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Baucus Health Care Reform Proposal

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 EST

Governors Rebel Against Medicaid Expansion in Senate Health Bill

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 EST

State AG Challenges Constitutionality of Individual Mandate

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 EST

Baucus Plans To Introduce Bill Wednesday (9/16)

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 EST

Arkansas, Louisiana and Nebraska are Key in Health Care Debate

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 EST

FACT CHECK: Obama uses iffy math on deficit pledge

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, September 10, 2009 EST

Full text of President Obama�s speech

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, September 10, 2009 EST

Employers throughout the country sign letter to Congress

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, September 10, 2009 EST

Final House Health Care Bill Revealed

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, October 29, 2009 EST

The Public Option Resurfaces

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, October 22, 2009 EST
Sounding taken aback himself, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus recently declared that the public option is "alive." A better term might be undead: This new government-run health insurance program akin to Medicare for the middle class continues to stagger forward, zombie-like, despite what were thought to be fatal blasts earlier this fall from Senate centrists and the House Blue Dogs�that is, from Mr. Baucus's fellow Democrats.

An Overview of the New Taxes Proposed for Reform

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, October 22, 2009 EST
Tax Legislative Update Breaking news from Capitol Hill from Grant Thornton�s National Tax Office 2009-15 Oct. 13, 2009 Senate tax writers approve healthcare reform bill The Senate Finance Committee voted 14 to 9 on Oct. 13 to approve a sweeping healthcare reform bill. The legislation attracted the vote of all the Democrats on the committee, but only one Republican. Several major changes were made to the bill�s tax provisions before and during its markup.

Is your state one the President needs to secure his votes on health care reform?

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Thursday, October 01, 2009 EST
POLITICO - On the issue of health care, it sometimes seems like members of Congress are having two different debates � with each one diametrically opposed to the other and neither side listening to the other. A big reason for that is ideology, but another is geography. POLITICO scanned the nation and discovered that certain parts of the country are generating more heat on health care than others.

Support for Reform Hits All-Time Low

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, September 28, 2009 EST
Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That�s down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured.

Harvard Dean Gives Reform Effort Failing Grade

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, November 30, 2009 EST

Reid Bill is a Budget Buster

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, November 23, 2009 EST

Rather than reducing overall health care costs, Pelosi bill will increase costs by $289 billion

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, November 16, 2009 EST

Former Lt. Governor Betsy McCaughey Highlights Issues within the Pelosi Bill

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, November 09, 2009 EST

Pelosi Health Care Reform Proposal Passes the House

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, November 09, 2009 EST

Health Reform Components Could Face Supreme Court Challenge

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, January 04, 2010 EST

Senate Passes Health Care Reform � Next Stop Conference Committee

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, December 28, 2009 EST

Still Shy of the 60 Necessary Votes

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Monday, December 14, 2009 EST

Baucus Plan Still Has a Long Way to Go

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Friday, September 18, 2009 EST
WASHINGTON � President Barack Obama's call for an overhaul of the nation's health care system gained fresh momentum with the introduction of long-delayed Senate legislation to rein in spiraling medical costs and require nearly everyone to be carry health insurance.

Menu of Workable Medical Malpractice Reforms

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Friday, September 18, 2009 EST
The President committed in his speech to Congress to promote pilot projects to solve the problem of defensive medicine. "I've talked to enough doctors to know that defensive medicine may be contributing to unnecessary costs," he stated. "So I'm proposing that we move forward on a range of ideas about how to put patient safety first and let doctors focus on practicing medicine."

President Obama to Address Congress on Health Care Reform

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Friday, September 04, 2009 EST

Former Justice Department attorneys weigh-in on employer and individual mandates

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Friday, August 28, 2009 EST

House Democrats share reason medical malpractice not included in reform

Article posted on EmployersForQualityHealthCare.org. Published on Friday, August 28, 2009 EST