Other Public Programs, Improvements To Exchange Structure Discussed For Final...
The widespread acknowledgement that the final health care bill will not include a public option has led some involved in the conference committee discussions to look to other priorities. Rep. Rosa...
View ArticleWhite House Health Proposal – The Basics
The White House’s health reform plan is up at WhiteHouse.gov, or you can take a peek here. This represents a compromise document, one prepared to pass by using the Senate bill as a base and making...
View ArticleStupak Lashes Out at Waxman
More than anything, Bart Stupak running to local radio and telling them that Henry Waxman wants to fund abortions is a pretty sure sign that he’s completely outmatched on the issue and will now resort...
View ArticleText of the Reconciliation Sidecar Up
It’s at the House Rules Committee website and it’s about 151 pages. It’s in Congress-speak, but a couple things which I haven’t yet reported are clear: • Student loan reform is indeed in the bill,...
View ArticleTraditional Media Discovers Community Health Centers
I first wrote about community health centers in the health care law in December, and have subsequently written at least 20 other articles referring to them. I maintain that it was the best money in the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines Challenge to Healthy SF; Universal Care Program OKd
The best money spent in the Affordable Care Act was the $11 billion dollars put toward expanding and maintaining community health centers across the country. That money will get poured directly into...
View ArticleCommunity Health Centers Threatened With Funding Cuts From Debt Limit Deal...
lynn_121109_10 by Martha Coakley I thought the President was pretty clear yesterday – he thinks we’ve cut the domestic and defense budgets to the bone, and any future savings must come out of a...
View ArticleMassive Free Medical Care Clinic in Los Angeles Puts Focus on Enrolling...
Michele Bachmann told a crowd over the weekend that Americans can rely on charitable organizations if they cannot afford health care. I actually saw evidence of this over the weekend in Los Angeles....
View ArticleThe New America: Pentagon-Run Annual Health Clinics
We all know that we’re only at the midway point of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and that subsidies for people who don’t get health insurance at work, so they can afford to purchase...
View ArticleFree Health Care Clinics Focus on Moving Patients Into Continuing Coverage
Last year, I went to the Los Angeles Sports Arena to witness a massive free medical clinic for thousands of low-income residents. I was impressed by the focus on enrolling patients for continuing care,...
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