healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com - 1/21/2009
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The extension and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has now passed the full House and the Senate Finance Committee and is on its way to the full Senate.
After minor differences between the House and Senate are reconciled it will become law.
However, the way it ...
grassley.senate.gov - 1/27/2009
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grassley.senate.gov —
WASHINGTON Senator Chuck Grassley today said that in
a time of economic downturn, American workers must be...
a top priority for American companies. Grassley reiterated those words after he sent a letter to Microsoft urging the company to make efforts ...
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hhs.gov - 1/27/2009
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hhs.gov —
News Release SCHIP Provides Health Coverage to 7.4
Million Children in 2008 Some 7.4 million children were...
enrolled in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 2008 -- a four percent increase over the previous year, the U.S. Department ...
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SCHIP Provides Health Coverage to 7.4 Million Children ...
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The Importance Of Defining Progressive Proposals
Wonk Room —
... wisdom suggests a single bill, with SCHIP expansion and the stimulus laying the groundwork for universal coverage.
Still, some health care pundits worry that key elements of Obama’s proposal — establishing a health insurance exchange, employer mandate, building a new public plan — will encounter fierce partisan opposition. Bob Laszewski of Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review rang the first alarm bell, warning Democrats that excluding ranking Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) from the SCHIP expansion ...
Health Care Tuesday
Daily Kos —
... Bob Laszewski of Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review says congressional Democrats negotiating the SCHIP reauthorization "moved away from earlier bipartisan agreements and in doing so lost moderate Republicans like [Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa)] who showed good faith in reaching an earlier bipartisan compromise." Laszewski continues that "major health care reform is not possible unless it is bipartisan." Maggie Mahar of the Century Foundation's ...
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