Rahm Emanuel: Changes To Health System Take Time
Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, says "We will have a bill by the end of the year for the president to sign on health care that controls costs, expands coverage and provides choice."
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Hospitals Divided Over Proposal For Medicare Payment Czar
Powerful hospital trade associations are opposing President Obama's plan for an independent commission to determine how much Medicare pays doctors and hospitals. But certain "model" hospital systems - such as CHRISTUS Health - are breaking ranks and supporting the idea.
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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.
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Ad Audit: Health Insurers’ 30 Second Pitch On ‘Bipartisan’ Reform
An ad by America's Health Insurance Plans, which is meant to communicate that the industry is doing its part for health care reform, takes a strikingly different tone than the Harry and Louise ads that helped cripple President Clinton's reform attempt in the 1990s.
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President Obama’s News Conference On Health Reform
Excerpts from President Obama's news conference, held on July 22, 2009.
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Poll Shows Growing Anxiety About Health Overhaul
Public support for an overhaul the U.S. health care system has slipped somewhat, according to a new poll. But a majority of Americans still believe that "it is more important than ever to take on health care reform now."
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Opinion Column
The House Bill Costs Far More Than $1 Trillion
House Democratic leaders have been selling the health care bill -- now reported out by two of the three House committees to which it had been referred -- as costing "only" $1 trillion over a decade. But that's not really the whole story.
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Transcript: President Obama’s News Conference On Health Reform
Transcript of President Obama's fifth news conference.
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Text Of President Obama’s Prepared Remarks For Tonight’s News Conference
The White House previewed excerpts of President Obama's prepared opening remarks at tonight's news conference.
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Checking In With Carol Steckel On Expanding Medicaid
Even as Congress eyes Medicaid as an option to cover the uninsured, governors are expressing deep concerns about the expense and whether they would end up holding the bag. Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Carol Steckel says it would be "impossible" for states to handle the costs of expanding Medicaid.
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Local Hospitals and Doctors Join Forces to Improve Health Care, Restrain Costs
Even as an overhaul of the nation's health care system gets bogged down in Congress, hospitals, doctors and administrators from around the country talk about how they have changed the way they operate to bolster health care in their home towns.
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Health Effects Of Comparing Care: No Easy Answers
The Obama administration and Congress are moving forward with plans to evaluate various medical treatments for common health conditions. But how the government uses this comparative effectiveness research and how it might benefit - or complicate - medical decision-making are matters of some debate.
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Blue Dog Ross’s Conundrum: Should He Battle Health Bill That Could Benefit His Depressed Town?
Rep. Mike Ross grew up in tiny Prescott, Ark., and knows well the problems of many residents who can't afford health care insurance and have trouble getting access to hospitals and doctors. Yet Ross, a leader of the Blue Dog Democrats, stands ready to try to block passage of a health care reform bill in the House that might help his constituents; he complains the bill doesn't adequately contain costs or help rural areas enough.
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Checking In With Mike Ross
As chairman of the Blue Dog Democrats' health care reform task force, Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark. is pivotal in determining the final language of the bill, especially as it emerges from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. KFF Health News's Eric Pianin spoke with Ross at his office in the Rayburn House Office Building, July 16, 2009 about his district and health reform.
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Ad Audit: “If”
Healthy Economy Now is an "odd bedfellows" coalition -- increasingly common on the health care scene. This is the third ad the coalition has released in an ad buy that has totaled more than $12 million.
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President Obama Discusses Health Reform At Children’s Hospital
President Obama spoke about health reform at the Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Health on the Hill – July 20, 2009
The House Energy and Commerce Committee continues its consideration of health care overhaul legislation this week while Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is still developing his panel's health care package. Meanwhile, President Obama is pressing lawmakers to keep the momentum going on health care and has scheduled several public appearances this week to discuss health care legislation.
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Health On The Hill Transcript – July 20, 2009
Today, Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin, join Jackie Judd to discuss the busy week ahead for Congress and health reform.
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White House Moves To Calm Health Care Bill Fears
The White House is fighting back against accusations that the health care overhaul bills moving through Congress would actually increase health spending rather than save money over the long haul.
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Opinion Column
Who Will Care for the Elderly and Disabled?
There are two separate problems that led to the shortage of health care workers to treat the elderly and disabled.