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Transcript: Health On The Hill: What A Difference A Year Makes
President Obama has scheduled a bipartisan summit for Feb. 25 to discuss ways to pass health care overhaul legislation this year. On Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders in both chambers are trying to resolve differences between House and Senate-passed health care bills and make progress on the issue once lawmakers return from the President’s Day recess.
Transcript: Health On The Hill – Debating Next Steps For Health Reform
Congressional Democrats continue to debate their next step on health care overhaul legislation, with some urging that Congress move quickly on a scaled-back approach.
Denying Care To Illegal Immigrants Raises Ethical Concerns
The Senate’s Christmas Eve vote makes historic legislation to transform our health care system likely. Politicians, who rightly note that this legislation would affect nearly all Americans, could also point out that the people least affected may not be Americans at all, but those in the country illegally.
Legislation Needs “Any Willing Provider”
The Senate health care reform bill contains none of the features needed for real reform. The principal lobbyists have all scored impressive victories.
Checking In With Consumer Union’s Jim Guest
Consumers Union added its voice to the congressional health care debate by airing a 30-second television ad supporting reform. Although the group is known for taking public positions on consumer products and services, it has never before broadcast a television commercial on a public policy question. KHN talked to the group’s president and CEO about the decision to air the ad as well as the results from a recent telephone survey the organization conducted.
Related Article: Insurance Terminology Creates Barrier To Understanding And Using Health Benefits
This is a Test: Disregard This
By Eric Pianin With prospects for a bipartisan deal dimming, Democrats are considering the use of Byzantine budget rules this fall to ram through their own version of health care overhaul legislation without fear of a Republican filibuster. The gambit is laden with parliamentary hurdles that could give GOP opponents plenty of opportunities […]
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Budget Story Headline — Subhead
Type content (http://www.kffhealthnews.org) Headline of Sidebar Sidebar Story 1 If your spouse has a separate plan, act quickly to get on it. Ask about your COBRA rights. With some exceptions, laid-off workers can continue their coverage for 18 months by paying its full cost. (Congress is considering a temporary, 65 percent premium subsidy.) If […]
Fear of Flu: Shifting the Goalposts
Are fears about kids and the swine flu overblown?
Will People Buy Government Long-Term Care Insurance?
A key question about the CLASS Act remains: How many will buy the coverage even if it is broadly available?
Transcript: Health On The Hill – How Will Senate Committees Combine Health Bills?
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin discuss what might happen in the Senate Finance Committee this week and how its health overhaul bill might be combined with the more liberal bill from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Health On The Hill – Senate Finance Committee To Vote On Health Bill
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin discuss the Senate Finance Committee’s vote later this week on a health overhaul bill and how that bill might be melded with the more liberal bill from the Senate health committee.
Will Insurers Balk At Weakening of Individual Insurance Mandate?
The Senate Finance Committee Thursday agreed to delay the penalties for people who don’t comply with a requirement to have health insurance. Some lawmakers want no penalties at all. But insurers worry that weakening the mandate will mean people will delay getting coverage, it would be more difficult to keep costs down.
Transcript: Health On The Hill – September 28, 2009
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
Health On The Hill – September 28, 2009
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
Sen. Max Baucus’ Opening Statement For Senate Finance Bill
This morning, the Senate Finance Committee released the “Opening Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) at Today’s Mark-Up of the America’s Healthy Future Act.”
