The Healthcare Value Blog » Senate Committee http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com Hospital Value Index™ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/11/19/the-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/11/19/the-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:26:03 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=1282 pdf        The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/11/19/the-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act/feed/ 0 Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform – Senator Baucus http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/09/08/framework-for-comprehensive-health-reform-senator-baucus/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/09/08/framework-for-comprehensive-health-reform-senator-baucus/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:18:16 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=982 pdf       Latest proposal from Senator Baucus (Chairman Baucus) to the Senante Finance Committee. 








]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/09/08/framework-for-comprehensive-health-reform-senator-baucus/feed/ 0 Side-by-Side Analysis of Key Coverage Provisions of the Senate HELP Bill, H.R. 3200 and the Senate Finance Draft Proposal http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/17/side-by-side-analysis-of-key-coverage-provisions-of-the-senate-help-bill-h-r-3200-and-the-senate-finance-draft-proposal/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/17/side-by-side-analysis-of-key-coverage-provisions-of-the-senate-help-bill-h-r-3200-and-the-senate-finance-draft-proposal/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:09:14 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=692 pdf     Side-by-Side Analysis of Key Coverage Provisions

]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/17/side-by-side-analysis-of-key-coverage-provisions-of-the-senate-help-bill-h-r-3200-and-the-senate-finance-draft-proposal/feed/ 0 CBO Director Testifies Before Senate Budget Committee On the Trajectory of Federal Health Spending http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/16/cbo-director-testifies-before-senate-budget-committee-on-the-trajectory-of-federal-health-spending/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/16/cbo-director-testifies-before-senate-budget-committee-on-the-trajectory-of-federal-health-spending/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:03:30 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=688 pdf     07-15-Long-TermOutlook_Testimony

 

pdf     cbo long-term budget outlook hearing

]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/16/cbo-director-testifies-before-senate-budget-committee-on-the-trajectory-of-federal-health-spending/feed/ 0 House Committees Release Preliminary CBO Estimate on the Medicare Portion of the Tri-Committee Discussion Draft http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/08/house-committees-release-preliminary-cbo-estimate-on-the-medicare-portion-of-the-tri-committee-discussion-draft/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/08/house-committees-release-preliminary-cbo-estimate-on-the-medicare-portion-of-the-tri-committee-discussion-draft/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:51:35 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=524 House Committees Release Preliminary CBO Estimate on the Medicare Portion of the Tri-Committee Discussion Draft
- July 8, 2009

 

pdf     Preliminary CBO Estimate on the Medicare Portion of the Tri-Committee Discussion Draft

]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/08/house-committees-release-preliminary-cbo-estimate-on-the-medicare-portion-of-the-tri-committee-discussion-draft/feed/ 0 the provisions of title I of draft legislation called the Affordable Health Choices Act http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/02/the-provisions-of-title-i-of-draft-legislation-called-the-affordable-health-choices-act/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/02/the-provisions-of-title-i-of-draft-legislation-called-the-affordable-health-choices-act/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:01 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=461 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director
U.S. Congress
Washington, DC 20515
July 2, 2009

Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
Chairman Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed a preliminary analysis of the provisions of title I of draft legislation called the Affordable Health Choices Act,  (labeled BAI09F54.xml)………………………….

pdf        Revised HELP Estimate from CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/02/the-provisions-of-title-i-of-draft-legislation-called-the-affordable-health-choices-act/feed/ 0 ‘Reconciliation’ to Pass Health Bill Won’t Work http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/01/%e2%80%98reconciliation%e2%80%99-to-pass-health-bill-won%e2%80%99t-work/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/01/%e2%80%98reconciliation%e2%80%99-to-pass-health-bill-won%e2%80%99t-work/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:00:51 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=416 By Morton M. Kondracke
Roll Call Executive Editor
July 1, 2009, 1:28 p.m.
Liberal health reform advocates have talked about ramming a reform plan — including a Medicare-like public insurance option — through the Senate with only 51 Democratic votes. But a leading Senate player says it won’t work……




]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/07/01/%e2%80%98reconciliation%e2%80%99-to-pass-health-bill-won%e2%80%99t-work/feed/ 0 Former Senate Leaders Weigh In on Reform http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/06/19/former-senate-leaders-weigh-in-on-reform/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/06/19/former-senate-leaders-weigh-in-on-reform/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:50:52 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=256 By Ceci Connolly     The Washington Post

Bipartisanship hasn’t died quite yet. It only took a year, but a bipartisan band of former Senate majority leaders — Democrat Tom Daschle (S.D.) and Republicans Bob Dole (Kan.) and Howard Baker (Tenn.) — say they’ve come up with a health-reform plan they all can live with……………..

 newspaper       Former Senate Leaders Weigh In on Reform

 

]]> http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/06/19/former-senate-leaders-weigh-in-on-reform/feed/ 0 Remarks by The President at the annual conference of the American Medical Association http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/06/15/congressional-budget-office-%e2%80%93-cost-concerns-arise-after-preliminary-analysis-of-major-provisions-related-to-health-insurance-coverage-under-the-affordable-health-choices-act/ http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/2009/06/15/congressional-budget-office-%e2%80%93-cost-concerns-arise-after-preliminary-analysis-of-major-provisions-related-to-health-insurance-coverage-under-the-affordable-health-choices-act/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:37:59 +0000 Editor http://thehealthcarevalueblog.com/?p=242 By ROBERT PEAR and JACKIE CALMES
Published: June 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Obama went before a convention of receptive but wary doctors on Monday to make the economic case for a health care overhaul, both for the nation and for the physicians’ own bottom lines……

The New York Times:    Cost Concerns as Obama Pushes Health Issue

pdf   REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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