Health On The Hill - January 19, 2010

Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foudation; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Drew Armstrong, Congressional Quarterly

The outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race could play a pivotal role in efforts by President Obama and congressional Democrats to pass a health care overhaul bill this year. Talks between the White House and congressional Democrats are expected to intensify this week as lawmakers push to get a health care deal through both chambers.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – January 19, 2010</h1>
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 Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foudation</a>; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Drew Armstrong, <a href="http://www.cq.com/">Congressional Quarterly</a>The outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race could play a pivotal role in efforts by President Obama and congressional Democrats to pass a health care overhaul bill this year. Talks between the White House and congressional Democrats are expected to intensify this week as lawmakers push to get a health care deal through both chambers.Listen to <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/01/011910_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">audio version</a> (mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/5754A4F6-24E9-4192-A3C0-A19D043EB9FF">Read Transcript</a><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910hoth/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910hoth/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910hoth/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20January%2019%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F011910hoth%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910hoth/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910hoth/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910hoth/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11348&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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