Congressman and Reform Groups Protest “Put-On at the Ritz”
03/10/09
At House Party on Health Care, the Diagnosis Is It’s Broken
12/23/08
NYTimes: When a dozen consumers gathered over the weekend to discuss health care at the behest of President-elect Barack Obama, they quickly agreed on one point: they despise health insurance companies. Read More
Liberals Call Govt. Health Option Non-Negotiable
12/18/08
ABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: Advocates of a government alternative to private health insurance fired the first shot of the new battle to reform the nation’s health-care system on Wednesday. Read More
Obama won’t delay push on healthcare
12/12/08
Boston Globe: President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday his administration would press ahead quickly on national healthcare reform despite the deep recession and soaring federal budget deficit. Read More
Obama Promises Health Care Reform “This Year”
12/11/08
TPM: Advocates had been awaiting a clear statement that Obama views health care reform as key to fixing the economy, a key talking point of reformers, and now they got one. Read More
Obama Policymakers Turn to Campaign Tools
12/05/08
WashPo: Barack Obama's incoming administration has begun to draw on the high-tech organizational tools that helped get him elected to lay the groundwork for an attempt to restructure the U.S. health-care system. Read More
Insurers propose universal, centralized healthcare
12/04/08
LA Times: Several consumer groups criticize the early bid by America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group that fought an overhaul in the 1990s Read More
Insurance industry positions itself for the fight ahead
12/04/08
Politico: America’s Health Insurance Plans, the industry trade group, rolled out a plan Wednesday that embraces some of Obama’s ideas and signals dissent with others. Read More
Lobbies backing health reforms
12/03/08
Boston Globe: Insurers change their tune from 1993-94 debate Read More
Insurers embrace Obama health plan, but take exception to required employer contributions
12/03/08
AP: The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama's ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan to require employers to help pay for that coverage. Read More
Daschle setting healthcare goals
11/21/08
CNN: Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle told CNN Thursday that he is excited about the possibility of heading Health and Human Services. Read More
Obama Pressed on Cabinet, Policy
11/19/08
ABC News: "You have to seize on these opportunities in history to do something big," said Jacki Schechner, national communications director for Health Care for America Now. Read More
