Senate

How Private Insurers Stand to Prosper Even More

We still end up with a system that's based on private insurers that have no incentive whatsoever to control costs
December 14, 2009 -- The public option is dead, killed by a handful of senators from small states who are mostly bought off by Big Insurance and Big Pharma or intimidated by these industries' deep pockets and power to run political ads against them. Read More >>

Merkley Worried About Medicare Expansion for Oregon

Sen. Jeff Merkley tells the HuffingtonPost he's concerned about the Senate compromise
December 10, 2009 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), expressed deep concern on Thursday that a new proposal to expand Medicare to those as young as 55 would seriously exacerbate health care-related problems already existing in his state. Read More >>

Public Option Dream Fading Fast

The dream of a government-run insurance plan for everyone has died a death of a thousand cuts
December 10, 2009 -- Supporters of the public option woke up Wednesday to a disappointing new truth, given all they had invested in the proposal: Senate Democrats traded away the public option for 60 votes. Read More >>

Liberal Leader Backs Health Deal

Howard Dean says expanding Medicare should have been the first choice
December 9, 2009 -- An ardent supporter of the public option, Howard Dean is more than happy with the proposed compromise that includes expanding Medicare. "This is what should have been done in the first place," Dean said. Read More >>

Senior Groups Support Medicare Reductions

Multiple senior groups counter Senate bill opposition by physician groups
December 3, 2009 -- Yesterday three of the leading senior groups that defend Medicare beneficiaries came out in support of the Senate health reform legislation. Read More >>

California Doctors Group Opposes Senate Bill

The state's largest physician group joins three others in different states to oppose Medicare cuts
December 3, 2009 -- The state's largest doctors group is opposing healthcare legislation being debated in the U.S. Senate this week, saying it would increase local healthcare costs and restrict access to care for elderly and low-income patients. Read More >>

Regulators Offer Little Backstop for Premium Hikes

High paid executives and skyrocketing premiums from coast to coast
November 19, 2009 -- New information from a Senate investigation reveals CIGNA, one of the country's largest health insurers, failed to account for $5 billion in premium revenue reported to state regulators. Read More >>

Wyden's Call for Free Choice Still Largely Ignored

Sen. Ron Wyden makes a renewed pitch for a free choice amendment after it's still been shut out
November 19, 2009 -- Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American. Read More >>

Senate Abortion Compromise Less Drastic Than House

Instead of barring all health plans in the exchange from covering abortion, the Senate version requires at least one plan to cover the procedure
Originally at HuffingtonPost.com
November 19, 2009 -- The health care reform package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday night bars the use of federal funds for abortion services, but does not go as far as the House bill -- which prevents women in many cases from buying insurance with their own money that covers abortion. Read More >>

Senate Compromise Bill Excludes Free Choice

Despite offering up the public option, Sen. Ron Wyden says most Americans won’t have the option to buy it
October 27, 2009 -- Sen. Harry Reid made thousands of headlines yesterday for including a public option in the Senate health reform bill, but virtually nobody is reporting that roughly 90 percent of Americans won’t have the option of buying into the so-called public option. Read More >>
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