Administration News - Obama Executive Order Establishes White House Office of Health Reform President Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order establishing the White House Office of Health Reform, the Washington Post's '44' reports (Connolly, '44,' Washington Post, 4/8). In signing the order, Obama said that health care overhaul is one of the biggest priorities for the first year of his preside www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=57946

2009-04-09

Opinion - Bipartisan Effort Needed To Meet Demand for U.S. Health Reform, Letter to the Editor States Former Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas) in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece 'is remembering the mindset of the 1994 health care debate,' Sens. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) write in a Journal letter to the editor, adding, 'We understand that mindset because we, along with many [co-sponsors o www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=52316

2008-05-22

SCHIP Reauthorization, Expansion Debate Suggests Larger Efforts at U.S. Health Reform Will Be Difficult, Experts Say With the Senate Finance Committee expected to begin marking up SCHIP reauthorization legislation on Tuesday, some health care experts are saying that a 'brewing battle' over the scale of reauthorization 'does not bode well for broader efforts to stem escalating medical costs and help those without health ins www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=46277

2007-07-17

Capitol Hill Watch - Republican Task Force To Lead GOP Health Care Reform Efforts Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday named a group of senior Republican senators to lead GOP health reform efforts in the 111th Congress, CQ HealthBeat reports (CQ HealthBeat, 1/12). The senators are Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ranking member Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Finance www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=56416

2009-01-13

Coverage & Access - 'Homework Assignment' Could Mean Success, Failure for Health Reform Legislation How well health care industry groups follow through on their 'homework assignment' from President Obama to submit specific plans by early June on how they intend to reduce health care spending growth by $2 trillion over the next decade could determine whether current attempts to develop health care overhaul www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=58583

2009-05-26

State Watch - Iowa House Committee Cuts Provisions From Health Reform Bill The Iowa House Human Resources Committee on Wednesday rejected a plan that would have established a commission to help uninsured residents find affordable coverage, the Des Moines Register reports. The plan was part of a larger health reform bill (SF 389) that the state Senate approved last week. The House c www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=57742

2009-03-27

Capitol Hill Watch - Sens. Kennedy, Baucus Pledge Commitment to Health Care Reform in Letter to Obama, Urge Quick Selection of HHS Secretary Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Thursday in a joint letter to President Obama stated that they were 'writing to affirm our continuing commitment to enacting comprehensive health care reform this y www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=56842

2009-02-06

Capitol Hill Watch - Congressional Progressive Caucus Issues Letter Stating Majority of Members Will Only Support Health Reform That Includes Public Plan Option A majority of members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will not support any health reform legislation that does not include a public plan option, according to a letter sent on Thursday by CPC co-chairs Reps. Lynn Woosley (D-Calif.) and Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) to Democratic leaders in the House and Se www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=57857

2009-04-03

Election 2008 - CNN Medical Correspondent Could Be Next U.S. Surgeon General, Serve in White House Office of Health Reform CNN on Tuesday confirmed that its chief medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, pending Senate approval, the New York Times reports (Harris, New York Times, 1/7). The surgeon general serves as the nation's 'chief www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=56311

2009-01-07

Incoming Obama Administration Begins To Lay Groundwork for Health Reform Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for HHS secretary, on Wednesday launched an effort by the incoming administration to 'lay the groundwork' for health care overhaul, the Washington Post reports. On a conference call with 1,000 Obama supporters who have www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=55897

2008-12-04