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This week in the victory Health ReformRepublican Scott Brown Attorney General Martha Coakley of Massachusetts (D) 19-1 in the special election to the death of Senator Edward Ted Kennedy (D) to fill a game-changer for now the debate on reform of health care. The loss of such clothing to 60 Democratic Senate Democrats a filibuster-proof majority vote. Democrats last week flew to a House / Senate agreement on the bill to close, probably because of reports that lead shrunk Coakley. Congressional leaders still have the goal of the controversial points in the health care reform bill as soon as possible resolved, so they can bill in the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to send score. The CBO has 12 days to analyze the legislation. A key point of contention between the two chambers of Congress referred to the40 percent imposed on the high cost health insurance payday advance plans approved by the Senate. Because many European Union members would be affected by the tax plans of the high cost of health insurance, the House of Representatives is not in favor of this provision in the proposed Senate. The union leaders also included in the negotiations on this important provision, and on January 14 said they are willing to legislation combined with reduced support.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Now it’s more, Congress is back in session and the Senate, the issue of healthcare reform. One of the things that are discussed in the reform of our health system is allowing people to buy insurance plans of other States where they could find cheaper plans. I’m not sure how that is supposed to work, and here’s why. One reason is that the lower cost plans in some other countries the number of services necessary for the health plan is needed to cover. The more a plan is needed to cover higher costs. For example, California has 56 departments required that each plan must cover. By contrast, 13 Idaho state mandates. We are not at the top of the list by any means, Virginia has 60 mandates, and Maryland has 66. Want to see what sort of things his contract, click here. Another aspect to be addressed is how the doctors and get paid. HMO plans in California are usually more expensive than PPO plans in the individual market, but they have lower costs of the bag in obtaining care in an HMO plan. (The opposite usually happens in the group health insurance.) The reason for this may be through very specific networks of doctors hired. Most people know that if you do not have the range of the HMO network leave unless an emergency. So maybe they do not offer HMO between states. But networks also have a PPO. If you are a clinician you will be covered at a higher level than the non-contracted physicians. So if you buy a plane from California and Kansas, you would always be addressed at the lowest rates for reimbursement? Large companies such as Aetna and United Healthcare have networks in most states, but what about smaller companies without regional networks in other countries? How does this work? Another aspect that the payment to suppliers will affect the amount of premiums paid providers. Care is cheaper in some countries than others over how to pay providers in the “expensive”, says the cheaper brands, and what the cost of insurance in the states where lower costs of care included in the cost of insurance? Although the problem could end up with a number of people insured under the rebate depends on how you made. So be careful what you ask, we gt. The more you want covered by a plan, cost more. Remember the old adage in marketing, if it sounds too good to be true, usually.

Oleta Fitzgerald, director of the Children’s Defense Fund Southern Regional Office, says he is concerned about the welfare of children in Mississippi, where two packages of reforms in health care by the U. S. House and Senate never make it right. The House approved HR 3962 earlier this month, Senate Democrats were able to repel the threat of Republican obstruction of several weeks, so the Senate debate to continue to protect patient care and affordable Act, HR 3590. Both bills promise major reforms in healthcare and health insurance. • The Association of American Medical Colleges says that nearly 15 million people will only qualify for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program under HR 3590, an estimated cost of $ 374 million in 10 years. Fitzgerald said that both bills contain big holes on the chip’s support for children from Mississippi: “At this point, the fight for healthcare reform in the House and Senate is all about abortion and choice public, but children are lost in this debate, “said Fitzgerald. The problem, he said, focuses on non-conventional needs of the Mississippi for CHIP eligibility. Many countries recently expanded its Medicaid program to people who require a bit more of the federal poverty standard to accept. Eleven states have recently expanded level of families eligible for CHIP income to 200 percent of the federal poverty level or higher. ($ 20,800 for one person or $ 35,200 for a family of three). But rather than expand Medicaid, Mississippi to establish a health insurance program that contracts with private insurance. States that expanded Medicaid continue federal support for these programs transmitted by both bills under discussion in the House and Senate. However, in Mississippi, all children and their families over 150 percent of federal poverty level ($ 16,245 per year for an individual and $ 27,465 per year for a family of three) entered into an exchange certainly made by the House and Senate bills . The bill the Senate expects to children eligible for chips in exchange for the year 2019, while the project has passed the House in 2013. Trade insurance is not the promise of the reliability of a public health program, says Fitzgerald. “They went into the exchange would co-payments and premiums, along with children are grown, and it is unclear what requirements the insurance benefit packages might have,” he said. There is also the issue of sustainability. The exchanges, as proposed by the House and Senate bills are not always long. Texas, Florida, North Carolina and California, and not all attempts at a sustained exchange of insurance, primarily because the private insurers in the market manipulated to create. A July report issued by the California HealthCare Foundation attempted to address some of the factors influencing the secure exchange of California, which closed its doors in 2006 to mark slain. According to the report, the exchange of California was too expensive when customers were served too expensive. An exchange requires a number of healthy individuals to supplement the more patients who participated in the customer base of the bag otherwise, the cost of participation too high for all participants. But insurance companies in California to healthy customers lower premiums and more patients sent to individuals to raise in return, creating a very large customer base and disproportionate. “People who participate in exchange activities in California agree that when there is competition for the same customers inside and outside the exchange, the exchange is in” extreme danger “to the victim of adverse selection” the report said. “If the exchange attracts a disproportionate share of those higher-risk groups and the exchange was in California several times, can not succeed.” Fitzgerald said Mississippi desire to chip-eligible children starting the program to keep costs low for the state is another factor that complicates the new notes. “Another problem is the registration. We need to take stock of the registration of a simplification, because they enroll in state health programs have a history of anything but simple in Mississippi,” said Fitzgerald, making reference to Medicaid Policy defended by Republican Governor Haley Barbour, Medicaid recipients who need Medicaid personal “face to face to cover” should be considered for the extension of the program. CDF, together with its national office is trying to insert an amendment in the proposed as Senate Democratic Senators Robert Casey and Jay Rockefeller that all children continue to 300 percent of the federal poverty level in the chip to program the new insurance exchange is fully investigated.

Democrats ’strategy’ to the merger of bills to reform health began to come under increasing attacks from Wednesday, including criticism from two Democratic senators from Colorado. The final negotiations on the merger of bills began in earnest on Wednesday as leaders of Congress spent more than eight hours behind closed doors in the White House through a process that a formal conference committee will cut the Republican participation. They dig a number of contentious issues between the two versions of the bill passed by the House and Senate – including abortion, access to health insurance for illegal immigrants, and how to pay for the right scan, and an estimated 37 million Americans ensures the next ten years. A statement from the White House said they had “significant progress in reducing the outstanding gaps” between accounts made. The Republicans have howled about the process for almost two weeks – House, John Boehner, leader of the minority, the Republican of Ohio, called it “a breeding ground for many of the commissions illegal” – but Congress leaders are now facing a growing rebellion within his own ranks. Wednesday, Senator Mark Udall, Democrat of Colorado. suggested that the lack of transparency and calls made an appeal broadcast on the final negotiations. Sen. Michael Bennett, Democrat of Colorado., said that final talks should be opened to cameras live. “I have been in Washington, but one thing I can say is that this is a city that some fresh air and some real transparency could use, “said Bennett.” The results of the negotiations on the bill of health reform are too important to be done behind closed doors. “This criticism could lead to large problems for efforts to end the health bill and give another right to the press this year election cycle swamps Congress. The media and others have said recent television negotiations between Congress and the Senate would be natural given the enormous potential impact of legislation . Instead, Democrats have a process in which leaders of the House and Senate to forge compromises key, then send the bill restored in both chambers. These negotiations are expected for days if not weeks, and Democratic leaders said that the conference would only Republicans – just one of them voted invoices on one of the cameras – a new opportunity to offer in the obstruction. “This non-conference conference was an attempt this process to accelerate and bring it to a end. A committee of the conference seemed an area where the Republicans more than Democrats and liberals angry attack on the pipeline, “said Julian Zelizer, an expert on Congress at Princeton University.” The problem is that he looks bad. Republicans can use this to say health is very fast and head behind closed doors because the Democrats want to hide something, “he said. “That is why we are seeing now put the Democrats nervous about the process.”

Republican Scott Brown, fresh from his victory in the race for U. S. Massachusetts Senate, asked the Secretary to immediately send him to Washington, saying Wednesday they want to reform health insurance to send “back to the drawing board.” Although the state usually wait at least 10 days to collect postal votes for certification, the senator-elect said he was “confident” his margin of victory – five points and nearly 110,000 votes – more than the number of votes outstanding. Brown is the brake job, if he swear the 41st Republican in the Senate, 60 Democrats breaking super-voting and may have given health system quickly if the camera again for the final vote. “Since the election is not in doubt, I hope the Senate seat me the basis of these statements is not official,” said Brown, adding that he had already spoken with members of the delegation of the State Congress, including Senator John Kerry, and the trip to Washington on Thursday. “I think it is important to begin to walk, because there are some very important issues facing our country.” On health care reform, said he wants “everyone” or some type of medical coverage, but questioned plans to cut Medicare and increasing taxes to do so. video Brown get ready to hit the ground ready for immediate Running Brown “I think we can do better,” he said. Republican senator said he voted focused on a move to Washington as soon as possible to try to release the political deadlock in that country. “I’ve always just wanted out and the problem, regardless of party,” said Brown of NBC’s Today Show program. “While in Washington to talk about what someone said in one book and this step, we have some serious problems when it comes to excessive taxes, excessive spending and Al Qaeda are trying to murder us. So we need to get back to basics and start solving problems that affect every person in this country, “he said. Brown insurgent candidacy has forced the Democrats to the basic concepts on various issues including the proposed reform of health insurance that large fixed costs of nearly 1 trillion U.S. dollars in 10 years to review. They are also reconsidering the items used in the November election campaigns. When he won the Senate seat in Massachusetts for nearly the same margin President Obama Senator John McCain won in November 2008, Brown carried the Democrats’ filibuster-proof majority and can pull a reversal of Obama – claiming a mandate for health care legislation now stuck in Congress to defeat. Despite the turmoil, Obama adviser David Axelrod said that officials of the message delivered on Tuesday, voters will be considered, but refused to go. “It is a limited possibility for a problem that will only worsen leave,” said Axelrod healthcare bill. Senator Susan Collins, Maine Republican, said one of the many messages from Massachusetts is the choice that Americans are tired of partisan paralysis, but The voters had a much more comprehensive recommendation. “They want better performance from Washington, to address the economy in trouble and need for more jobs i. .. that they are tired, it’s love sneaks into the medical care bill. They want this kind of bill to be negotiated in the open air. And they are tired of politics as usual, also want. They do not want unrestricted control of one party, “said Collins on Fox News. Collins said he can not a bill” that imposed billions of dollars in new taxes to support Medicare bars 500 billion U.S. dollars and may even cause insurance rates go up “.” In fact, we start from scratch and create a complete dual Bill, “he said, but the governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell, said the Americans are opposed to changes in health insurance because” administration and its supporters, including myself, have not done a good job explaining to people what this bill. “Rendell said he wants to return to the drawing board to better communicate the message. If that fails, and a filibuster threat is that the Democrats should not cave fair “, but the other side has to” explain why they try to put the bill with such a policy to block. “” I have heard no good alternative to a Republican offer, unless we begin at the beginning, let’s start again. Start all for what? ” He asked. Rendell said he wants to bring in evidence of the Republican Party. “This filibuster, take down and talk endlessly and endlessly about why it is bad for the American people and what is the alternative,” he said. While the debate continues on whether to dismiss the assurance of one year healthcare reform effort, some Republicans also consider whether they can repeat the performance in Massachusetts in other countries. Seven Senate seats now held by Democrats are now considered as pull-ups in November – Nevada, Colorado, Arkansas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut. Four Republican members are in the same situation – Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and New Hampshire. “I think everyone in the November elections should take seriously the people of Massachusetts had to say in this special Senate election,” said Senator Joe Lieberman. D-Conn. Senator John Cornyn, Texas Republican National Republican senators Committee chief, said the Democrats across the country are aware “Americans are ready for the party in power to remain responsible for their irresponsible spending and out of touch agenda.” But Democratic senators Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez warned that “with only one choice and that means for the extrapolation of partial examinations 10 months away.” However, Menendez said he did not hide what has happened and Democrats will sort through the lessons in the coming days.

Week of January 25th 2010The constant stops suddenly lets do health care reform was a surprise to many who disrupted a win by Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown saw in Massachusetts and nearly impossible. But as many highlights in the consequences of the outcome of the election reform legislation in health care, Aetna President Ronald A. Williams made clear in an article in the New York Times last week that the country remains a major health care reform – a reform requires dealing with accessibility and affordability. Everybody benefits for health care reform that among the factors that high health care costs and loss of coverage for many Americans. While Congress thinks carefully about their next step, Aetna remains a major reform of health care, and responsible solutions for continuing to provide legislators. The federal election by Republican Scott Brown as the new senator from Massachusetts, the Congressional health care reform train derailed, less because Brown denied the Democrats filibuster-proof 60 votes, but that is a major achievement, and collapsed as the democratic political house of cards, focus on the strength of independent voters frustrated and vote against the holder of the electorate. Whether the Democrats can draw attention to this group will consume leadership from now until November election year and beyond. How to handle the Democrats, Republicans and responding to health care reform on the main priorities in the short term and others – such as employment, economy, energy and security – the rest of the session will focus on all decisions of the Congress of Now the first Tuesday in November. In short, the elections of 2010 officially began with the victory of Brown. Once the Democrats to the shock of losing the seat of Kennedy, who is facing health care reform, one way or another to overcome. The early favorites, including the adoption of the initiative of the Senate “as is” in the house, have been eliminated by the Democrats now that the cost of political allies recognize something unpopular powered by some political power. Passing a smaller, less invasive and bill the Democratic majority has only a slightly better chance because the Republicans are not very likely that the crossover though. There is a growing interest in the use of the Atonement (the 51-vote tactics) on the way to a bill Democrats only once the House of Representatives and the Senate democratic leadership, according to a single invoice. And there is the remote possibility that the Democrats saw the election of Massachusetts as an imperative for a dual bill that the Republicans can claim the votes of 70 Senate to develop. State of the Union speech Wednesday, followed by the party retreats problems later in the week, will contribute greatly to determine which path to take place.

Week of March 15, 2010The White House last week was followed by shouting against rising health insurance premiums to help mobilize public support for his package of health care reform to build. But the effort to blame for the rising cost of insurance focus was questioned, especially by the State Insurance experts and economists cited in an article in the New York Times last week. The insurance commissioners said that attempts to premiums because the costs were under control would be very risky to keep. This approach would solvency problems in some cases mean, the Times said. To help educate Americans about the real drivers of increased health care costs, America’s Health Insurance Plans, the industry trade association, last week launched a new national advertising campaign. The announcement shows that the cost of the insurance company a small part of the cake to represent the total cost of healthcare. Federal With a group of workers of staff in search of provisions for adequate health insurance reform prior to disposal between the House and Senate proposals of the President, the Democratic leadership is relentlessly pursuing all possible paths to the final bill to be approved. The trial is expected to: 1) the House of Representatives approved the Senate Reform Bill was adopted (most members of the House of Hate), 2) the House passed a law to “fix” All the things you hate reconciliation with a legal arrangement, followed by 3) the Senate approved the reconciliation bill – which requires only 51 votes in the Senate. The House Budget and Rules Committees are expected to begin the investigation, hearing and the process of reconciliation tax bill this week. The commitment of the Senate of reconciliation was officially in a scathing letter from Harry Reid, leader of the minority leader. The way the two Houses, the most recent CBO “score” to see the bill before the vote, and 216 House Democrats will have the political differences over abortion to resolve the federal health insurance examination fees and authority, and other material respects. Moreover, the Court can be confident that the Senate approved the measure without changing a comma reconciliation. Bias has grown into open hostility of healthcare reforms. If Congress can overcome this political process and political minefields remain obscure as ever, but the Democrats have chosen to try pressionarà for its resolution by the Easter recess. The Senate approved the bill Employment II and was sent outside the house, where passage is not safe. In the bill are two problems concerning the health of the note. First, the COBRA subsidy eligibility and extend until the end of 2010. (These provisions would expire in late March. In the second place), the bill contains a suspension until September 30, 2010 the Medicare physician fees for the current calendar year. (This feature is also reflected in late March.) Aetna urged Congress to apply the patch “doc” to the return of the year, because insurance rates are based on medical doctors to get paid, but ultimately Congress will not this change. Aetna and the industry continue to seek ways to find a bit more durable, if not permanently, doc to establish and develop a legislative solution to the disconnect between physician reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage for 2011 and beyond. ARIZONA State: The budget matters remain in the foreground as the Governor and the Republican leiders proposed a plan they hope the shortage of 700 million U.S. dollars dit closing years and plans to cut $ 2. 6 billion deficit in 2011. Straightening fiscal ship of state has become a highly partisan exercise, with the support of Republicans and Kids Care Medicaid reductions and the elimination of one full-day kindergarten. As the special session on the budget is implemented, while the regular session, no hearings were conducted another bill. The parity bill of oral chemotherapy may be dead for this year as bidders do not meet the deadline language amendments. California: The accountability and internal administrative Review Committee is chaired by assembleista Hector De La Torre a hearing last week to discuss how the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the Department of Insurance (CDI) has addressed issues related to the termination policy in the individual market. According to a report by the Commission Bryan Liang, director of the Institute for Health Studies Faculty of Law at California Western Law, 300 less than 6,000 former policyholders of health insurers participating in agreements to resolve these issues. Republican committee members were very critical of this testimony, while De la Torre was a critic of the departments. The DMHC reported that since the settlements were completed only nine RESCISSIONS had in the past two years, proof that the DMHC and health plans have modernized their processes because aside and worked to solve the problem. COLORADO: A bill compulsory contraception and maternity coverage in individual policies can continue much attention in the Senate to receive. The last proposed amendment which maternity cover of at least three of the plans sold by an insurance company. Also a current member of a plan without maternity coverage to a plan with maternity coverage from the same carrier switch during the first quarter. The important bill that would need to rely on the second level are made by doctors who are actively involved in clinical practice. This measure is contrary to the intuition in the current economy as it would lead to more outsourcing and installation costs of the plan sponsors and their employees. Connecticut: A proposal that would be the health plan for oral chemotherapy made the same way that intravenous chemotherapy to be covered is covered by the term Insurance and Real Estate Committee last week. At present, many health plans to manage both types of treatments for cancer in another way. The chemotherapy treatments that come in pill form are usually classified in the benefits of drugs that patients may require a larger share of the costs. Cancer patients, doctors and patient advocates marched in favor of the bill, while the insurers and the Connecticut Business and Industry Association objected, arguing that a mandate to the plans that could increase health care costs make it difficult for employers to pay insurance. GEORGIA: A bill limiting the use of different policy Dissolution of the sickness has passed a Senate committee last week. Aetna continues to work with their unions to legislators about the negative consequences of this legislation to inform. Discussions continue regarding the laws prohibiting the use of networks for rent. Kansas: About half of the Legislative Assembly, more than one health care continues to move through the process. In regulation, the Department of Insurance has a regulation that cover the costs of routine patient care should be proposed, while the insured is enrolled in a clinical study of cancer – a mandate that was rejected by the legislature in 2008. The hearing will be held on April 20, and Aetna will have the opportunity to present testimony on this issue. Accounts are still alive mandates for autism and chemotherapy administered orally, the legislation prohibits agreements to which the dentist for a dental program to follow the rates for services not covered, and the prohibition of the “favored nation” clauses for certain insurers . Another bill would allow small businesses to create individual HRA for the payment of premiums for individual policies to finance the public insurers to offer workers the option of receiving health insurance coverage through a health plan with a high own HSA and the question of health insurers that offer small group plans to offer health plans with high deductibles with SAH, but in this case, the tax deduction for health insurance premiums for individual insurance policies. different legislation would amend the definition of “eligible employee” part-time employees (currently less than 30 hours per week) to include. Pending legislation to prohibit the rates hospitals charge private pay patients more than 25 percent higher hospital volume private payer would pay for the same products or services. The legislation includes a mandate that he died of telemedicine and the creation of a database of health insurance for employers. Kentucky: The health problems that are the subject of heated debate by the legislature is currently under a mandate for autism, a dental bill that would allow insurers to keep dentists, optometrists and ophthalmologists in a program for services not covered by the price, and a bill for a flat reimbursement of chiropractic services. The proposal would be billed for chiropractors chiropractic services, and would require insurers an evaluation and management (E & M) CPT codes to reimburse each and every visit. In addition to the billing tracking services for treatment and other therapies, the chiropractor can present, and the insurer to pay, other E & M code to each and every visit. The legislation also adds a new benefit mandate of the statutes of Kentucky. Currently, compensation for chiropractic visits is only necessary if the chiropractor a service already covered by the health benefit plan performs. Under the proposal, any entity operating within the scope of practice of a chiropractor who claims a benefit would be determined. Finally, the project would benefit health plans to make restitution without chiropractors provided all the documentation that services were medically necessary. Each of these invoices or expected, passing at least one camera. South Dakota: some important legislative deadlines approach, resulting in a flurry of activity. Bill or resolution that does not pass the second camera is deceased on March 9. But the governor has already signed a bill amending the procedure for setting the premium for hedge funds rate, so the classification rates are 150 percent of the average actively traded first. The pool has three or more drafts plan to eliminate coverage requirements of the plans (such as disease management) and the dismantling of the set of values of cost sharing. The bill was signed by the governor 1-3 and will take effect on July 1, 2010. The governor also signed a law banning order based on injuries caused by domestic violence legislation and the return of premiums for months, incomplete, in the case of cancellations mid Mon Both chambers have adopted laws that the language of the contract that requires dentists to accept a price for services not subject to ban and the bill awaits the signature of the governor. Finally, the legislature adopted a resolution against the proposed federal health care reform passed the U.S. Senate and House.

Accounts of the health reform debate in Congress that threaten to exclude millions of immigrants. But the political exclusion of immigrants in Congress not just leave immigrants in a worse situation. Will inevitably affect the economy and health of us all. President Obama has given priority to health sector reform to ensure that millions of Americans have an equitable system, health care affordable and efficient. For immigrants, this view is far from a reality. First, the current health care reform bill treats legal immigrants unfairly. Those who have waited years to the United States both have to wait years to get affordable healthcare. Immigrants are generally younger and healthier than the general U.S. population. However, nobody is safe from an accident or illness. The bill, the current health of the new arrivals, legal immigrants to wait five years the only option for affordable healthcare coverage, Medicaid. While low-income citizens have access to Medicaid, the most vulnerable among us will wait to receive affordable medical care, although taxes are for the same programs that are excluded. There is no justification for Congress to discriminate against these people and prevent them from receiving basic medical care. Congress and the White House also has an unprecedented step to ban individuals to buy – their own hard-earned money – a great American who could help their families. The Senate version of the bill prohibits undocumented immigrants in the health insurance costs to purchase a private insurance markets in the new creation. As a result, undocumented immigrants and their families, who are often U.S. citizens or legal immigrants, who likely will remain secure and will be forced to seek help at the emergency room. The cost of health care for undocumented migrants will not disappear after passing health care reform. It is unlikely that millions of immigrants, their contributions to our living standards and maintain our economic performance will be deported. However, the cost of care, the financial responsibility of the patient, provider, provincial and local governments, and each individual taxpayer. Moreover, a few closing, there will be other forms, documents, and bureaucrats who undergo the rest of us. Buy health insurance mandate may feel like a trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Taxpayers pay millions for this extra red tape and delays while maintaining some people buy health insurance with their own money. Providers, employers, consumers, religious leaders and state and local governments recognize that this policy is shortsighted and will cost us all more in the long term. Policies that seek to exclude and isolate immigrants exaggerated hurt all communities of color and large immigrant states like California and New York, which broadened existing inequalities in our nation. However, because the immigrants in 50 states, the deliberate and unintended consequences and costs of these limitations will be long distance. Ending discrimination and exclusion of the policy in this final phase of negotiations is not only a matter of fundamental justice and sound economics. Is necessary to not let all of us worse off. The Congress has a short window of opportunity to restrictions on legal immigrants without papers to lift and healthcare workers Reform Bill. Doing so will not jeopardize the approval of the bill. Do not, but let everyone, immigrant or not, worse off and wonder what happened to the promise of reforms in the health sector.

January 22 2010This Week in health care reform after months of public debate and private negotiations, discussions on health care reform stalled after the Senate vote Tuesday in Massachusetts. The Democrats lost their Senate vote to Republican Super 60 Scott Brown was elected to the Senate in U. S. special election in Massachusetts. Health care reform in the subsequent negotiations on the Massachusetts special election Election Senate Massachusetts Republican Debate Update: After the election of Republican Scott Brown in their Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday, Democratic leaders are struggling to revive what now could die a bill be. The number 60 lost the vote of Democrats in the Senate legislation opens a Republican filibuster – something Democrats have succeeded so far in the debate to avoid. House of Representatives and Senate Democrats met this week how the reform of legislation in advance to discuss in light of these elections and promised Wednesday that will continue. There are a number of options that the Democrats are considering at the moment have not track your progress. Wednesday, the chairman of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attempted to House Democrats gathered around a strategy to promote the project through the Senate and House of Representatives desktop Barack Obama for President avoid the need for a vote the Senate again in 1960. But the spokesman said Thursday morning he does not believe that they have the necessary 218 votes needed to move house. This option would have allowed later lawmakersto additional proposed changes to legislation adopted through a process called “reconciliation” with only 51 votes in the Senate required. Other options remain: 1. House and Senate Democrats also quickly complete the merger of the two bills and voting on the combined package before Brown’s swearing 2. Democratic leaders may try again pledged to Senator Olympia Snow (R-ME), the only Republican who voted for the bill to the Senate Finance approved in October. Democrats need to adjust your bill that you could support transition and give the Democrats the sixtieth vote, or 3. House and Senate Democrats, in essence, could resume in their own rooms and presented in smaller versions of the bill under the “reconciliation” or procedures to govern. mediation procedures limit the scope of the legislation on matters exclusively relating to the expenditure of federal funds to raise so many provisions, such as creating new exchanges and individual insurance contract, are excluded. The president seems to indicate that Obama believes that the legislators in the House and Senate start over and produce a bill to scale back. Moreover, more moderate Democratic senators – are reluctant to push this bill in light of the huge partisan elections of Massachusetts – urged leaders to reduce the speed. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) asked the Senate leaders suspended the vote on the reform of health to Mr. Brown, the jury charged. President Obama and the Senate, Harry Reid, Majority Leader (D-NV), repeated the same message. Meanwhile, Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) called for a two-pronged effort as the best way to health reform legislation to achieve. Health Care Reform Before negotiations Massachusetts ElectionSenators special savings accounts Guarantee urge the Government: In a letter last Thursday, Senator Reid, five Democratic senators called for the inclusion of a fail-safe mechanism “to the final bill. This mechanism would Congress “The tools to keep costs under control estimates current savings did not materialize.” Both the Senate and House versions of the bill depends largely on reducing public spending, particularly on Medicare to pay for the reform to help. Republicans and some analysts believe that the government party does not proceed with these cost savings, leading to rising costs. President Obama calls for less protection for biological substances, the President last Thursday, Obama called for a change in the health care reform legislation to the number of years to reduce the biological drugs are patent protected against competition from generics, earlier established in 12 years. Officials from the White House and Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) were negotiating protection for 10 years or less. The members of the media speculating that the move to reduce protections for biological medicines, a support for President Obama to the pharmaceutical industry pressure to raise premiums to pay for health care reform. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported that Democratic lawmakers had called on pharmaceutical companies for an additional 10 billion U.S. dollars or more, produces more than 80 billion U.S. dollars from the industry agreed from the outset of negotiations on reform. President Obama strikes deal with unions: Last week Democratic negotiators reached an agreement with union leaders and gave the Union demands for a tax on high-end plans to reduce. The agreement sindicalitzats exempted from the obligation to the workers to pay taxes until 2018, five years after the tax would apply to other employees. Although the agreement would help win EU support for the bill, but also reduces the amount of tax revenue by 40 percent, to $ 90 billion. As such, the Democratic leaders find other sources of revenue to cover the difference. Survey shows Public Health Reform Opinion Exit song is called: The polls were closed Tuesday night the Senate election in Massachusetts, a survey conducted by Frabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates shows that 52 percent of voters had said that the federal health care reform measure to oppose and 42 percent said their vote for president Obama to help stop this legislation approved. Moreover, 48 percent said health care is the subject of driving their vote. Polls indicate dissatisfaction: the latest Wall Street Journal / NBC News Poll indicated that almost half of Americans believe that health care reform bill in Congress is a bad idea (46 percent). This figure is well above April, when only 26 percent think that the plan was a bad idea. Moreover, only 33 percent say the plan is a good idea. Almost half of respondents (48 percent) believe that the adoption of the current legislation would be a “step backwards.” There is also a new poll Quinnipiac University that public support for health care reform has continues to decline. Thirty-four percent above approved, while 54 percent disapprove of his majority. In late December, 53 percent of Americans generally disapproved, while 36 disapproved of everything. AheadCurrently Looking towards health care reform is unclear. Democrats looking for a way to the votes needed to secure the legislation, and some now question the value of pushing this bill is great. President Obama had hoped to see a bill before the end of his State of the Union address, scheduled for 27 / 01, but it seems likely that this goal is beyond their reach.