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SBSun: Schwarzenegger cool to health bill

16 hours ago ago from iePolitics.com

Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer Posted: 12/23/2009 10:16:35 PM PST Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has long championed national health care reform, but now that it is finally advancing, he is raising concerns about the $3 billion annual price tag he says it will cost California. But reform supporters, including Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, say the benefits of reform for the state far outweigh the costs. I am convinced ...

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cost comparison sites go well beyond transparency provision in federal health bill (MalaysiaNews.net)

22 hours ago ago from The Concord 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Concord, NH

CONCORD, N.H. When Laura Davie's doctor suggested she go to the hospital next door for her first mammogram last year, she went online instead. Though she ultimately chose the facility her physicia Visit link: NH, Maine cost comparison sites go well beyond transparency provision in federal health bill (MalaysiaNews.net)

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Senate Passes Health Care Legislation

20 hours ago ago from Renovo Media

Senate Democrats have passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation's healthcare system today with a 60 vote majority.  In the aftermath, Republicans charged that the bill is a tarnished product of backroom deals, with some going so far as to declare it illegal.   According to The Los Angeles Times , GOP senators questioned a deal struck by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who agreed to support the legislation in part because a provision was added ...

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Nebraska Medicare Gift Drawing Fire

4 hours ago ago from Connecticut Political Commentary, News and Analysis — YourCT.com

by turfgrrl on December 24, 2009 0 comments I'm glad that someone is taking a look at the provision in the recently passes Senate health care reform bill that has Nebraska's medicare reimbursement at a full 100%. The Courant's Christopher Keating reports : In a move being made by other states, Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell called for legal action Wednesday if Nebraska receives more Medicaid money than the other 49 states as part of ...

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Totalitarianism extra deep

21 hours ago ago from The Atheist Conservative

Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York state, lists 10 dreadful provisions in the Senate health care legislation. Read them all here . They take away your freedom of decision. Even if you want to and can pay for treatment the government denies you, you may not be allowed to do so. If you are old, you may not be admitted into a hospital. If you are hospitalized you will have little comfort, because the egalitarians whose ...

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State Attorneys General Question Health Care Bill : NPR

3 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast State Attorneys General Question Health Care Bill December 25, 2009 Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET ...

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NH, Maine test transparency with health cost tools

18 hours ago ago from U.S. News

NH, Maine test transparency with health cost tools CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- When Laura Davie's doctor suggested she go to the hospital next door for her first mammogram last year, she went online instead. Though she ultimately chose the facility her physician recommended, Davie used New Hampshire's HealthCost Web site to compare how much her insurer would pay various hospitals for the procedure. "I was surprised by the spread, and I was ...

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Big Business Wastes No Time in Blasting Senate Health Bill - Washington Wire - WSJ

13 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

By John Bussey The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was firing off its big guns barely seconds after the Senate passed health care overhaul legislation early this morning. The big business federation has made its position clear for some time: It says it doesn't like the costs, the taxes, and the uncertainty the bill creates for corporate balance sheets. Here's the broadside the Chamber launched as the tally came in, quoting Bruce Josten , executive ...

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