On March 15, President Obama visited Northern Ohio, home of cancer survivor Natoma Canfield, who recently had to give up her insurance after a 40% rate hike. She was invited to tell her story before a crowd with the President but a recent diagnosis of leukemia prevented her from making it. Natoma, along with the countless other Americans in need of quality health care, are the reason health reform is needed so urgently.
Posts Tagged ‘reform’
Health Reform in No Uncertain Terms
Friday, March 9th, 2012Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 4
Monday, February 27th, 2012
President Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties discuss how to reduce the national deficit through health reform. Held at the Blair House in Washington, DC
Informed Debate on Health Reform. Tea Party vs. Liberal Congressman
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) ventures into a hostile Tea Party Rally, on the night of the Obama Health Care Reform Vote, and talks to Lydia – a well informed critic of the Health Care Overhaul. Each of Lydia’s razor-sharp questions are answered by Grayson. This is a must see and one of the few recorded instances of civil discourse during the entire Health Care Debate available on YouTube
Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 2
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
President Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties discuss controlling health care costs at the Blair House in Washington, DC
Prison & Mental Health, Education and Temperance Reform
Friday, February 10th, 2012
This video is a brief description of Dorothea Dix and her prison and mental health reform movement, Horace Mann and education reform and the Temperance movement of the 1800s.
Health Reform & Seniors (04/08/2010 Web chat)
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
How does the health insurance reform legislation affect seniors? Sr Officials highlight some of the immediate benefits of health reform for America’s seniors before answering questions from the public. * HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius * Kathy Grennee, Assistant Secretary for Aging * Marilyn Tavenner, Principal Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) More info at www.HealthReform.gov We allow comments according to our comment policy newmedia.hhs.gov US Department of Health& Human Services www.hhs.gov
Health Care Reform Debate
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
University of Arkansas hosts a Health Care Reform Debate sponsored by the Federalist Society University of Arkansas School of Law. With Mr. Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute, Washington DC and Mr. Rob Leflar University of Arkansas School of Law; UAMS. on February 22, 2011
Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (In Lego!)
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
In 2006, Massachusetts passed health care reform that implemented a number of policies that are now being mirrored in the Obama health reform plan. The president has repeatedly claimed that his plan will lower health care costs but not decrease health care quality. This visualization looks at how the Massachusetts plan has panned out in terms of cost and wait times. Sources: Wait Times – Merrit Hawkins and Associates 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times: www.merritthawkins.com Cost of Insurance Premiums – AHIP Center for Policy and Research Individual Health Insurance 2006-2007: A Comprehensive Survey of Premiums, Availability, and Benefits – www.ahipresearch.org
Weekly Address: Medicare Officially Safer After Health Reform
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The President discusses a new Medicare Trustees report showing Medicare to be on much stronger footing as a result of the reforms in the Affordable Care Act. In addition, seniors are also already getting help with prescription drug costs when they fall into the infamous “donut hole.”
White House White Board: The Costs of Repealing Health Reform
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Stephanie Cutter, an Assistant to the President who has been working on implementing the health reform law, takes to the White House White Board to explain what repealing it would mean for family premium costs and American jobs.