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Here's a quick video from the Center for American Progress on how health reform really works. It gets into the broad architechture of reform (how this impacts consumers in the three ways people get coverage: employer-based health care, public coverage programs like Medicaid and Medicare, and buying insurance as individuals), as well as why it is important and how it is paid for, and all in less than five minutes.

Jack Lewin, CEO of American College of Cardiologists, writes that the Georgia Supreme Court joined the Illinois judiciary in striking down state limits on medical malpractice awards. Lewin notes that only state constitutional changes can overturn the decisions. Click here to read his post.

The Yuma Sun is reporting that AZ Governor Jan Brewer signed a law authorizing her to hire outside counsel in an effort to join 13 other states as a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed in Florida’s Federal District Court. The suit challenges Congresses authority to mandate the individual purchase of health insurance. Click here for the story.

Politico reported that in a letter dated March 29, 2010, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President Karen Ignani stated that AHIP will “fully comply with principals” described by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Secretary Sebelius outlined HHS’ definition of “pre-existing condition” and confirmed that forthcoming regulations would ban insurers from using a child’s pre-existing condition as a factor in determining eligibility for health insurance as well as denying covered children access to benefits because of pre-existing condition exclusions. Click here for AHIP’s response and here for HHS’s letter.