Health Care Reform Round Up

by Jack Lewin April 22, 2009 06:36
A round up of health care reform in major news outlets this week:
  • Senators Set Timetable for Health Care Bills (Robert Pear, New York Times): "The chairmen of two Senate committees told President Obama today that by early June they would finish writing legislation on health care to 'provide coverage to all Americans.'"

  • Congress Inclined to Act First on Health (Greg Hitt, Wall Street Journal): "Shortly after Congress returns from recess Monday, lawmakers will have to choose which Obama promise to make a higher priority -- overhauling the health-care system or addressing climate change."

  • Senate to tackle health care reform (Erica Werner and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press): "This time it's really going to happen. Or so they claim."

  • Senate, House to Hold Meetings on Health Care Reform (Ridgley Ochs, Long Island Newsday): Both Senate and House committees will be holding meetings this week on overhauling health care, with an eye toward having legislation ready by August.

  • Obama’s Revenue Plans Hit Resistance in Congress (Carl Hulse, New York Times): "President Obama is running into stiff Congressional resistance to his plans to raise money for his ambitious agenda, and the resulting hole in the budget is threatening a major health care overhaul and other policy initiatives."

  • Congress makes health care top priority (Sean Lengell, Washington Times): "When President Obama vowed last week to rebuild the nation's slumping economy on the strength of "five pillars," there was little doubt on which column construction would begin first - health care reform."

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