Articles in the Press on HR 3962 - passed in the House this weekend

Compiled by Beverly Bandler

The Community Health Service has a rather nice legislative update.Community Health Services Weekly Health Care Reform News and Policy Update  10.30.2009.  http://www.chs-nc.org/customers/105051810103174/filemanager/health_reform_update_oct30_2_.pdf

The Associated Press  “concisely outlines the House bill and what we can likely expect from the merged Senate bill.” Werner, Eric. Details on health care bills in House, Senate. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article ALqM5gm81TTE7a0EUL9JlzVML1dnH2N2gD9BL9MB80

OpenCongress For a summary and full text of H.R. 3962: Summary  <http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3962/show>  - Affordable Health Care for America Act to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3962/text

Donmoyer, Ryan J. Tribal Chiefs’ Pressure Reid to Spend More on Health-Care Plan. Bloomberg.com. 2009-10-30. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a5h_PsPnhago

Krugman, Paul. “The Defining Moment.” The New York Times. October 30, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/opinion/30krugman.html

Health Care for America Now. HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA NOW ON HOUSE HEALTH CARE BILL http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/content/house_health_care_bill

Jonathan Cohn—see several related items on his blog. Cohn is a reliable, knowledgeable expert. The New Republic,  2009-11-07. http://www.tnr.com/blogs/the-treatment

The Doctors Are In. Mostly. 2009-11-05 <http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-treatment/the-doctors-are-mostly>

Kaiser Health News. House Democrats Hail, Question Health Reform Bill. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/October/30/House-Dem-Health-Reform.aspx

The New York Times. Has several articles under “The Health Care Debate.” http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/bills/111/hr3962

Search the House Health Care Bill. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/search-the-house-health-care-bill/
November 7, 2009