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 Reports and Legislation

• Senate Bill H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - 11/18/09
  
  
• Letter from the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation examining Senate Bill H.R. 3590 - 11/18/09
  
  
• Supporting State Policymaker's Implementation of Federal Health Reform - posted 11/17/09 by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
  
  
• State Policymaker's Priorities for Improving the Health System - posted 11/17/09 by NASHP
  
  
• A State Policymaker's Guide to Federal Health Reform - posted 11/17/09 by the NASHP
  
  
• The CMS Actuary's report on the costs of the House health care reform bill (H.R. 3962)
  
  
• The Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) Final Version - posted 11/10/09 by the Kaiser Family Foundation
  
  
• Health Reform Bills Side-by-side comparison - 11/3/09 comparison by NASMD
  
  
• Comparison of Health Reform Proposals - 11/3/09 by the Kaiser Family Foundation
  
  

Articles

• Senate Democrats Unveil Health Bill for 31 Million People - The New York Times, 11/18/09
  
  
• Analyzing Democrats' Word Shift on Health Care - NPR.org, 11/17/09
  
  
• Senate Democrats Won't Use House's Health Bill - CQ.com, 11/16/09
  
  
• Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die - The Associated Press, 11/16/09
  
  
• Drug firms raise prices in face of health reform - The New York Times, 11/16/09
  
  
• House Health bill includes Medicaid relief for states - The Washington Post, 11/16/09
  
  
• Report: Health bill would reduce senior care - The Washington Post, 11/15/09
  
  
• Powerful Health Care Groups Offer Optimism on Overhaul - The Boston Globe, 11/13/09
  
  
• Insurer Enlists Employees to Fight Health Reform - The Washington Post, 11/13/09
  
  
• Children's Hospitals Object to Proposed Funding Reductions - USA Today, 11/13/09
  
  
• Number of Insured Varies By Bill - The Wall Street Journal, 11/13/09
  
  
• Medicaid Chiefs, CMS Hold Talks To Gear Up For Eligibility Expansion - InsideHealthPolicy.com, 11/10/09
  
  
• Senate Leaders Aim to Start Health Care Debate Next Week - Congressional Quarterly, 11/10/09
  
  
• Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House - New York Times, 11/8/09
  
  
• AMA, AARP back House health care bill - CNN, 11/6/09
  
  
• Plan creates new program to pay for long-term care - Wall Street Journal, 11/4/09
  
  
• GOP Counters With a Health Plan of Its Own - New York Times, 11/3/09
  
  
• Rockefeller to push for EPSDT in CHIP during Health Reform Bill Conference - insidehealthpolicy.com, 11/3/09
  
  
• House bill would offer some Medicaid funding to nursing homes, reduce Medicare market basket - McKnight's Long Term Care News, 11/2/09
  
  
• States likely to shape health reform - Washington Post, 11/1/09
  
  
• After all the fuss, public plan covers few - Associated Press, 11/1/09
  
  
• To Bend the Health Care Debate, Curve the Numbers - New York Times, 11/1/09
  
  
  

Links / Websites

• www.nashp.org - The National Academy for State Health Policy

• www.healthreform.gov - Sponsored by Office of Management and Budget, includes President’s Budget and Fact Sheets

• www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fy2010_key_healthcare - Official Administration Web site on health reform; maintained by HHS

• healthreform.kff.org  - Sponsored by Kaiser Family Foundation

• voices.washingtonpost.com/health-care-reform - Sponsored by the Washington Post

• www.healthreform.org - Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• www.commonwealthfund.org  - Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund

• www.healthaffairs.org - Sponsored by the Health Policy Journal, Health Affairs

• www.healthtransformation.net - Sponsored by the Center for Health Transformation

• www.allhealth.org - Sponsored by Alliance for Health Reform

• www.nhpf.org – Sponsored by the National Health Policy Forum