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National Health Care Reform to be passed by the House by the end of the summer?

Hello,

Is anyone paying attention to the US Health Care Reform that the President wants?

I heard a five minute explanation on the car radio today.
Here is what I remember:

1. Part one involves getting the health care providers on board -- they need to bring down their costs and in exchange they will get some lower malpractice premiums / perhaps limits on law suits.
This was apparently part of the president's radio address on Saturday. You can find a link to the radio address if you go to www.whitehouse.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Weekl...ew-Foundation/

2. We are going to build on the system we have today (a bunch of compromises that most Democrats and Republicans in Congress will be able to vote for.)

Details are still sketchy as Congress and the Prez start to work them out.

Here is an AP article from Monday / May 11:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...rhaul0511.html

Quote:

His plan would build on the current system in which employers, government and individuals share responsibility for paying the cost. The government would play a stronger role by subsidizing coverage for many more people.

"We cannot continue down the same dangerous road we've been traveling for so many years, with costs that are out of control, because reform is not a luxury that can be postponed, but a necessity that cannot wait," Obama said in prepared remarks the White House released Sunday. "That is why these groups are voluntarily coming together to make an unprecedented commitment."

The industry groups are trying to get on the bandwagon for expanded coverage in the hope they can steer Congress away from legislation that would restrict their profitability in future years.

->I'm sad. It looks like the prez is going to kill my hopes for a single payer system.

->I'm happy. The prez's goal is universal coverage. I don't care how he wants to pay for it nearly as much as I care that we have it (good full coverage for all).
This will be a series of steps that could take us in an entirely different direction from the one we are on now.

M.

Thank you Mari.

barbara

The Prez on TV talking about his plan

Hi,

The president did a mini town hall meeting in The East Room of the White House that was on ABC's Prime Time and then on Nightline to talk about his health care plan.

I watched some of it.

At one point he talked to people who think that they have good health care and do not want anything to change.

He said that if the government does nothing, health care will become unaffordable soon in the future even for people who think that they are doing fine.

He did a pretty good job explaining why we need changes.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HealthCare/

M.

AMA supports Obama's public option

Hi,
This is so huge.
The brand new president (June 2009) of the American Medical Association supports Pres. Obama's plan for a public health care option:

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07...ded-insurance/

Quote:

Rohack, who recently became AMA president, suggested Wednesday that the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program available to Congress members and other federal employees could be expanded as a public option. That would avoid having to create a new program from scratch, he said.

“If it’s good enough for Congress, why shouldn’t it be good enough for individuals who don’t have health insurance provided by their employers?” Rohack said
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Rohack called 2009 “the year we need to have affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans.”

He said a reformed system must include access for everyone, the freedom to choose your doctor, and the freedom for doctors to provide the best possible care.

Rohack also called for efficiency measures such as electronic record-keeping to reduce administrative costs, as well as protection for doctors from excessive malpractice lawsuits.

This is a reversal of the AMA's testimony to Congress in May 09.
Happy Day.

M.