Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “pleaded with insurance companies on Wednesday to scrap their campaign against President Obama’s health care bill and to work with the White House to pass it,” The New York Times reports. “Speaking at the annual policy conference of America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group, Ms…
Kentucky’s Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare is eliminating 500 jobs this month. The layoffs represent the first large-scale cuts in a Louisville-area hospital system since the recession began. Louisville Courier-Journal: The cuts come because of “lower patient volume and a growing number of uninsured patients brought on by the lingering recession…
The New York Times: “The General Assembly became the first state legislature to approve a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states.” Numerous Democrats joined the Republican majority to support the measure 80-17 in the House of Delegates (3/10)…
The Trouble With ‘Reconciliation’ The Wall Street Journal House Democrats would be foolish to trust a process that has deeply alienated the American public. Republicans know that and are determined to make House Democrats think hard about the price they will pay for passing this health-care monstrosity (Karl Rove, 3/11)…
On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said lawmakers are focusing on resolving issues that fall outside the scope of the budget reconciliation bill — legislation Democrats are drafting that would include changes to the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590), CQ Today reports…