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Transcript: Health On The Hill, July 27, 2009
Mary Agnes Carey discusses the possibility of a House floor vote, the ‘gang of six’ on the Senate Finance Committee and other health overhaul activity on Capitol Hill this week.
Transcript: President Obama’s Ohio Health Care Town Hall Meeting
President Obama held a town hall-style meeting in Shaker Heights, Ohio to discuss health reform this afternoon.
Highly Praised Health Systems Say Medicare Payment Practices Need Overhaul
Integrated health systems have won kudos for their performances from President Obama. But officials at the health systems say the health overhaul bills being debated in Congress don’t reward them or encourage others to imitate them. They want lawmakers to move more aggressively to change the Medicare payment system to prod hospitals and doctors to provide better, less expensive care.
Rule To Prevent Medical ID Theft Angers Doctors
The last time you visited the doctor, were you asked to show a photo ID? Right now, it’s up to the doctor. But a new Federal Trade Commission regulation, called the ‘Red Flags Rule,’ may make such checks mandatory. The rule, which calls for “financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement written identity theft prevention […]
KHN’s Eric Pianin Discusses The House Health Overhaul Bill
House Democrats released their health care reform bill called “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act.” Kaiser Health News Correspondent Eric Pianin discusses the bill with Jackie Judd.
Abortion Issue Could Derail Health Care Overhaul
Senators working to craft an overhaul bill have turned back several abortion-related amendments.
Checking In With SEIU’s Dennis Rivera
Dennis Rivera is spearheading the Service Employees International Union’s political campaign to influence the health care debate. He discusses what the country’s largest health care union, with 1.1 million members, is trying to accomplish.
New Face Of The Uninsured: Middle-Class Americans
The recession has left a growing number of middle-income Americans without health insurance.
Obama Backs Helping Hand For Long-Term Care
The Obama administration has endorsed a new government social insurance program that would help people put aside money to pay for the high costs of long-term care.
Health On The Hill – June 29, 2009
Today, we feature a reporter roundtable with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Julie Rovner of National Public Radio and Jeffrey Young of The Hill.
Hospitals Close to Agreeing to $150 Billion-$170 Billion in Cuts for Health Reform
Exclusive: The hospital industry is nearing a deal with the White House and congressional Democrats to accept Medicare and Medicaid cuts. Such an agreement, coming on the heels of one with the drug industry, would increase momentum for overhauling the health care system by providing additional funds to finance the effort.
Health Reform’s Benefits for Middle Class Under Scrutiny
As President Obama tries to sell the middle class on health reform, Congress is considering proposals that would affect how individuals benefit. Lower-income people would benefit most in the near term from insurance subsidies. But Obama is emphasizing measures he says would help the middle class by reining in the rising cost of health care and insurance over the long term.
Reading the Fine Print on Health Reform: Encouraging News For Public Health
Partisan health reform fights have focused on a handful of concerns: the proposed public health insurance plan, individual and employer mandates, financing measures to subsidize low-income Americans and to cover the uninsured. As a combatant in some of these fights, I’m not one to say the partisan conflict is misplaced.
Bringing the Prius to American Medicine
President Obama has repeatedly promised that providing every American affordable access to quality health care won’t cost more money than we’ll save through reform, but he’s recently raised the stakes even further. Health care reform, he has said, would “foster economic growth” and “unleash America’s economic potential.”
President Obama’s Remarks On Health Care During June 23 Press Conference
In an afternoon news conference, President Barack Obama pushed hard for a government-run public insurance plan, but indicated it’s not a make-or-break requirement for health overhaul legislation. These video excerpts are courtesy of C-SPAN.
Health On The Hill — June 22, 2009
Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee continues to plow through hundreds of amendments as it works on its health overhaul bill. Here’s a short selection of amendments, which show a wide range of interests and concerns, and are pending unless otherwise marked.
Doctors Say Current System Impedes Patient Care
Doctors say lack of health insurance and not enough time with patients are major problems.
Health On The Hill — June 15, 2009
Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
Transcript: President Obama’s Town Hall Meeting On Health Care
The White House provided a transcript of President Barack Obama’s town hall meeting on health care today at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
