Archive for March 2011
State health law waivers: where will they take us?
The president supports state innovation in health care, but vigilance is required to ensure state reforms improve health as we continue to call for national reform By Margaret Flowers, M.D. for PNHP – President Obama announced at the National Governors Association on Monday that he supports an amendment to the health law that would allow…
Read MoreAction Alert: Ask Your Rep. to Cosponsor HR 676
Watching working people stand up and fight back inspires us! We don’t have to tell you that Wisconsin’s groundswell is what we need to create real change. As workers lose benefits, the people in Wisconsin and around the country know that unreasonably high health insurance costs are at the root of the fiscal crisis in…
Read MoreExperts: Individual mandate might fail
By David Nather for Politico – Forget all the shouting you’ve heard about the new mandate to buy health coverage. Forget the lawsuits, the cries of “Big Government” from Republicans and the Democrats’ claims that the new health care law would fall apart without it. What if it just plain doesn’t work? That’s a real…
Read MoreObama Backs Easing State Health Law Mandates
From the New York Times – WASHINGTON — President Obama, who has stood by his landmark health care law through court attacks and legislative efforts to repeal it, told the nation’s governors on Monday that he was willing to amend the measure to give states the ability to opt out of its most controversial requirements…
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