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@BSkyD Ctr on Budget & Policy Priorties House Bill Expands Coverage & Lowers Cost, While Reducing Deficits. http://tinyurl.com/yebgt85 #p2 19 days ago |
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#hc09 legislation would reduce budget deficits by $104 billion over ten years, according to CBO http://tinyurl.com/yebgt85 #p2 19 days ago |
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scare tactics and talking points aside, here is an interesting analysis of the House health reform bill: http://tinyurl.com/yebgt85 25 days ago |
Health Care Tuesday
Daily Kos —
A few new reports on the House health bill from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Overview: House Health Reform Bill Expands Coverage and Lowers Health Cost Growth, While Reducing Deficits House Health Reform Bill Would Strengthen Medicare House Health Reform Bill Would Help Ensure Affordable, Quality Coverage for Older Adults Aged 55-64 Oops. Not everyone wins. As Congress struggles to rein in health care costs as part of its sweeping reform efforts, hospitals in New York City and other urban areas that provide some of ...
Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... by the Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on a climate change bill, refused to discuss the basis of his opposition, and left to continue his boycott. What a clown. * In related news, a tri-partisan group of senators -- John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman -- announced their combined efforts to advance a climate bill. * Harold Meyerson makes the case for the House health care reform bill. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities also touts its strengths . * Election-day victories for higher ed . * John Stossel thinks he's ...
The need for an occasional refresher
Political Animal —
... negotiating drug prices with them, the House bill authorizes those negotiations. The Senate bill reduces by half the payments that Medicare recipients must make for prescription drugs that fall into the "doughnut hole" (annual drug expenses are covered up to $2,700, and coverage kicks in again at $6,100, but for all purchases in between, Medicarians are on their own). The House bill would cover all prescription purchases by 2019. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities also had a helpful report on the strengths of the House bill, ...
Analysis of the House Health Reform Bill
Eye on Wisconsin —
Over the weekend the U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark legislation to finally reform health care in a meaningful way. I just read an analysis of the legislation by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ...
