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Parliamentary vote on health care reform could come as soon as Friday |
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down
votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as
Wednesday.
The Nevada Democrat would not confirm that he had received
commitments from all 60 members of his caucus to overcome GOP
procedural objections and bring the bill to the Senate floor, saying
only, "I feel cautiously optimistic that we can do that. I think we're
together as a caucus."
Washington Post
by Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery
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Blue Cross warns doctors about stolen identification data |
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About 800,000 doctors – nearly every practicing physician in the
country – are being warned that business and personal information such
as Social Security numbers, addresses and certain identification
numbers may be open for a possible breach after an insurance trade
group employee’s laptop was stolen from a car in Chicago.
Chicago Tribune
by Bruce Japsen
October 14, 2009
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Georgia Business Summit - "Impact of Healthcare on Georgia Businesses" |
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Governor Perdue hosted several forum speakers to discuss federal
healthcare and energy proposals that impact both large and small
Georgia businesses. “Issues currently being debated in Washington
will have a serious economic impact on businesses and state government.
It is critical for citizens, businesses, and government officials to
understand the financial realities of healthcare reform and energy
legislation, both in the check books of Georgia
families and in the state budget. This summit allows business leaders
from across the state to learn the specifics of proposals being
considered and to discuss how their ability to create and retain jobs
will be affected.” - Governor Sonny Perdue
Based on the healthcare bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee,
the Georgia Department of Community Health projects nearly one million
new Georgians would become eligible for Medicaid and Peachcare, costing
the state $3.6 billion from 2014 to 2019 if all newly eligible sign up.
If 80 percent of the newly eligible enroll, more than 740,000 new
members would carry an additional benefit cost to the state of $2.4
billion over those same years.
Healthcare reform presentation by Collin Roskey, Counsel, Alston-Bird
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Abortion an obstacle to health-care bill |
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Some Democrats vow to block final passage if amendment stays
The abortion issue had been rumbling within the House Democratic caucus
for weeks, but Saturday's votes revealed the depths of the fault lines.
The amendment passed with the support of 64 Democrats, roughly a
quarter of the party caucus.
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post
Monday, November 9, 2009
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Compromise won over Democratic holdouts |
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Pelosi's dare paid off as public option was not sticking point
Reps. Baron P. Hill
(Ind.), elected with the class of 2006 that gave Democrats the House
majority, and Dan Maffei (N.Y.), who rode to office with President
Obama on a Democratic wave last year, were among the last lawmakers to
make up their minds on Saturday's historic health-care vote.
By Paul Kane and Perry Bacon
Washington Post
Monday, November 9, 2009
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