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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Kasich, Hickenlooper 'Getting Very Close' To Unveiling Bipartisan Health Plan
The Hill: Kasich: Bipartisan Healthcare Plan Could Come In A Week
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) are working on a bipartisan proposal to stabilize ObamaCare that they say could be unveiled as soon as a week from now. “We’re getting very close,” Kasich said in a joint interview with Hickenlooper on Colorado Public Radio. “I just talked to my guys today, and men and women who are working on this with John’s people, and we think we’ll have some specifics here. John, I actually think we could have it within a week.” (Sullivan, 8/22)
WBUR: Governors Preparing Bipartisan Health Care Plan For Congress To Consider
Staff for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, are working on a joint plan to stabilize the country's health insurance markets. ... The plan will flesh out a set of principles the two men wrote about in an op-ed in The Washington Post, in which they said another one-party health care plan is "doomed to fail," just like the Republican plans considered this year. (Estabrook, 8/22)
In other news —
The Fiscal Times: A Growing List Of Bipartisan Ideas For Fixing Obamacare
A bipartisan group in the House calling themselves the Problem Solvers Caucus is leading an effort to reform Obamacare. The roughly 40 members of the caucus are focused on stabilizing the system while avoiding raising the federal deficit. (Rainey, 8/22)
