March 22, 2010
As House Democratic leaders prepare for a Sunday vote on health reform legislation, they continue to target votes from a group of antiabortion-rights Democrats who supported the House reform bill (HR 3962) in November 2009 but oppose the abortion language in the Senate reform legislation (HR 3590), the Washington Post reports. To move health reform, Democrats aim to have the House approve the Senate bill, along with a budget reconciliation bill that includes a series of changes to appease various lawmakers, according to the Post (Montgomery/Kane, Washington Post, 3/19)…
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March 22, 2010
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related videos. Maddow Tracks Reform Developments: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday discussed Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) continued opposition to the Senate health reform bill’s abortion language, despite support for the bill from Catholic nuns and some antiabortion-right lawmakers…
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March 22, 2010
Politico: The decision on how to vote on the health care overhaul affects members differently than nearly any other issue. “[N]o other single issue – civil rights, Medicare, even war in this age of professional armies – quite matches the personal side of health care’s stubborn details. … Everybody gets sick; everybody dies. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) talked about his own battle with Crohn’s disease this week in announcing his vote. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), so identified with the single anti-abortion issue, spoke of his own insurance coverage problems because of prior injuries…
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March 22, 2010
Democrats unveiled a health overhaul reconciliation bill the Congressional Budget Office says will cost $940 billion but also cut the deficit by $138 billion over the next 10 years. The New York Times: The release of the CBO estimates started a 72-hour countdown for a Sunday vote. House Democratic leaders promised members the time to read the bill. “The legislation’s chances seemed to be improved by the budget office report … with additional tax revenue and Medicare savings. …
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March 22, 2010
The New York Times: “Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage.” The state’s budget woes are a stark depiction of “how the fiscal crisis afflicting state governments is cutting deeply into health care. The state also will roll back Medicaid coverage for childless adults in a move that is expected to eventually drop 310,000 people from the rolls. State leaders said they were left with few choices because of a $2…
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