Little Impact on Consumer Choice
- Hospital Mergers Are A Major Health Cost Driver
- Comparison of Health Reform Bills Reveals Key issues
- New Mexico Information Exchange Shows Potential of Obama HIT Campaign
- House Health-Care Reform Bill Deserves Public Support
- More Insurance Competition Will Not Reduce Costs
- No Rationing, Say Experts, But Public Doesn't Hear
- Some Health Reform Questions for The President
- Interest Groups Redouble Fight on Healthcare Reform
- NEJM Roundtable on Health Cost Control Offers Insights
- House Health-Care Reform Bill Deserves Public Support
- House Health Reform Bill Does Not Please Many in Health Care
- White House Puts Focus On Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
- Why So Many Insured People Have Big Medical Debts
- Physicians Know We Need Reform
- Healthcare Roundup: Medical Office Space in Demand, Blues Companies See Lower Income, Two Sides of Health Insurance, and More
- Hospital Chain's Turnaround Raises Health Spending
- Healthcare Is Still Adding Jobs, Despite Recession
- The Rationing Debate Starts To Heat Up
- Right-Sizing The Physician Workforce
- Physicians Finally Getting Help to Become Medical Homes
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