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Coverage & Access - Massachusetts, Tennessee Health Plans Might Offer Ideas on U.S. Health Care System Overhaul
Congressional lawmakers who are crafting a plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system might be able to look to state health insurance programs in Massachusetts and Tennessee for ideas, the AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Health reform legislation modeled after Massachusetts' near-universal health insu
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2009-05-29

Capitol Hill Watch - Lawmakers Prepare for Health Care Reform Action During Memorial Day Recess; Advocacy Groups Promote Reform Agendas
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been given 'talking points' on health care reform to discuss with constituents during the Memorial Day recess as House and Senate committees work to develop comprehensive reform bills by mid-June, Politico reports (Budoff Brown, Politico, 5/26). According to The Hill,
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2009-05-26

State Watch - Connecticut House Approves Two Health Insurance Pooling Bills
The Connecticut House on Wednesday approved two separate measures to expand health insurance pooling in the state, the Hartford Courant reports. The first measure would create a public health insurance pool open to all residents. The pool, intended to compete with rather than replace private insurance, would
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2009-05-22

Capitol Hill Watch - Republicans Introduce Health Reform Plan That Would Provide Tax Credits To Purchase Health Coverage, Establish State Insurance Exchanges
Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Reps. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday introduced the Patients' Choice Act (S 1099, HR 2520), a counter proposal to Democratic health care reform plans that would create state-based health insurance
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2009-05-21

Capitol Hill Watch - Senate Finance Committee Discusses Funding for Health Reform in Final 'Walk Through' Meeting
The Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday to discuss potential funding mechanisms for health reform legislation but indicated that no concrete decisions had been reached, The Hill reports. The meeting was the third of three scheduled to 'walk through' various aspects of health reform. Previous talks focused
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2009-05-21

State Watch - Baltimore Sun Examines Debate Over Howard County, Md., Health Program
About 200 uninsured people have enrolled in the Howard County, Md., Healthy Howard program since it began on Oct. 1, 2008, county health officer Peter Beilenson told a county council budget panel, the Baltimore Sun reports. Healthy Howard is a network of local doctors who charge members between $50 and $115
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2009-05-19

Capitol Hill Watch - AHIP President, CEO Says Health Insurance Industry Would Accept Stronger Federal Regulation, Stop Charging Women Higher Premiums Than Men
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, America's Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni said members would concede to greater government regulation, as the industry works to prevent the creation of a government health plan that could threaten their business, the AP/Chicago Trib
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2009-05-06

Recent Releases in Health Policy - JAMA Commentaries Discuss Health Care Reform; Report Links Health, Education Levels
'Incremental Health Care Reform,' Journal of the American Medical Association: In the commentary, Troyen Brennan, a physician with CVS Caremark, and Michelle Mello of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health discuss the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector and
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2009-05-06

Capitol Hill Watch - U.S. Has Never Been More Prepared To Face a 'Challenge' Such as the Current H1N1 Flu Emergency, Obama Official Testifies
Obama administration officials on Thursday during a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing laid out the administration's plans for addressing the recent public health emergency involving the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, CQ HealthBeat reports.During the hearing, FDA Deputy Com
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2009-05-01

Capitol Hill Watch - Sen. Baucus Proposes Medicare Changes He Says Could Drive 'Transformation of the Health Care Delivery System'
The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday during a six-hour meeting discussed proposed changes to the Medicare system from committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 4/30). The lawmakers on Tuesday released a 48-page docu
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2009-04-30