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March 19, 2010
A number of studies released in the past two weeks underscore the urgent need facing American workers, their families and small businesses -- from rising insurance and prescription costs to lost coverage:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Barely Hanging On: Middle-Class and Uninsured
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March 19, 2010
Today, AARP announced support for the comprehensive and historic health insurance reform legislation before Congress. AARP Board Chair Bonnie Cramer writes:
The legislative package cracks down on insurance company abuses and protects and strengthens guaranteed benefits in Medicare, the program millions of our members depend on and in which millions more will soon enroll.It closes the dreaded Medicare Part D 'doughnut hole,' a gap in prescription drug coverage that is life-threatening for many.
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March 18, 2010
The budget resolution that Congress passed last April included instructions for the House and Senate to enact reforms to both our health insurance system and federal student loan programs through the budget reconciliation process. Now, the reconciliation bill that the House will consider this weekend includes not only improvements to the Senate-passed health insurance reform bill, but also the student aid bill the House passed last September.
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March 18, 2010
This afternoon, House Democrats introduced health insurance reform legislation to improve the Senate-passed bill. The reconciliation bill is based largely on the improvements put forward by the President's proposal -- moving towards the House-passed bill in certain critical areas.
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March 18, 2010
As House Democrats introduced health insurance reform legislation to improve the Senate-passed bill, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Whip Clyburn, and Caucus Chairman Larson held a press conference this afternoon in the Capitol with Americans who represent the struggles many have with our current health care system and how they will benefit from much-needed health insurance reform:
Ed Morris
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March 18, 2010
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released a preliminary score for the health insurance reform legislation. Based on a preliminary analysis from CBO, the legislation:
CUTS THE DEFICIT
Cuts the deficit by $138 billion in the first ten years (2010 -- 2019).Cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second ten years.
REINS IN WASTEFUL MEDICARE COSTS AND EXTENDS THE SOLVENCY OF MEDICARE; CLOSES THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONUT HOLE
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March 17, 2010
Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi, Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Jan Schakowsky, Doris Matsui and Charlie Wilson held a press conference following a meeting with advocates for seniors:
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March 17, 2010
This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi hosted President Barack Obama and Taoiseach Brian Cowen of Ireland at the Speaker's annual congressional Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol:
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March 17, 2010
This morning, the Energy and Commerce Committee released an analysis on the impact of the new health insurance reform legislation on families, small businesses, seniors in Medicare, health care providers, and the uninsured in each of the 435 Congressional districts.
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March 16, 2010
As Congress moves forward with comprehensive health insurance reform, one option for consideration of the legislation is under a rule for reconciliation that would adopt the Senate-passed bill as amended with improvements based on the President's proposal and the will of a majority of Congress. This rule would have to pass the House with a majority vote, but some opponents of reform are objecting to this process in an attempt to kill the bill.