Health On The Hill - September 21, 2010

Laurie McGinley, Kaiser Health News; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; and Noam Levey, Los Angeles Times

The Obama Administration and supporters of the new health law have planned a series of events this week to commemorate the law’s six-month anniversary and a package of consumer protections that go into effect Thursday as Republicans plan to unveil their own plans Thursday to overhaul the nation’s health care system.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – September 21, 2010</h1>
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			September 21, 2010		</time>
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 Laurie McGinley, <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/">Kaiser Health News</a>; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; and Noam Levey, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/">Los Angeles Times</a> The Obama Administration and supporters of the new health law have planned a series of events this week to commemorate the law’s six-month anniversary and a package of consumer protections that go into effect Thursday as Republicans plan to unveil their own plans Thursday to overhaul the nation’s health care system. <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/09/092110_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Listen to audio version</a> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/September/21/health-on-the-hill-transcript.aspx">read the transcript</a>. <ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092110-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092110-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092110-health-on-the-hill/?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-%20September%2021%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F092110-health-on-the-hill%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/092110-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092110-health-on-the-hill/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/092110-health-on-the-hill/">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=11252&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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