The House approves a health care reform bill, but Democrats splinter over an abortion provision. The bill receives support from the American Medical Association, but some surgeons’ groups beg to differ. And physicians of all specialties await a Congressional fix to the Medicare SGR formula.
It’s all in this week’s Policy & Practice podcast. Take a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘House’
November 10, 2009
Coalitions Splinter: The Policy & Practice Podcast
August 3, 2009
Town Hall Time: The Policy & Practice Podcast
from Congressional hearings and press events in Washington, D.C.
House members have gone home for August and Senators are close behind. Health reform closure? Um, not so much. Take a listen to this week’s Policy & Practice Podcast to learn about the delays and divisions on health reform.
Policy & Practice Podcast August 3, 2009
As Congress recesses [...]
July 21, 2009
One Vote Down, Many to Go: The Policy & Practice Podcast
From Congressional hearings, press briefings, and related health care events around Washington, D.C.
Technical quirks caused us to miss our Monday post, but here, one day late, is your weekly installment of the Policy & Practice Podcast. Last week, a Senate committee passed its bill, the AMA unexpectedly weighed in, and the President added his two [...]
July 13, 2009
A billion here, a billion there: Soon you’re talking real money
From congressional hearings, press briefings, and assorted heath care events in Washington, D.C.
Pardon the paraphrase of the late Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.), the Grammy-winning orator who eventually lent his name to a Senate Office Building, but health reform last week focused on billions and billions of dollars. Where will they come from? How will we spend them?
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