Selected stories from the daily newsletter CQ HealthBeat from the week of February 22, 2010. Provided as a service under rights licensed by The Commonwealth Fund. The full-text version of this newsletter is available in the Health Reform section of
commonwealthfund.org.
Congressional Republicans again urged President Obama to scrap his plans for overhauling the U.S. health care system and restart the debate on how best to control medical costs and expand coverage. Read more »
President Obama's proposed methods of paying for a health care overhaul bridge the divide between the House and Senate versions of the bill and attempt to resolve some of the conflicts that have hung over the issue for months.
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For all their talk that something as big as a health care overhaul ought to be done in a bipartisan fashion, Senate moderates and centrists seemed remarkably open to using the divisive budgetary maneuver known as reconciliation to get legislation on the desk of President Obama. Read more »
Amid all the talk about a "government takeover" of health care, one proposal that would substantially expand the federal role in the system has remained at the periphery of the debate. Read more »
Democrats seemingly in shock from the recent loss of momentum for a major health care overhaul know a good thing when they see it — and at a House subcommittee hearing, they pushed hard to build the case that the recent headline-grabbing rate hike of up to 39 percent planned by the insurer Anthem is just a taste of things to come for America's middle class. Read more »
President Obama for the first time proposed legislation to overhaul the U.S. health system, posting a summary of the bill on the White House's Web site ahead of a summit to discuss the effort with congressional leaders. Read more »