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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Summary of the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act
The House bill unveiled this morning is a 1,990 page document that the Congressional Budget Office has scored at $894 billion over ten years, covering an additional 36 million Americans and 97% of citizens overall. You can see the legislation … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperatives, healthcare, mandate, small employer subsidy
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Reid Opts for an Opt-Out Public Option
Yesterday, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) held a press conference to unveil a few details of the Senate’s merged comprehensive health care bill. Earlier in the day Reid sent a few variations of the comprehensive bill to the Congressional … Continue reading
House Dems Advocate for Small Employer Equality
Last week, forty-three House Democrats sent this letter to the House Democratic leadership asking that in the final House bill nonprofit organizations be included in any small employer subsidy. Currently, the House bill (HR 3200) has a provision that any … Continue reading
Senate Votes Down Medicare Fix
While House and Senate Democratic leaders try to cobble together enough votes to pass their health care legislation, both chambers had votes on components of reform that could signal what smaller issues could impact the passage of a larger bill. … Continue reading
Net Neutrality Rules Could Exempt Google
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been moving forward in recent weeks crafting new regulations on net neutrality, scheduling a vote on a proposal this Thursday. However, CongressDaily (subscription) is reporting this morning that the proposal would exempt online companies … Continue reading
Finance Committee Releases Legislative Language
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday released the legislative language for its health care reform proposal. The massive 1,502 page bill contains few surprises, reflecting the Finance Committee mark-up earlier this month and technical corrections made to the language. Of note … Continue reading
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Tagged AHIP, finance, healthcare, small employer subsidy
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US Chamber Launches Jobs Campaign
Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched the Campaign for Free Enterprise, a multifaceted effort to drive job creation in the private sector. Showing the power of an association to be an economic driver, the campaign has a goal of … Continue reading
ASAE Letter to Congress on Association Health Care
ASAE President & CEO John H. Graham IV, CAE will send a letter to Congress this week reiterating the role of associations in providing affordable health care. Dear Senator: The American Society of Association Executives (“ASAE”) is a section 501(c)(6) … Continue reading
Finance to Vote on Health Care Today
Today, beginning at 10 AM, the Senate Finance Committee will vote to pass its version of health care reform. If the bill passes committee (as it is expected to do) it will be merged by the Senate Majority Leader with … Continue reading
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Tagged AHIP, Baucus, climate change, finance, healthcare, Snowe
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