Diana Manos
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele thanked grassroots Republicans in an e-mail Wednesday for helping the RNC raise more than $100,000 to advertise against "government-run healthcare."
After months of claiming that Americans who like the care they have could keep it under the Democrats' health care reform proposals, President Obama "admitted" Tuesday that some people would lose their health insurance and be forced onto a government-run plan, according to Michael Mahaffey, a spokesperson for Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
A new study released Tuesday by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) questions the widely used estimate of 47 million uninsured Americans.
On Tuesday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health held the first of a three-day series of hearings on health reform. The hearings come as Congress is working to deliver on a promise to President Obama to have a health reform law passed by Oct. 1.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America announced an agreement Saturday with the Senate Finance Committee and the White House to reduce drug costs for elderly Americans.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday that the Senate has unanimously confirmed Howard Koh, MD, as the next Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS.
In an ongoing series of stakeholder health reform discussions, the White House hosted a panel of physicians Thursday to discuss the use of prevention and wellness initiatives for cutting healthcare costs and improving health.
Congressional leaders have promised President Obama they will come up with a comprehensive healthcare reform bill by Oct. 1. The president says any reform plan needs bipartisan support in order to be sustainable. As congressional panels and party leaders begin their campaigns in earnest, the heat on both sides of the aisle-on and off Capitol Hill-- is starting to mount.
Medicare must change the way it pays its healthcare providers in order to achieve better care coordination and efficiency, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission stated in its annual report to Congress.
President Obama took the opportunity to gather physician support and intensify his promotion of health reform at a keynote speech Monday before the American Medical Association.