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Reid’s Fight To Get 60 Votes Dims Liberals’ Hopes Of Compromises In Conference Committee
Although the liberals and union leaders once hoped that a House-Senate conference committee could undo some of the compromises and move the health overhaul bill more to their liking, the “titanic struggle to lock in Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) as the 60th senator for the first key test vote early Monday morning has changed all that,” Politico reports…
Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Bill, But With Plenty Of Grumbling
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday became the fifth and final committee in Congress to pass a health care overhaul bill. The committee voted 14-9 in favor of the bill with Sen. Olympia Snowe, of Maine, joining all of the panel’s Democrats to cast the sole Republican “yea” vote.
At Finance Committee, Fireworks Surround Efforts To Add Drug Discount, Eliminate Individual Mandate
The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday defeated an amendment that sought to squeeze more money out of pharmaceutical companies to help pay for the costs of changing the health care system. The panel’s vote was a victory for President Obama and Finance Chairman Max Baucus.
Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joseph Baker On Key Votes Facing The Senate Finance Committee
Today, the Medicare Rights Center sent a letter to all members of the Senate Finance Committee, urging them to vote for amendments to health reform legislation that would close the coverage gap in the Medicare drug benefit-the infamous doughnut hole-and improve access to programs that help low-income people with Medicare afford their premiums and copayments.
Finance Committee Agonizes Over Medicare Cuts
Politico reports: “The top Senate Republican says Democratic cuts to Medicare will cost them in the 2010 elections, warning that the hundreds of billions in reductions to the senior citizen health program is ‘Orwellian.’ Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.
Lords’ Science Committee Publish Follow-Up Report On Pandemic Flu, UK
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has published it follow-up report on Pandemic Influenza. The follow-up inquiry, which was begun in November 2008 before the emergence of swine flu, has evolved in the course of the inquiry as the new threat of the H1N1 has become apparent.
Lords Science Committee To Publish Follow-Up Report On Flu, UK
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will next week publish a short report on UK preparedness and pandemic influenza. The report follows a short inquiry which began in November 2008. It was initially intended as a follow-up to the Committee’s 2005 report on pandemic flu when H5N1 or avian flu was thought to pose the greatest risk to public health.
Finance Committee Senators: Reform Bill Trimmed To Less Than $1 Trillion
Some senators on the Finance Committee said Thursday they’ve moved closer to cutting their health reform bill’s cost to under $1 trillion. The New York Times: “Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, said the overall cost of the bill had been reduced mainly by limiting eligibility for various subsidies.
BIO Comments On Medicare Drug Discount Agreement Announced By PhRMA, The White House And Senate Finance Committee
The following statement was issued today by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) regarding the agreement reached among the Obama administration, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Senate Finance Committee to help close the coverage gap in the Medicare prescription drug program: “We look forward to reviewing in greater detail the agreement struck among President Obama, PhRMA and the Senate Finance Committee.
Senate Finance Committee Releases Policy Paper Describing Options To Pay For Health Overhaul
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday released a 41-page document outlining policy options for financing health care reform, The Hill reports (Young, The Hill, 5/18).
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