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Missourinet: Jefferson City awaits Washington health care outcome, 10/06/09
Health care will once again be a big topic of discussion when the legislature returns to Jefferson City in January, but that discussion could be shaped in large part by how health care legislation plays out in Washington.

KRCG: Missouri Senators deciding on health care reform, 10/05/09
It's now crunch time for the Obama Administration on the Health care debate. With the last of the five bills out of the senate finance committee this weekend, a lot of reconciliation lies ahead.

Columbia Business Times: Insurance reforms high stakes, 10/02/09
The health care reform bills competing for votes in Congress are attempts to counteract the swiftly rising costs and rapidly growing ranks of uninsured Americans that threaten the nation’s medical system according to the Missouri Foundation for Health.

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New York Times: Health insurance exchanges: Will they work?, 10/06/09
Despite all the disagreement in Washington, every proposal now before Congress to overhaul the nation's health care system includes creation of an insurance "exchange" -- a marketplace that would operate something like a Travelocity Web site for insurance policies.

Wall Street Journal: Insurers fight bid to ease penalties in health bill, 10/06/09
Hospitals and insurance companies are pushing back against changes to the latest Senate health care bill that ease the penalties for Americans who don’t carry health insurance.

Washington Post: Vote on key health bill delayed for cost report, 10/06/09
Senators learned Monday that a committee vote on health-care reform will be pushed back to later this week, and perhaps into next week, as they await an estimate on how much the overhaul would cost.

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Special Report On Health Care Reform
PBS Special with health stories from the Heartland

PBS aired a 90-minute special report, Health Care Reform, on September 24th. This collaboration between "NOW on PBS," "Tavis Smiley," and "Nightly Business Report" puts a human face on some of the key issues being debated in federal health reform.

The report provides real examples of some of the concepts health reform measures are intended to address. For example:

  • getting health care for a child with a pre-existing condition in Oklahoma;
  • the costs of treating the uninsured and underinsured; and
  • encouraging innovations to keep Americans healthy.

screen shot: PBS Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform is available for online viewing in its entirety. You can also find additional materials related to national health care reform and the content of this program at the NOW on PBS website.
Cover Missouri is a project of the Missouri Foundation for Health. Learn more here.