House Health Care Bill

Mr. Coffman is Utterly Wrong on Health Care

John Flerlage | Posted 05.25.2011

John Flerlage

During Mike Coffman's first year in office we have seen no initiative and no record of accomplishment, just a long series of no votes and inaccurate statements.

Health Care: The Final Week (Live Twitter News, Analysis)

Posted 05.25.2011

Below a list of analysts, activists, and policy wonks focusing on the final days of the health care debate. ...

Health Care Deadline In TWO WEEKS: Dems Want Bill Finished By March 18

Posted 05.25.2011

The deadline for accomplishing health care reform, which for months has been a moving target, has moved yet again. This time to March 18, before Presi...

Health Care Memo Outlines Possible Democratic Timeline For Easter Recess

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

Inside Health Policy's Julian Pecquet and Amy Lotven report on a Democratic memo sketching out a timeline for passage of health care reform. The gist ...

Ryan Grim

Emanuel, Pelosi Meet In Capitol To Chart Health Care Course

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Rahm Emanuel ventured to the Capitol Friday evening to hash out health care strategy with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a White House aide co...

Dylan Ratigan Calls Out Joe Wilson For Calling US Health Care System "Best" In The World (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) believes that the U.S. has the best health care system in the world. The congressman made the pronouncement during an appea...

Sam Stein Breaks Down The Numbers On Growing Support For Public Option, Reconciliation (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Huff TV

Huffington Post's Sam Stein appeared on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Thursday to talk about the growing support for a public option and the use of...

Obama To Offer Health Bill to Ease Impasse as Bipartisan Meeting Approaches

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats...

Reconsider. Think Again. Do More.

Evan Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

Evan Handler

Should Anthem Blue Cross succeed in raising subscription rates, your insurance company is going to quickly do exactly the same thing.

Jason Linkins

Klein: Senate Health Care Bill Already Contains What The GOP Wants

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Habitual readers know that I'm fond of pointing out this article by Igor Volsky, which thoroughly documents the way the substantive concerns of the Ho...

Ryan Grim

The House Health Care Bill: Read It

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) officially unveiled the House health care reform bill that is headed to the House floor. The ceremony, held on the Wes...

Zack Space To Oppose Health Care Bill

Zanesville Times Recorder | Posted 05.25.2011

U.S. Rep. Zack Space said Thursday he plans to oppose the health care bill passed by the U.S. Senate. He made the announcement shortly after House Sp...

House Health Care Vote: Breaking Updates

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Today is THE DAY for health care reform, and this page will bring you all the breaking news, updates, tweets, photos, and video, all in one place. S...

Anh Cao Likely To Oppose Health Care Bill After First Supporting It

Wall Street Journal | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

If Democrat Martha Coakley loses today's special Senate election in Massachusetts, some White House and Senate aides have determined that getting the ...

Medical Industry Grumbles Over Bill, But It Stands To Gain

The New York Times | Duff Wilson and Reed Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

For any industry, there has to be at least some good news any time Congress votes to expand the market by tens of millions of customers. But the busi...

Betsy Markey Shuns Party, Votes No On Health Care Bill

The Fort Collins Coloradoan | Robert Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Betsy Markey voted against a health-care reform bill backed by President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership Saturday night, citing ...

Health Care Vote: Latest Updates

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday ...

AMA, AARP Support House Health Care Bill

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trumpeting endorsements from the AARP and the American Medical Association of House Democrats' health car...

House Senate Health Care Bills Comparison

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

A comparison of the health care bills passed by the Senate and House: ___...

Ryan Grim

Health Care Bill Draws "Unprecedented" Traffic To House Website

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

The health care bill unveiled Thursday has brought an "unprecedented" amount of traffic to the House server, Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the chief a...

Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passe...

The Faces of Health Care Reform (Video)

Debbie Halvorson | Posted 05.25.2011

Debbie Halvorson

I'm so grateful my constituents shared their personal stories with me. They are the face of the health care crisis. We put together a video of these stories to show why reform is so necessary.

Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?

Marcia Angell, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia Angell, M.D.

The House Health bill just throws good money after the bad. And because costs will keep rising, there is now a danger that people will conclude reform is impossible, when in reality, we still haven't really tried.

Reps King, Hoekstra Attempt To Wrap Capitol With Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Early Friday afternoon, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced his intentions to wrap the Capitol building in a massive copy of the 1,900-page health bill...

Denver Archbishop: Broken Promises On Abortion Funding In Health Care Reform

Posted 05.25.2011

Denver's Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput is urging his congregation to oppose federal health care legislation that funds abortions. KDVR and th...