Feb 19 Recession Fuels More Enrollees, Financial Troubles for State Medicaid Since its founding in 1965, Medicaid has served as a health insurance safety net for people living at or below the federal poverty level: the nation's poorest children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and senior citizens with low incomes living… Continue reading
Feb 18 Sebelius: Insurance Rate Hikes Justify Health Care Reform Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius unveiled a new government report Thursday that warned of a double-digit spike in health insurance premiums. The increase "shines a light on the urgency for health care reform" and reveals that large… Continue reading
Feb 09 Politico Reporter: Obama Seeking Visual Proof of Bipartisan Efforts By Hari Sreenivasan President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he would be open to starting over on health care reform and incorporating ideas from the Republican minority -- as long as the final bill fulfills his goals of extending coverage, ending insurance company… Continue reading
Feb 05 Health Care Costs Rise as Reform Remains in Standstill As health care reform legislation remains stalled in Congress and Democrats negotiate behind the scenes to try to find a way forward, supporters and opponents of the bills remain committed to their positions. And Thursday's news of rising health… Continue reading
Feb 03 House May Take Up Slice of Health Reform; Larger Bill’s Fate Still Unclear The House of Representatives may vote next week on a bill to remove the health insurance industry's antitrust exemption. The move is the first attempt to jump-start the "two-track" health care reform effort that House Speaker Nancy… Continue reading
Jan 28 Pelosi: Health Care Reform Will Advance ‘On Many Fronts’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that Congress could move forward on health care reform "on many fronts," working to pass smaller parts of the legislation in separate bills while still negotiating a comprehensive reform package. "Some things… Continue reading
Jan 26 On Eve of State of the Union, Democrats’ Next Move on Health Reform Unclear The State of the Union address was supposed to be a moment of triumph for President Obama: to stand before the American people and talk about passage of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system -- one that… Continue reading
Jan 21 Pelosi Says Senate Bill Won’t Pass House as Written House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that the Senate's health care reform bill will not pass the House as it is written now. "I don't see the votes for it at this time," she told reporters after… Continue reading
Jan 20 Democrats Conflicted on Next Steps for Health Care Reform Updated 2:40 p.m. Democratic leaders debated Wednesday how to proceed on health care reform, as the Republican upset victory in Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate race has dealt President Barack Obama's signature legislative issue a serious blow. Republican state Sen. Scott Brown's… Continue reading
Jan 19 Pelosi: Health Reform Talks ‘On Track’ as Democrats Eye Mass. Race House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that negotiations between House and Senate Democratic leaders over health care reform are still "on course," even as nervous Democrats await the result of a special election in Massachusetts that could deny them… Continue reading