Health On The Hill - June 8, 2009

President Obama’s renewed push to have Congress pass health care overhaul legislation this year has added momentum to the ongoing debate on Capitol Hill over how to expand health care coverage and reduce the growth of health care costs. Meanwhile, details have begun to emerge on Senate and House legislative proposals, which Democratic leaders in both chambers have said they want to pass before the August recess.

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<h1>Health On The Hill — June 8, 2009</h1>
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			June 8, 2009		</time>
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<p>President Obama’s renewed push to have Congress pass health care overhaul legislation this year has added momentum to the ongoing debate on Capitol Hill over how to expand health care coverage and reduce the growth of health care costs. Meanwhile, details have begun to emerge on Senate and House legislative proposals, which Democratic leaders in both chambers have said they want to pass before the August recess.</p><p>      <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2009/06/060809_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">        <strong>Podcast</strong>      </a> (mp3)</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0608hoth/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0608hoth/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0608hoth/?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--%20June%208%2C%202009&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F0608hoth%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/0608hoth/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0608hoth/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><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>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0608hoth/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<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=9913&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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