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    Obama:"momentum" for health care reform

     Submitted by gary, 10/11/09 , Click: , Source: insurance news net

    The historic movement to bring real, meaningful health insurance reform to the American people gathered momentum this week as we approach the final days of this debate. Having worked on this issue for the better part of a year, the Senate Finance Committee is finishing deliberations on their version of a health insurance reform bill that will soon be merged with other reform bills produced by other Congressional committees.

    After evaluating the Finance Committees bill, the Congressional Budget Office an office that provides independent, nonpartisan analysis concluded that the legislation would make coverage affordable for millions of Americans who dont have it today. It will bring greater security to Americans who have coverage, with new insurance protections. And, by attacking waste and fraud within the system, it will slow the growth in health care costs, without adding a dime to our deficits.

    This is another milestone on what has been a long, hard road toward health insurance reform. In recent months, weve heard every side of every argument from both sides of the aisle. And rightly so health insurance reform is a complex and critical issue that deserves a vigorous national debate, and weve had one. The approach that is emerging includes the best ideas from Republicans and Democrats, and people across the political spectrum.

    In fact, whats remarkable is not that weve had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it. This consensus encompasses everyone from doctors and nurses to hospitals and drug manufacturers.

    And earlier this week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg came out in support of reform, joining two former Republican Senate Majority Leaders: Bob Dole and Dr. Bill Frist, himself a cardiac surgeon. Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush, supports reform. As does Republican Tommy Thompson, a former Wisconsin...
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