Transcript: Health On The Hill – November 30, 2009
Panelists discuss the array of amendments Democrats and Republicans are expected to offer as the Senate begins debate on health overhaul legislation.
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Health On The Hill – November 30, 2009
Panelists discuss the array of amendments Democrats and Republicans are expected to offer as the Senate begins debate on health overhaul legislation.
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White House Defends Overhaul’s Cost-Cutting
Tiring of gripes that overhaul proposals won’t slow health spending, the White House chose the afternoon before the long Thanksgiving weekend to tell reporters, essentially, “They will, so.”
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Opinion Column
The CLASS Act: A Flawed But Powerful Game-Changer for Long-Term Care
Pay attention to the CLASS Act. It can not only provide better long-term care for those who so desperately need this assistance, it can also become a new way to help those in need in an era of $1 trillion-plus budget deficits. But only if it is done right.
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Seven Things You Didn’t Know Were In The Senate Health Bill
While much of the attention paid to the Senate health reform bill has been about the public option or financing, there are many lesser-known provisions that would affect consumers.
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Health Reform’s Impact on Premiums: Winners, Losers And, For Many, A Question Mark
If a Democratic health bill passes,certain individuals and small businesses initially would pay more for insurance, while others would pay less, experts predict. But the long-term outlook is less clear.
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Opinion Column
Don’t Rationalize Busting The Budget – Start Over
We have plenty of time to take this back to where it should have been in the first place – beginning the long and complex journey to create a health care system that pays for value.
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For Public, Affordability A Key Issue In Health Bill
The debate in Washington over how much the health care overhaul bills will cost has largely centered on the bottom line for the federal government. But polls repeatedly show Americans are much more concerned about how a reshaped health care system will affect their own family’s financial situation.
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Poll: Public Most Concerned With Bread-And-Butter Issues In Health Reform Debate
A poll “shows little movement in measures of public opinion” on health reform. About one-third like the current Democratic bills, another third want reform, but not what Democratic lawmakers have in mind and one-quarter think Congress should not spend time on the issue now.
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Opinion Column
Answers From Iowa
Perhaps the political and media elite shouldn’t wait for an impending presidential election to pay attention to what Iowa has to say.
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – November 23, 2009
Panelists discuss the Senate’s vote to begin debate on health reform legislation.
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Health On The Hill – November 23, 2009
Over the weekend, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to begin debate on health reform legislation, which will begin after the Thanksgiving break. Panelists discuss what’s ahead.
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Opinion Column
Getting The Bugs Out Of Health Reform
When it comes to making medical care not only cheaper but also better, reducing hospital infections is among the easiest changes to make–something reform really should be able to do, even in this political universe of such limited possibility.
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Congress Targets Senior Abuse
About 11 percent of people ages 60 and older suffer from some kind of abuse every year. But as a part of health care overhaul legislation, lawmakers are taking steps that would for the first time establish a federal beachhead in fighting such abuse.
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Evidence-Based Medicine: Hard For Some To Swallow
Patients often find it difficult to base medical decisions on study results. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
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A Consumers’ Guide To The Health Reform Bills
The Senate and House health bills differ in important ways. We ask and answer questions consumers might have about the bills.
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Plastic Surgeons Cry Foul Over ‘Botax’ Proposal In Senate Health Bill
Levies on liposuction, breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures would generate billions of dollars to help cover the uninsured.
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CBO Releases Estimate On Senate Bill
Read or download the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation’s estimates of the the Senate Democrats’ health bill, called “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”
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Health On The Hill – November 19, 2009
Last night, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid unveiled a health care reform bill that he plans to soon bring to the Senate floor. The bill would cost an estimated $849 billion dollars over 10 years, and cover about 31 million uninsured. Mary Agnes Carey discusses the major provisions of the bill.
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With Senate Health Bill, Reid Tries To Balance Many Interests
Majority Leader Harry Reid added new taxes and modified major provisions of health bills passed by two Senate panels in a health bill unveiled Wednesday night.
