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Capitol Hill Watch - Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Reform News
Several newspapers recently highlighted news about people involved in health care reform. Summaries appear below.Reps. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.): Andrews and Pallone -- chairs of the House Education and Labor Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee, and House Energy and Commerc
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2009-04-14

Capitol Hill Watch - Sen. Baucus Hopes To Introduce Comprehensive Health Reform Legislation This Summer
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Tuesday said enacting comprehensive health reform this year is his 'top priority,' the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Baucus -- who spoke to reporters at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C., at an event sponsored by the Foundation, Families
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2009-03-04

Capitol Hill Watch - Sen. Kennedy Taps Senators To Lead Various Working Groups Aimed at Improving U.S. Health Care
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Tuesday named committee members to lead three working groups that will target specific aspects of the health care system in writing overhaul legislation, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as head of the grou
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2008-11-19

Both Major Presidential Candidates Support Prescription Drug Reimportation, Cite Need To Ensure Safety
Both Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) support prescription drug reimportation but cite the need to ensure the safety of medications purchased from other nations, CQ HealthBeat reports. At the annual conference of the Generic
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2008-10-28

Coverage & Access - Number, Percentage of Uninsured U.S. Residents Decreased in 2007, According to U.S. Census Bureau
The number and percentage of uninsured U.S. residents declined in 2007 to 45.7 million people, or 15.3% of the population, according to an annual U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday, USA Today reports (Cauchon/Appleby, USA Today, 8/27). In 2006, 47 million people were uninsured, or 15.8% of the popula
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2008-08-27

Coverage & Access - Report Proposes Near-Universal Health Coverage System That Would Allow Individuals, Small Businesses To Purchase Insurance Through Private Plans or New Medicare-Like Option
A national health insurance 'connector' program that allows individuals and small businesses to buy public and private health coverage could provide insurance for up to 44 million uninsured U.S. residents, according to an article by the Commonwealth Fund published in the May/June issue of the journal Health
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2008-05-13

Health Care Marketplace - Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums Increased by 6.1% in 2007, Less Rapidly Than in Recent Years but Still Faster Than Wages, Inflation, Survey Finds
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums increased by an average of 6.1% in 2007, less than the 7.7% increase in 2006 but more than the 3.7% increase in employee wages and the inflation rate of 2.6%, according to the 2007 Employer Health Benefit Survey released on Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation
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2007-09-12

Coverage & Access - Number of Uninsured U.S. Residents Increases by 2.2M to 47M in 2006
The number of uninsured U.S. residents grew by 2.2 million in 2006 to 47 million, up from 44.8 million in 2005, according to data released on Tuesday by the Census Bureau, USA Today reports (Appleby, USA Today, 8/29). To compile the data, the Census Bureau collected information about the health insurance sta
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2007-08-29

Capitol Hill Watch - Tentative Bipartisan Agreement on SCHIP Reauthorization, Expansion Calls for 61-Cent Cigarette Tax Increase
Senate Finance Committee members on Tuesday announced that they have reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP, although the deal 'is smaller than Democrats had hoped and reliant on a politically difficult' 61-cent-per-pack federal cigarette tax increase, CQ Today r
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2007-07-11

Capitol Hill Watch - Commonwealth Fund Study Analyzes 10 Health Care Proposals
Several health care proposals that have been or will be introduced in Congress would provide coverage to more U.S. residents and reduce costs more than proposals by President Bush, according to a Commonwealth Fund study released Monday, Reuters/New York Times reports (Reuters/New York Times, 3/20). For the s
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2007-03-20