Consumers's Big Question: What's In It for Me?-nytimes.com:

Consumers's Big Question: What's In It for Me?-nytimes.com: More than a week after President Obama signed the sweeping new health care law, which will eventually provide insurance coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans, many of us are still scratching our heads. What just happened? And how and when will we start feeling its effect?

Health Overhaul May Raise Demand for Primary Care Doctors-wsj.com

Health Overhaul May Raise Demand for Primary Care Doctors-wsj.com: The landmark health overhaul will bring primary-care physicians, already in short supply in parts of the country, millions more newly insured patients in the next few years.

Medicare Nominee Would Face Big Changes-WSJ.com

Medicare Nominee Would Face Big Changes-WSJ.com: Donald Berwick, President Barack Obama's choice to lead the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, would face the major challenge of overseeing sweeping changes to both programs required under the recently enacted health-care overhaul, if elected.

Health-care overhaul leaves Democrats in stable condition-washingtonpost.com

Health-care overhaul leaves Democrats in stable condition-washingtonpost.com: After steering the landmark health-care reform bill through Congress, the Democratic Party's leaders have emerged mostly unscathed, according to a new Washington Post poll, but they have not received a notable boost in approval ratings.

How The House Voted- Interactive- washingtonpost.com

How the House Voted-Interactive-washingtonpost.com
Tool to see how members of the House of Representatives voted on the recent health care bill

House passes health-care reform bill without Republican votes - washingtonpost.com

House passes health-care reform bill without Republican votes - washingtonpost.com "House Democrats scored a historic victory in the century-long battle to reform the nation's health-care system late Sunday night, winning final approval of legislation that expands coverage to 32 million people and attempts to contain spiraling costs. The House voted 219 to 212 to approve the measure, with every Republican voting no."

News Analysis - Obama’s Health Care Victory Carries a Cost - NYTimes.com

News Analysis - Obama’s Health Care Victory Carries a Cost - NYTimes.com "The House’s passage of health care legislation late Sunday night assures that whatever the ultimate cost, President Obama will go down in history as one of the handful of presidents who found a way to reshape the nation’s social welfare system."

Obama plans blitz to boost public opinion of health-care effort

Obama plans blitz to boost public opinion of health-care effort: "President Obama is set to begin an immediate public relations blitz aimed at turning around Americans' opinion of the health-care bill."

"House leaders: Health-care plan will reduce deficit by more than $100 billion"-washingtonpost.com:

"House leaders: Health-care plan will reduce deficit by more than $100 billion"-washingtonpost.com: Congressional Democrats on Thursday will unveil a final version of their comprehensive health-care plan, with House leaders saying the bill would cut the federal deficit by more than $100 billion over the next decade and more than $1 trillion over by 2030.

House Democrats' tactic for health-care bill is debated-washingtonpost.com:

House Democrats' tactic for health-care bill is debated-washingtonpost.com: An obscure parliamentary maneuver favored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suddenly ignited Tuesday as the latest tinder in the year-long partisan strife over reshaping the nation's health-care system, triggering debate over the strategy's legitimacy and political wisdom.

House may try to apss Senate Health-Care bill without voting on it-washingtonpost.com:

House may try to apss Senate health-care bill without voting on it-washingtonpost.com: After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it.

Nancy Pelosi Done Playing "Deal or No Deal"-politico.com

Nancy Pelosi Done Playing "Deal or No Deal"-politico.com: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing hardball with her rank and file in the run-up to an historic health care vote.


Instead of the typical wheeling and dealing to pick up much-needed support, Pelosi and her leadership team are warning members that the bill is final, and its language is set, so don’t come seeking major changes or handouts for your district.

House Budget Panel Passes Overhaul, Rules Panel Awaits-CongressDaily.com

House Budget Panel Passes Overhaul, Rules Panel Awaits-CongressDaily.com: The healthcare overhaul cleared its first procedural hurdle Monday, albeit a ceremonial one, to set the clock ticking for a final vote by this weekend.

The House Budget Committee approved a shell bill 21-16 Monday to start the process of passing the overhaul. Republicans and Democratic Reps. Allen Boyd of Florida and Chet Edwards of Texas voted against the shell bill that contained instructions allowing Democrats to use the budget reconciliation process to pass the measure

Democrat Leaders Say Health Bill Will Pass-washingtonpost.com

Democrat Leaders Say Health Bill Will Pass-washingtonpost.com: Democratic leaders scrambled Sunday to pull together enough support in the House for a make-or-break decision on health-care reform later this week, expressing optimism that a package will soon be signed into law by President Obama despite a lack of firm votes for passage.

Democrats move toward grouping health reform with student-aid bill-washingtonpost.com

Democrats move toward grouping health reform with student-aid bill-washingtonpost.com: Democratic leaders said Thursday that they were increasingly inclined to release a final health-care bill that could accomplish two of President Obama's top domestic priorities: guaranteeing coverage to 30 million uninsured Americans and vastly expanding federal aid for college students.

Surgical-Device Firms Walk Fine Line-WSJ.com

Surgical-Device Firms Walk Fine Line- WSJ.com: Some 25,000 people last year underwent an operation in which tiny bits of heart tissue were burned into a maze pattern to reroute the heart's electrical system. This is done to fix the most common type of faulty heartbeat, atrial fibrillation.

Obama takes health care message to Philadelphia-washingtonpost.com

Obama takes health care message to Philadelphia-washingtonpost.com: President Obama will begin a pivotal week for his health-care legislation with a speech Monday morning highly critical of the insurance industry, holding up rising premiums and lost coverage as the imperatives driving his reform efforts.

Obama Offers to Use Some G.O.P. Health Proposals

Obama Offers to Use Some G.O.P. Health Proposals-NYTimes.com: President Obama offered Tuesday to address some of the concerns expressed by Republicans in the health care debate as the two parties maneuvered for advantage heading into the legislative end game.

As Democrats seek to push through health bill, Obama reaches out to Republicans-washingtonpost.com

As Democrats seek to push through health bill, Obama reaches out to Republicans-washingtonpost.com: As Democrats on Capitol Hill prepared a risky effort to muscle sweeping health-care legislation to final passage, President Obama on Tuesday made a last gambit to split Republicans on the issue, proposing to incorporate a handful of GOP ideas into his signature domestic initiative.

Mass. med device firms hurt by gift ban - Mass High Tech Business News

Mass. med device firms hurt by gift ban - Mass High Tech Business News: "The Massachusetts law designed to prevent pharmaceutical and medical device firms from having undue influence on doctors is spurring job losses at local companies and research institutions, industry insiders claim."