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Week of October 26 - 31, 2009:
Budget deficit seen as major concern in health overhaul plans.
The Economist (7/23) reported that recently, "three committees in the House of Representatives had presented a plan to provide health coverage for the uninsured with the help of hefty tax
increases on the rich." However, "on July 16th, Douglas Elmendorf, Congress's chief budget scorekeeper, stunned Washington when he said the bill would not only fail to tame healthcare costs,
but would permanently shift them higher.
The Economist (7/23) reported that recently, "three committees in the House of Representatives had presented a plan to provide health coverage for the uninsured with the help of hefty tax
increases on the rich." However, "on July 16th, Douglas Elmendorf, Congress's chief budget scorekeeper, stunned Washington when he said the bill would not only fail to tame healthcare costs,
but would permanently shift them higher.
Data suggest one-third of US uninsured may be undocumented immigrants, their children.
The Phoenix Business Journal (7/23, Sunnucks) reports, "Illegal immigrants and their children, many of whom were born in the US and are citizens, could make up a sizeable chunk of the
often-cited 46-million people without health insurance in the US.
The Phoenix Business Journal (7/23, Sunnucks) reports, "Illegal immigrants and their children, many of whom were born in the US and are citizens, could make up a sizeable chunk of the
often-cited 46-million people without health insurance in the US.
Shortage Of Doctors Could Damage Healthcare Reform
CHICAGO (Reuters) ‐ A growing shortage of primary care doctors could place a major burden on the U.S. Health care system if President Barack Obama succeeds in extending medical insurance
to millions of Americans who currently lack it.
CHICAGO (Reuters) ‐ A growing shortage of primary care doctors could place a major burden on the U.S. Health care system if President Barack Obama succeeds in extending medical insurance
to millions of Americans who currently lack it.
Comparing the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009:
Look at the exact provisions of each of the bills as they are marked-up; a side-by-side review of major health reform proposals.
Look at the exact provisions of each of the bills as they are marked-up; a side-by-side review of major health reform proposals.
Previous Headlines:
Analysis: Some health care numbers don't tally
Some of President Barack Obama's health care numbers don't seem to add up. And that's complicating his efforts to pass his top domestic priority.
Some of President Barack Obama's health care numbers don't seem to add up. And that's complicating his efforts to pass his top domestic priority.
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Implementing the taxes proposed in the Senate Finance Committee health reform proposal would increase the cost of health care by 14% over the next 5 years, America’s Health Insurance
Plans says.
The draft bill would impose new taxes on health insurers, prescription drugs and medical devices in order to pay for coverage of the uninsured.
Plans says.
The draft bill would impose new taxes on health insurers, prescription drugs and medical devices in order to pay for coverage of the uninsured.
FACT CHECK: Health insurers' profits 35th of 53
WASHINGTON – In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile
up." But in pillorying insurers over profits, the critics are on shaky ground. Ledgers tell a different reality.
WASHINGTON – In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile
up." But in pillorying insurers over profits, the critics are on shaky ground. Ledgers tell a different reality.
H.R. 3962 - The House Health Bill - Weighs In At 1,990 Pages
By ALLISON BELL Published 10/29/2009
The main House health bill -- H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act -- has arrived.
House Democratic leaders say the 1,990-page AHCAA bill, introduced by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., would increase the percentage of U.S. residents with health
coverage to 96%, at a cost of about $894 billion over 10 years.
By ALLISON BELL Published 10/29/2009
The main House health bill -- H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act -- has arrived.
House Democratic leaders say the 1,990-page AHCAA bill, introduced by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., would increase the percentage of U.S. residents with health
coverage to 96%, at a cost of about $894 billion over 10 years.