Daily Health Care News - 10/29/09
Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Jason Rosenbaum in News Clips
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NEWS
House health-care reform bill to include public option - Washington Post
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
Finance Bill’s Fine Print May Cause Sticker Shock For Some Consumers - Kaiser Health News
Proponents of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill say the legislation will limit the amount that lower- and middle-income people must pay for health insurance to a maximum of 12 percent of their incomes.
Reid's Math: Liberal Fans Exceed Public-Plan Foes - Wall Street Journal
Some of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's colleagues were surprised by his decision this week to include a government-run health-care plan in the Democrats' bill.
Sen. Lieberman's Friendly Relationship With The Health Care Industry - Media Matters
In light of the Independent Senator from Connecticut's revelation that he will try to block Democratic health care reform, Media Matters Action Network highlights Sen. Lieberman's past relationship with the private health care industry.
Business Groups Push Hard Against the Senate Bill - Wall Street Journal
Employers are blasting the Senate's plan to create a new public health-insurance program — a sign of how businesses are becoming increasingly uneasy about Democrats' proposals to overhaul the health system.
OPINION
Early Word on the House Bill: They Done Good. - Jon Cohn
Officially, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not unveil the leadership's final health care bill–the one that goes to the floor for debate–until 10:30 a.m. Unofficially, her allies have been leaking details for the last few days and, in particular, the last few hours. And so we know, already, the basics.
Specter Would Support Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care As A ‘Last, Last, Last Resort’ - Think Progress
Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said that he would consider joining a GOP filibuster of the Senate’s health care reform bill if it contains a public option. “If the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage,” Lieberman said.
Reconciliation back on the table? - Congress Matters
There's an undercurrent of buzz that says reconciliation is back on the table for the health insurance reform bill, presumably as a result of Joe Lieberman's (I-CT) insistence that he'll make trouble for it. As most of you recall, because debate on reconciliation bills are time-limited by statute, it's not subject to the filibuster. It is, however, subject to its own strict set of rules about what is and isn't eligible for consideration under the process, and it's by no means certain that all of the important elements of the bill that it looked like the Senate was getting ready to move will survive that process.
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