Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2009.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders, Committee Chairs, Members of Congress and Americans who are struggling under the current health care system held a rally on the West Front of the Capitol this morning to unveil H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Below[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2009.  “Today, we are about to deliver on the promise of making affordable, quality health care available for all americans,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her statement, announcing the House health care bill. The bill is based on the ideas of opportunity, choice and innovation. Check[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2009.  Today, House Democratic leaders unveiled the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. The three panels with jurisdiction over health policy in the House have been working together as one committee to develop a single bill that fulfills President Obama’s goals of reducing health care[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2009.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today made the following statement regarding the news that the Senate health care bill will include a public option: “For weeks, Majority Leader Harry Reid has worked to forge an important consensus within our Caucus and with the White House in support[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2009. “The President congratulates Senator Reid and Chairmen Baucus and Dodd for their hard work on health insurance reform. Thanks to their efforts, we’re closer than we’ve ever been to solving this decades-old problem. And while much work remains, the President is pleased with the progress that[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2009.  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) released the following statement today after remarks by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the Senate health care reform bill. From Chairman Baucus: “It is time to make our system work better for patients and providers, for small business[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2009.  United States Senator Roland W. Burris today spoke from the floor of the United States Senate on the plight of health care reform after nearly a century of debate.  Drawing on the wisdom of past leaders of the health care reform movement, Senator Burris explained that[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2009.  As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The reportdetails how health insurance reform will help women diagnosed with breast[Read More…]

PRINCETON, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2009.  While the majority of Americans appear to have made up their minds on healthcare reform, 39% say their support for a final healthcare bill will depend on how the details still being worked out in Congress are resolved. The finding comes from a USA Today/Gallup poll[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2009.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today applauded the strong, bipartisan vote to report H.R. 3596, The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009. “Today’s vote is an important step forward toward opening up health and medical malpractice insurance markets to real competition,”[Read More…]