This week in health

Law on health care reform went through the house this week to vote in a partisan. Sunday night, House Democrats passed in the Senate Health Care Reform, sending the legislation to President Obama for his signature. On Tuesday, Obama signed the law is based on the law, but the house has not yet all “solutions” that the ultimate consequences will change the legislation completed.

Negotiations on the reform of health care

House Democrats pass health care reform package: The House passed the Act to reform the health service in the Senate on Sunday night with the votes of 219 to 212th The vote was the final outcome of the debate a year on health reform. In the final vote included all 34 Democrats, the Republicans in the House to vote against the measure. Shortly after the house and a series of “solutions”, by a vote of 220-211, which was sent directly to the Senate for approval by the reconciliation. On Tuesday, Obama signed the law on health care reform bill in the Senate, the law called affordable on the protection of patients and health care. ”

Force Senate Republicans, the bill on the compatibility of the House: Send Shortly after the President signed the Act on the Law of the Senate, Senator began discussions on the reconciliation bill. Minutes of reconciliation limited to 20 hours of Senate debate on the measure, but not the number of changes that may occur. In an expression of opposition to the bill, Republicans 29 amendments to the whole of reconciliation. (more…)

Obama Health Download the proposal in time for the summit on health: Monday, February 22, 2010, presented the White House a new health reform law test based on the approved version of the Senate last night’s Christmas with a number of changes to House Democrats who have concerns with the bill in the Senate had fallen. The President’s proposal does not include public choice, despite the hopes of the Democrats in the Senate because of concerns from the White House, is that the determination to pass the Senate. Obama ignored requests from Republicans and Democrats back to zero. As such, objections to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the motives of the bill characterized as a massive government takeover of American health care system.

Republicans that House Democrats have not announced the votes of the legislation, Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) Wednesday, that the Democrats agree the necessary votes for the President’s proposal because of the lack of building three new offers of houses and leaving the support by some moderate Democrats. In a matter of a few Democrats are weaker in the abortion provisions of the proposal of the President and the current controversy over a law with simple majority, approved a process of reconciliation known.

Summit on Health Care Overview

On Thursday, the president of the Summit Health Care has started around 10:00 with the President’s remarks followed comments from Republicans and Democrats. The discussion on four areas: cost control in health care, the consideration of the insurance market, the deficit reduction focus and expand insurance coverage. Before Thursday, said the Republicans and some Democrats, that many very low expectations for the summit was a success.

House Republicans have come together with their own version of a bill for the health of armed support for small businesses to buy insurance, federal money to states to see hedge fund for those that do not run for private insurance and damage caps on medical malpractice lawsuits. The Republican plan would cost 61 billion U.S. dollars and refer to three million people in ten years. By contrast, Obama said his plan would cost 950 billion U.S. dollars and cover 30 million people in the same period. However, said leaders of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), they would be able to officially mark the President’s proposal with only a summary – the legislative language is required. (more…)