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Kucinich Wants His Amendment Back

By | 10.30.09 | 4:44 pm

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) was none too happy when House leaders stripped his single-payer provision from their $894 billion health reform proposal. Today, he’s urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to reinstate it.

“Like many other important reforms included in the underlying bill, the Kucinich amendment is the More…

The States’ Medicaid Burden

By | 10.01.09 | 3:27 pm

Among the most contentious questions facing Senate Finance Committee members this week revolves around how much flexibility the states should have to set their own Medicaid eligibility under the Democrats’ sweeping health reform proposal. While it’s often discussed that the bill, written by Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), would open More…

House Panel Votes to Let States Adopt Single-Payer Health Coverage

By | 07.17.09 | 2:35 pm

Federally sponsored single-payer health care might be off the table as Congress debates its health reform strategy this summer, but if some House lawmakers get their way, there would be nothing to prevent states from offering that model.

The House Education & Labor Committee voted today in favor More…