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Obama Highlights Health Care Reform Progress In Weekly Address
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama discussed efforts by congressional leaders and health care industry groups on health care reform legislation, The Hill reports. He said that "while there remains a great deal of difficult work ahead, I am heartened by what we have seen these past few days: a willingness of those with different points of view and disparate interests to come together around common goals -- to embrace a shared sense of responsibility and make historic progress" (Youngman, The Hill, 5/16). He said, "I have always believed that it is better to talk than not to talk, that it is far more productive to reach over a divide than to shake your fist across it," which has "been an alien notion in Washington for far too long, but we are seeing that the ways of Washington are beginning to change."In the Republican radio and Internet address. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.), a cardiovascular surgeon, said that a "government takeover of health care will put bureaucrats in charge of health care decisions that should be made by families and doctors." He added, "It will limit treatment options and lead to rationed care," and "to pay for government health care, your taxes will be raised." Boustany, a member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group, said, "That is something we cannot support, and frankly, it would clearly violate some of the principles the president himself has endorsed" (Superville, AP/Washington Post, 5/16). In related news, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag on Sunday said on CNN"s "State of the Union" that the administration might support taxing health care benefits to health pay for health care reform (Barr, Politico, 5/17). Timeline
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Obama's Health Reform Pitch Leaves Questions Unanswered For Many Viewers

The New York Times spoke to several families as they watched President Obama"s Wednesday night news conference. Thirty-six year old Craig Brown found that the event, meant to explain and gain support for health reform proposals, left him with many questions. He and his wife "remain frustrated by the lack of available detail about his plan"s contours and cost. They say they feel they are being asked to buy on spec from a government they do not trust. ... A similar unease was apparent in three other living rooms where families gathered to watch the news conference." "You see, he"s saying he wants to continue private insurance, but then he says they"re part of the problem. Well, which is it? It"s just ridiculous," one viewer told the Times while watching the press conference. Another said he was worried about what the overhaul would do to small businesses, like his own, that already provide coverage to employees (Sack, 7/23). "Very smart people are zoning out of the health care reform debate because they think it"s just too complicated," CBS News reports. Defining the goals of the overhaul - expanding coverage, reforming the insurance market, improving the delivery system and increasing the focus of disease prevention - are "relatively easy to understand, CBS reports. But, explaining how the government plans to implement them makes people "feel stupid - partly by special interest groups who intentionally or unintentionally confuse the debate" (LaPook, 7/23). Forbes presents a primer on "the hot-button topics of cost, coverage, funding, taxes and improving valuẹ€¦ [t]o help you better navigate the sprawling and complex debate, here"s our primer on the issues driving reform" (Ruiz, 7/23). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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