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A letter from CBO to Chairman Edward M. Kennedy
A letter from the Congressional Budget Office to Chairman Edward M. Kennedy
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A transcript of President Obama’s remarks to the American Medical Association ’s delegates
President Obama deviated from his prepared remarks some when he addressed the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago on Monday. Here is the transcript of his actual speech.
THE WHITE HOUSE
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Realigning U.S. Health Care Incentives to Better Serve Patients and Taxpayers
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In its May 21, 2009 report, The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform, The Urban Institute estimates that under a worse case scenario, 66 million Americans will be uninsured by 2019.
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Cost, Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Economic Impacts, Policy Implementation
Congressional Research Service: “Setting and Valuing Health Insurance Benefits”
This report briefly describes some of the key concepts and policy issues around specifying and valuing health insurance benefits.
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Our Fragmented Health Care System: Causes and Solutions
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Self-Employed Magazine: “Could this be the end of self-employed tax disparity?”
Small-business organizations from across the country joined together to highlight the hidden disparity in the tax code in meetings with members of Congress. The result was the introduction of the Equity for Our Nation’s Self-Employed Act last year.
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Viewing Exchanges Through the Eyes of Children (and parents)
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Rules Committee Posts Text of Health Reform Corrections Package
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