- Senate refuses to go along with Medicare fix that raised the national debt by $247 billion: link
- Another day, another discovery within the Senate Finance bill. Today’s find — self-insured employers would not be held to the same standard as insurance companies: link
- Senate leadership now moving to put Public Option in: link
- And House leadership claim they have the votes: link
- But 36 House Democrats say “Not so fast, my friend”: link
- Medicare’s actuary says the Pelosi Plan will increase costs: link
- Oregon Senator Ron Wyden continues to be a thorn in the side of Senate Democrat leadership: link
- Medicare premiums going up: link
- Senate Democrat leadership warming up to Public Option: link
- Still, not everything is smooth sailing for Harry Reid and company: link
- Grassley leads bipartisan effort to find way to pay for Medicare fix, but: link
- Reid, Stabenow say no: link
- Speaker Pelosi playing hardball with moderates, rookies when it comes to supporting the Pelosi Plan: link
- The Wall Street Journal editorial board looks at the cost of government health care plans – what was projected and what actually happened: link
- Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen continues ringing the alarm bell on unfunded mandates upon the states: link
- Health insurers respond to the White House’s latest attack: link
- Obama Administration gives in, lifts gag order on Medicare insurers: link
- President Obama promised that the public would have a ringside seat for negotiations on health care reform. What happened? link
- The President used his Saturday radio address to attack insuers: link
- And his staff continued the offensive on the Sunday morning shows: link
- Bipartisan opposition to tax on medical devices creates headache for Democrat leaders: link
- Business tallies up the winners and losers under the Senate Finance plan: link
- The Wall Street Journal editorial board said the current plan will result in tax increases for average Americans: link
- White House, Congressional Democrats orchestrated corporate support for health care reform: link
- Washington Post says American Medical Association going “wobbly” on reform: link
- AARP divided on Health Care Reform: link
- Senate will not vote on Medicare fix on Monday, foiling Harry Reid’s effort to not pay for the bill: link
- Baucus trying to cover more people in effort to keep hospitals on board: link
- Senate Democrats have vocal caucus on Public Option: link
- New York Times reports on why the Public Option has become such a problem for Demcorats: link
- Former head of the DLC calls on Democrats to dump Public Option: link
- Washington Post takes a look at an emerging issue – the ability for insurers to provide incentives and penalties for certain behaviors: link
- Time magazine examines how the cease fire between the White House and insurance companies fell apart: link
- Nothing to see here – White House, Senate Democrats try to increase Medicare rates without paying for them: link
- Moderate Democrats aren’t jumping on the Finance bill: link
- Associated Press fact check of health insurer claims: link
- Congressional Democrats, White House declare war on health insurers: link
- Washington Post examines the impact on seniors who have Medicare Advantage coverage: link
- Just like Freddy Kruger, Jason, and Michael Myers, the Public Option will not die: link
- One reason why, the unions want it in and the tax on Cadillac plans out: link
- And Speaker Pelosi says the case for it is getting stronger: link
- House Majority Leader cannot guarantee a vote on the Pelosi Plan before Christmas: link
- Karl Rove says President Obama still hasn’t made the case to the country that this is the prescription we need to take: link
- Senate Finance Committee passes Baucus plan 14-9 – link
- Health Insurance Industry breaks with White House, claims premiums will increase under Baucus Plan – link
- Senate Democrats, White House Respond – link
- Senate Democrats having trouble merging Finance, HELP bills: link
- House Democrats find paying for Pelosi Plan not an easy task: link
- As the Finance Committee approaches its vote on the Baucus plan, some groups are beginning to have buyer’s remorse: link
- POLITICO.com reports the health insurance industry is holding its fire for now, but they may not stay on the sidelines for long: link
- USA Today reports that Pre-Medicare Americans will pay 50 percent more for health care under the Baucus plan than other reform plans: link
- Another day, another opportunity for Speaker Pelosi to bash the Finance Committee’s plan: link
- The Wall Street Journal wonders if the Baucus plan is so good, why are so many Democrat senators trying to cut deals to get their states exempted from certain provisions? link
- Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu says none of the proposed plans work for small business: link
- House Democrats float another new idea – windfall profits tax: link
- Congressional Budget Office Report released – Senate Finance bill only costs $829 billion: link
- Next step – Senate Finance meets to vote on bill next Tuesday: link
- In the House, Speaker Pelosi sends three versions of the Pelosi Plan to CBO: link
- House Democrats still considering new ideas, like a windfall profits tax: link
- Finally, House Democrats and Republicans meet on health care reform: link
- House Republicans point out Democrat governors have problems with Medicaid changes: link
- Karl Rove analyzes the impact of the health care reform debate on the 2010 elections: link
- Some members of the Senate Finance Committee like the idea of letting states set up their own Public Options, while others oppose it: link
- Four members of the Committee remain uncommitted: link
- Senators are scrambling to get a seat at the table for the merging of the Finance and HELP bills: link
- Moderate Democrats join Republicans in calling for the public to have 72 hours to read the bill before Senate debate begins: link
- USA Today identifies the special interest winners in the Senate Finance bill: link
- House Democrats continue meeting about what will be in the final version of the Pelosi Plan: link
- They continue to oppose taxing Cadillac health plans, like the ones offered to Iowa state employees: link
- Governors from both parties continue to have real concerns about the impact to state budgets: link
- Wall Street Journal opinion piece points out that many of the reforms pushed by the Obama Administration have been tried and failed: link
- Senate debate on health care reform delayed: link
- Insurers, hospitals not happy with the Finance Committee’s decision to lower the penalties for not having insurance: link
- Congressional Democrats worried about balancing cost versus coverage: link
- House Democrats feeling slighted by lack of attention: link
- Quietly, the Biotech industry getting everything they want: link
- High Risk Pools may not be the solution some have predicted: link
Health Care, Human Resources | btrow | October 22, 2009 | 
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