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MARCH 19, 2010
This Week in Health Care Reform
This week, President Obama continued traveling outside of Washington to rally support for his health insurance plan. Meanwhile, Democratic leaders increased their efforts to pull together enough votes to push the package through the House of Representatives by week’s end. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) needs to accumulate [...]

Week of March 15, 2010
The White House last week continued to rail against rising health insurance premiums to help build popular support for his health care reform package. But the effort to focus the blame for rising costs on insurers was questioned, in particular, by state insurance experts and economists quoted in a New York [...]

The Week in Health Reform—Federal Legislative Overview
The White House
On March 3, President Obama continued his push for Members of Congress to complete health insurance reform legislation within the upcoming weeks. He delivered a statement to a group of medical professionals in the East Room of the White House, in which he said that he has [...]

MARCH 5, 2010
This Week in Health Insurance Reform
This week, President Barack Obama continued to pressure lawmakers to pass a final health insurance reform bill, calling for its passage through reconciliation, a process which only requires the support of a simple majority. Republicans continued to oppose the President’s proposal , vowing to fight the expedited reconciliation [...]

President Obama’s Health Insurance Bill
President Obama Releases New Health Care Proposal in Time for Health Summit: On Monday February 22, 2010, White House officials unveiled a new health insurance reform overhaul that builds on the Senate version passed last Christmas Eve, with some changes aimed at pleasing House Democrats who had concerns with the Senate [...]

February 17, 2010
The Week in Individual Health Insurance Reform–Federal Legislative Overview
House and Senate
Things were quiet last week in Washington due to the 30 plus inches of snow the area received. On Feb. 9 House leaders announced that due to the heavy snow in the area they would suspend votes in the House for the remainder [...]

FEBRUARY 19, 2010
This Week in Health Insurance Reform
Although lawmakers left Washington this week for the President’s Day recess, debate continued to amplify around the upcoming Health Care Summit. The Summit, scheduled for February 25th in Washington, D.C., is considered by members of the news media to be President Barack Obama’s best attempt to salvage his [...]

February 17, 2010
The Week in Health Reform–Federal Legislative Overview
House and Senate
Things were quiet last week in Washington due to the 30 plus inches of snow the area received. On Feb. 9 House leaders announced that due to the heavy snow in the area they would suspend votes in the House for the remainder of the [...]

Federal
Owing to multiple blizzards in Washington, Congress started its President’s Day recess a full week early and conducted no official business last week. However, there was some legislative drama as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the rug out from under Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus by scrapping the Baucus jobs bill (without warning), which [...]

This Week in Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health insurance reform debate this week.
On Monday, President Obama held a Q&A session via YouTube in which he responded to questions submitted during his [...]