Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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.

Monday, March 29, 2010

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.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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

Monday, March 22, 2010

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."