NEWS

Pelosi: We Will Have Health Care – One Way Or Another - ABC

ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will charge ahead with health care reform regardless of what happens in the Massachusetts Senate race.

Hoping It Won’t Be Needed, Democrats Ponder a Backup Plan on Health Care Bill - New York Times

With the Massachusetts special election for United States Senate increasingly unpredictable, Democrats in Washington are contemplating a fall-back plan to advance far-reaching health care legislation, even if a Republican victory on Tuesday deprives Senate Democrats of the crucial 60th vote they need to overcome filibusters.

Misleading claims about Safeway wellness incentives shape health-care bill - Washington Post

It's a seductively simple solution to rising health-care costs. Require workers to pay higher premiums if they flunk tests for measures such as weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. Then, bingo: You not only get a fitter workforce, you slash medical expenses.

The Price They Paid - Kaiser Health News

How a Virginia family got permission to get out-of-network treatment for one son's heart defect, and still ended up drowning in debt.

Three ways healthcare reform could pass even if Coakley loses - Christian Science Monitor

The Democrats will lose their filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the US Senate if Scott Brown defeats Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts special election Tuesday. There are at least three ways Democrats could still pass healthcare reform, but each would be problematic.

Confronting The Affordability Gap in Health Care Bills - NPR

As congressional Democrats work feverishly to bridge the gaps between the House and Senate health care overhaul bills, one issue is becoming a subject of considerable debate: affordability.

OPINION

Marco Rubio And 35 Other Candidates Sign Pledge To Repeal Reform, To The Detriment Of Their Constituents - Think Progress

As part of the GOP’s all-out-effort to repeal health care reform, the Club For Growth is asking lawmakers and candidates in the 2010 elections to “pledge to the people of my district/state to sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government.” At least 17 lawmakers and 36 candidates have signed onto the repeal, including Florida “Tea Party” candidate Marco Rubio. “The proposed government takeover of health care being rammed through Congress runs contrary to the principles of limited government that have made Americans the freest and most prosperous people ever,” Rubio said.

Reform a "Raw Deal" for Massachusetts? - Jon Cohn

Scott Brown's campaign has been arguing, directly and indirectly, that national health care reform would be bad for Massachusetts, since the state enacted its own, very similar version of reform three years ago. As Brown adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told Politico's Ben Smith