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Senate HELP Committee Releases Health Reform Bill
Sunday, 26 July 2009 21:22 | 
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Posted by cloe on July 2, 2009 at 02:20 PM
"We must not settle for legislation that merely gestures at reform. We must deliver on the promise of true change." – Chairman Ted Kennedy and Senator Chris Dodd
President Obama and our Democratic leaders in Congress have been working to pass health care reform legislation before the end of the year. Today the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) took an important step towards that goal when it released its latest version of health care reform legislation. The bill follows President Obama’s principles for reform by lowering costs, protecting patient choice and expanding access to quality, affordable care, and includes a strong public option and a shared employee responsibility provision. According to analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the plan will cost significantly less than previously estimated and covers 97 percent of Americans. Here’s the AP story and a link to the text of the bill.
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47 million Americans currently living without health insurance Sunday, 26 July 2009 21:25 | Author: webmaster |
For the 47 million Americans currently living without health insurance, a public option will represent an opportunity to access quality, affordable care. For those who have insurance but still struggle to get the care they and their families need, the healthy competition provided by our proposal will offer a wider variety of options while keeping costs down. Last Updated ( Sunday, 26 July 2009 21:26 ) News Wednesday, 04 March 2009 04:05 | Author: Pedro Ramirez |
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The Democratic Change Commission Sunday, 26 July 2009 21:19 | Author: webmaster |
The Democratic Change Commission will be having their first meeting, open to the public, on Saturday June 27th in Washington, DC. We will provide highlights of the meeting here on the blog. Following the Democratic Presidential primaries and caucuses of the 2008 presidential nominating campaign the Democratic National Convention Rules Committee, at the request of then Senator Obama, drafted a resolution calling for a commission to review and recommend changes to the 2012 nominating process. That was adopted on August 25, 2008 by the full Democratic National Convention and thus created the Democratic Change Commission. Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 August 2009 07:02 ) Subscribe Saturday, 16 May 2009 04:29 | Author: Pedro Ramirez |
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