Health Care Reform from Rep. Hoyer's website (links and reports)
Mike Hersh
Health Care Reform
Reforming Health Care is a Necessary Step in Rebuilding Our Economy
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Today's Featured Documents:
CBO: House Discussion Draft Yields More Than $500 Billion in Savings from Medicare Improvements (Committee on Ways & Means, 7/8/09)
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President Obama’s Health Care Reform Web Site
Statement by the President on Health Care Reform Bill Released by Senate HELP Committee Today (7/2/09)
Director Orszag on Health Care Reform: Higher Quality for Lower Costs (6/16/09)
Remarks by the President to the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association (6/15/09)
Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Real Health Care Reform (6/5/09)
Letter: The President Spells Out His Vision on Health Care Reform (6/3/09)
Report: The Economic Case for Health Care Reform (Council of Economic Advisors, 6/2/09)
Letter from Health Care Stakeholders (6/1/09)
President Obama Says Progress on Clean Energy and Healthcare Reform Will Lay New Foundation (5/16/09)
Joint Statement from Health Care Stakeholders (5/15/09)
Letter from the President to health care stakeholders (5/12/09)
Remarks by the President after Roundtable with Business Leaders on Health Care Costs (5/12/09)
President Obama Announces Series of Regional White House Forums To Be Held Across Country (3/6/09)
Remarks by the President at the Opening of the White House Forum on Health Reform (3/5/09)
President Obama’s Principles for Health Care Reform (Budget Outline, 2/26/09)
White House Forum on Health Reform Report (3/30/09)
Share Your Story and Ideas About Why We Need Health Reform This Year
Statements from Leadership & Committees
Office of the Majority Leader
Hoyer Statement on President’s Speech to AMA on Health Care Reform (6/15/09)
Hoyer: Report on Economic Benefits of Health Care Reform Too Great to Ignore (6/2/09)
Hoyer Statement on Republican Health Care Bills Introduced Today (5/20/09)
Hoyer Statement on Medicare and Social Security Trustees Report (5/12/09)
Hoyer Speaks on Health Care Reform at NCPA's Annual Conference (5/12/09)
Hoyer Statement on Pledge by Health Care Stakeholders to Reduce Costs (5/11/09)
Hoyer Delivers Keynote Address on Entitlement and Health Care Reform (5/6/09)
Hoyer, Health Care Chairs Report Continued Progress and Coordination on Reform Efforts (4/22/09)
Hoyer Statement on Cover the Uninsured Week (3/23/09)
Hoyer: The Time is Now for Comprehensive Health Care Reform (3/5/09)
Hoyer Speaks on Need for Health Care Reform at Families USA Conference (1/29/09)
Office of the Speaker
Pelosi Statement on President Obama’s Speech to AMA on Urgent Need for Health Care Reform (6/15/09)
Pelosi Statement on Release of Draft Health Reform Outline (6/9/09)
Pelosi: Health Care Legislation Will Be On the House Floor by the End of July (5/13/09)
Pelosi Statement on Annual Report of Social Security and Medicare Trustees (5/12/09)
Additional Leadership, Committees & Caucuses
CBO: House Discussion Draft Yields More Than $500 Billion in Savings from Medicare Improvements (Committee on Ways & Means, 7/8/09)
Public Option Framework (New Democrat Coalition, 6/11/09)
Key Features of the Tri-Committee Health Reform Draft Proposal (House Committees on Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor, 6/9/09)
House Committees Brief Members on Draft Health Reform Outline (6/9/09)
Ways and Means Members Discuss Health Reform with President Obama (6/9/09)
Congressional TriCaucus Health Care Reform Priorities (Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, 6/8/09)
Congressional Progressive Caucus: Principles for a Public Health Care Option (6/8/09)
Congressional Progressive Caucus Lays Out Criteria for Public Option (6/5/09)
Blue Dogs: Health Care Reform Must Protect Consumer Choice, Promote Competition in the Marketplace (6/4/09)
Chairmen Rangel, Waxman, Miller Statement on White House Meeting on Health Care (5/13/09)
Rangel: Medicare Trustees Report Underscores Need for Health Reform to Control Costs (5/12/09)
Blue Dog Coalition Releases Principles for Health Care Reform (5/12/09)
Congressional Progressive Caucus: Caucuses Unite Behind Public Health Insurance Plan Option (4/28/09)
House Committee Chairs Waxman, Rangel, Miller Pledge to Move Health Reform Forward (3/11/09)
Education and Labor: Chairman Miller: Obama Leading Way to Real Health Care Reform (3/5/09)
Blue Dogs Launch Health Care Task Force (3/5/09)
Reports & Fact Sheets
Quality Affordable Health Care (Tri-Committees and House Democratic leadership)
Health Care Reform Documents & Fact Sheets (Committee on Energy & Commerce)
Majority of Americans Support Health Care Reform (Office of the Majority Leader, 7/7/09)
Poll: Consumer Confidence in Health Care Drops 1.3 Points in May (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 6/17/2009)
Poll: Public Opinion on Health Care Issues (Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2009)
State Data: Health Care Competition (Center for American Progress, June 2009)
Countering The Luntz Memo (Media Matters Action Network, 6/18/09)
The Real Language Of Health Care (Media Matters Action Network, 6/18/09)
Republican Prescription for Disaster: Myths vs. Facts on Health Care Reform (Office of the Majority Leader, 6/16/09)
Report: Front and Center: Ensuring that Health Reform Puts People First (Commonwealth Fund, 6/11/2009)
A Dose of Reality: Myth vs. Fact on Health Reform (House Democratic Leadership and Committee Staff, 6/11/09)
Report: The Economic Impact of Healthcare Reform on Small Business (Small Business Majority, 6/11/2009)
Report: Health Disparities: A Case For Closing the Gap (DHHS, 6/9/09)
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Investment in Prevention (Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 6/8/2009)
Study: Medical Bills Play a Role in 62% of Bankruptcies, Study Says (L.A. Times, 6/4/09)
Report: The Economic Case for Health Care Reform (Council of Economic Advisors, 6/2/09)
Study: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Rise for Workers With Employer Coverage (The Commonwealth Fund, 6/2/09)
Study: Limiting the Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Insurance Can Help Pay for Health Reform (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 6/2/09)
Report: America Without Health Care Reform (Center for American Progress, May 2009)
Report: Health Care In Crisis (Center for American Progress, May 2009)
Report: Hidden Health Tax: Americans Pay for a Premium (Families USA, 5/28/09)
Report: The Impact of Chronic Disease on U.S. Health and Prosperity: A Call to Action for Health Reform (Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease: The Almanac of Chronic Disease)
Report: Health Reform: The Cost of Failure (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 5/21/09)
Report: Helping the Bottom Line – Health Reform and Small Business (DHHS, April 2009)
The Verdict Is In: Health Care Costs Are Unsustainable (Office of the Majority Leader, 5/8/09)
The Blue Dog Coalition: Principles for Health Care Reform (5/12/09)
Health Care Costs Letter to the President (White House, 5/11/09)
Fact Sheet: Coming Together to Bring Down the Cost of Health Care (White House, 5/11/09)
Will Republicans Work with Democrats for Health Care Reform? (Office of the Majority Leader, 5/8/09)
Hard Times in the Heartland: Health Care in Rural America (DHHS Report, May 2009)
The Health Care Congress: Working to Improve Quality, Access, and Affordability for All Americans (Office of the Majority Leader, 5/1/09)
The Costs of Inaction: the Urgent Need for Health Reform (DHHS Report, March 2009)
Helping the Bottom Line: Health Reform and Small Business (DHHS Report, April 2009)
Support Is Strong for Comprehensive Health Care Reform (Office of the Majority Leader, 4/24/09)
Ways & Means Committee: Dear Colleague on Reforming the Health Care Delivery System (4/3/09)
Competitive Health Care: A Public Health Insurance Plan that Delivers (Center for American Progress Action Fund, 3/09)
The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why the Cost of Failing to Fix Our Health System is Greater than the Cost of Reform (New America Foundation, 9/13/08)
New Direction Congress Recognizes Upcoming National Public Health Week by Passing Key Public Health Bills (Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 4/1/09)
America Can’t Afford to Wait On Health Care Reform (Office of the Majority Leader, 3/5/09)
One-Third of Americans Lacked Health Insurance at Some Point during 2007-2008 (Committee on Ways and Means, 3/4/09)
Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured (Familes USA, March 2009)
Charts on health care costs (Alliance for Health Reform, 9/24/08)
Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2008 (The Commonwealth Fund)
Articles, Editorials and Op-eds
Report: Health Care Costs to Rise 9 Pct in 2010 (Associated Press, 6/18/2009)
Obama Open to Reining in Medical Suits (New York Times, 6/15/2009)
Obama: Health System a ‘Time Bomb’ (Politico, 6/14/2009)
Centrist Dems Raise Big Concerns (Politico, 6/12/2009)
Obama Administration Finds Health-Care Model in Green Bay (Washington Post, 6/11/2009)
Democrats Stoke Grassroots Healthcare Campaign (Reuters, 6/8/09)
Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care (New York Times, 6/6/2009)
Obama Open to a MedPAC with Teeth, DeParle Says (CQ HealthBeat, 6/3/09)
Slump Pushing Cost of Drugs Out of Reach (New York Times, 6/3/09)
Christina Romer: Health care reform is an economic necessity (Yahoo News, 6/2/09)
Dems make recess push over energy, healthcare agenda (The Hill, 6/1/09)
Democrats clear decks for healthcare (The Hill, 6/1/09)
Obama: Now or never for health reform (USA Today, 5/28/09)
Life is Expensive: Treating the Sickest Part of America's Economy (The Economist, 5/28/09)
Insurers' Role Key to Health System Overhaul, CBO Says (Washington Post, 5/28/09)
Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look (Washington Post, 5/27/09)
Dems, GOP To Address Health Care (Politico, 5/26/09)
More Small Firms Drop Health Care (Wall Street Journal, 5/26/09)
Republicans Offer Health-Care Plan (Wall Street Journal, 5/21/09)
Tax Proposals Draw Critics in Talks on Financing Health Insurance (New York Times, 5/21/09)
U.S. workers paying more for healthcare (Reuters, 5/18/09)
Opinion: Orszag: Health Costs Are the Real Deficit Threat (Wall Street Journal, 5/15/09)
Obama Says Health-Care Plan Must Get Passed This Year (Bloomberg, 5/14/09)
Democrats to Develop Plan to Sell Health Care (New York Times, 5/14/09)
Democrats Pledge House Vote on Health Care Before August Recess (CQ, 5/13/09)
Health Insurers Agree to End Higher Premiums for Women (New York Times, 5/6/09)
Special Section - Health Care: Obama’s Grand Gamble (Politico, 5/4/09)
The Hill Special Report on Healthcare (The Hill, 4/24/09)
Adversaries Team Up on Health Care (Politico, 4/20/09)
Washington Times Special Report: Healthcare in the 111th Congress (3/25/09)
Hoyer: Healthcare Reform Can't Wait (Washington Times, 3/25/09)
Dingell: The Cost of Inaction on Health Care is Too High - Especially Now! (Washington Times, 3/25/09)
Insurers Ease Stance on Pre-Existing Conditions (New York Times, 3/25/09)
A Health Plan for All and the Concerns It Raises (New York Times, 3/25/09)
Workers Feel the Brunt of Health Insurance Woes (AP, 3/24/09)
This May be the Year for Meaningful Health-Care Reform (Salt Lake Tribune, 3/20/09)
Ex-Foes of Health-Care Reform Emerge as Supporters (Washington Post, 3/6/09)
Editorial: Fighting fit (The Hill, 3/6/09)
Obama: Every voice must be heard on health reform (AP, 3/5/09)
In Health Plan, Industry Sees Good Business (Washington Post, 3/5/09)
360-degree health care forum has rousing start (USA Today, 3/5/09)