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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.

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.