Democrats Brace For Potential Fallout After Health Overhaul Vote
House Democrats are facing looming questions and anger over their votes for health reform as they prepare for re-election campaigns.
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House Democrats are facing looming questions and anger over their votes for health reform as they prepare for re-election campaigns.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
News outlets report on how health industry stakeholders would be impacted by the bill passed by the House Sunday night.
President Obama received the biggest political victory of his presidency on Sunday, but news outlets question the political costs that might come with it.
Republican state attorneys general are already discussing the possibility of a multi-state lawsuit against components of the health care bill.
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and other anti-abortion Democrats, reached an agreement with the White House and Democratic House leadrs, helping provde Dems a winning tally for the overhaul package.
Many players were involved in the House passage of the health care reform bill on Sunday, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi also is credited with key efforts at keeping the bill moving.
News outlets report on how the health care overhaul passed by the House Sunday night would affect consumers and businesses.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including details of yesterday's historic House vote on health reform, the political dynamics now at work and what impact the measure will have on consumers and stakeholders.
The House of Representatives has approved the Senate-passed health care bill.
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and other anti-abortion Democrats, reached an agreement with the White House and Democratic House leadrs, helping provde Dems a winning tally for the overhaul package.
News outlets are reporting on the minute-by-minute activity in the House of Representatives as they debate the health reform bill.
House Democratic leaders appear confident, although some say firm count is not yet set. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, announces she will support health bill, despite abortion concerns. Republicans vow to continue their fight against the legislation.
News organizations are reporting that Democrats are "poised" to pass sweeping health reform legislation Sunday afternoon, as President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for the bill.
President Barack Obama plans to meet with all the House Democrats as their leaders predict victory. They're still searching for the last few votes.
AMA and AARP endorse health care overhaul while an executive from Caterpillar, Inc., says the insurance requirments will put his business at a disadvantage globally.
House Democratic leaders expressed confidence they would have enough votes to pass health care legislation, according to news outlets.
The president pushed for health reform legislation during a rally at George Mason University on Friday.
Global funding for efforts to fight malaria, which stood at $2 billion at the end of 2009, have "helped to contain the disease," but is "far short of the estimated $6 billion required annually to expand" efforts to fight it, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership said on Thursday," Reuters reports. The statements came as the partnership released a report (.pdf) that examined a decade's worth of global funding for malaria and its impact on fighting the disease (Hardach, 3/18).
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