National Health Reform
LEGISLATION
Bill Comparison
- Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals (Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2010)
- Side-by-side Comparison of Health Care Reform Legislation Featuring President's Proposal (Ernst & Young, March 2010)
- Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Provisions in Health Reform Bills (Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2010)
- House-Senate Comparison of Key Provisions (Tri-Committee House staff, December 2009)
- Congressional Health Reform Proposals: How Do Children Fare? (First Focus, November 2009)
Reconciliation Bill
- Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010: HR 4872 (March 18, 2010)
Additional Materials:
- Reconciliation Section-by-section Analysis (March 18, 2010)
- CBO Score
Senate
Legislation:
- Manager's Amendment: HR 3590 (released December 19, 2009)
- Senate Leadership Bill - Patient Protection Affordable Care Act: HR 3590 (released November 18, 2009)
- Senate Finance Committee - America's Healthy Future Act: S 1796 (released October 19, 2009)
- Senate HELP Committee - Affordable Health Choices Act (released July 15, 2009)
Additional Materials:
- Manager's Amendment Highlights (December 19, 2009)
- Manager's Amendment Section-by-section Summary (December 19, 2009)
- Manager's Amendment CBO Score (December 19, 2009)
- Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in the Senate Bill - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Georgetown Center for Children and Families, December 2009)
- Casey CHIP Amendment (introduced November 30, 2009)
- Case CHIP Amendment Summary (November 30, 2009)
- Joint Tax Score (Joint Committee on Taxation, November 18, 2009)
- List of Immediate Benefits (Democratic Policy Committee)
- Short Summary of Legislation (Democratic Policy Committee)
- Long Summary of Legislation (Democratic Policy Committee) Section by Section Analysis (Democratic Policy Committee)
Senate Finance Committee
- Rockefeller CHIP Amendment (accepted October 1, 2009)
- Modificiations to the Chairman's Mark (released September 22, 2009)
- America's Healthy Future Act of 2009: Chairman's Mark (released September 16, 2009)
- Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform (Senator Max Baucus, September 2009)
- Expanding Health Care Coverage (Senate Finance Committee, May 2009)
- Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform (Senate Finance Committee, May 2009)
- Roundtable on Health Care Reform (Senate Finance Committee, May 2009)
- Transforming the Health Care Delivery System (Senate Finance Committee paper, April 2009)
- Call To Action: Health Reform 2009 (Senator Max Baucus, November 2008)
- Summary of Senator Bauscus' Call to Action on National Health Reform (November, 2008)
Senate HELP Committee
- Preliminary Analysis of HELP Committee's Insurance Coverage Provisions (CBO, July 2, 2009)
- Senate HELP Committee Bill Summary (June 2009)
- Senate HELP Committee Bill Summary (CCF, June 2009)
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Senate HELP Committee Resolution on Protecting Children in Health Reform (June 2009)
House
Legislation:
- Affordable Health Care for America Act: HR 3962 (released October 29, 2009)
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American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009: HR 3200 (released July 14, 2009)
Additional Materials:
- Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in Affordable Health Care For America Act (HR 3962) (Congressional Research Service, November 2009)
- Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in H.R. 3962 (CCF, November 2009)Section-by-Section Bill Analysis: HR 3962 (Committee on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, October 29, 2009)
- Section-by-Section Bill Analysis: HR 3200 (Committees on Enegery and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, July 14, 2009)
- Four Page Bill Summary (Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, July 14, 2009)
- Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low Income Provisions (CCF, July 14, 2009)
- Rep. Diana DeGette (CO) Amendment on Transitioning Children from CHIP to the Exchange
- Key Provisions in the House Tri- Committee Health Reform Bill (CCF, July 1, 2009)
- Health Reform Discussion Draft: Section by Section Analysis (released June 30, 2009)
- Draft House Bill (released June 19, 2009)
- Outline of Draft House Bill (released June 9, 2009)
-
Representative Chellie Pingree Sign On Letter (June 2009)
President Obama
- The President's Proposal (February 22, 2010)
- President Obama's Health Care Reform Proposal: Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions (CCF, February 2010)
- The Obama Plan: Stability and Security for all Americans (September 2009)
- Letter to Senator Kennedy and Senator Baucus (June 2, 2009)
- New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise (Office of Management and Budget)
- Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan to Lower Health Care Costs and Ensure Affordable, Accessible Health Coverage for All
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
NEACH
- Overview of Children's Provisions in National Health Reform (April 2010)
- Children's Health Care Priorities in Health Reform: "Fix What's Broken and Build on What Works" (July 2009)
- Children's Health Care Priorities: A Regional View For National Health Reform (June 2009)
Reports on Children In Health Care Reform
- Potential Impacts of Alternative Health Care Reform Proposals for Children with Medicaid and CHIP Coverage (Urban Institute, January 2010)
- Vast Majority of Children Would Be As Well Off or Better Off Under House Health Bill Than Under Current Law (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 2009)
- Children In Health Care Reform: Where Things Stand (CCF, November 2009)
- How Health Care Reform Can Benefit Children and Adolescents (The New England Journal of Medicine, October 2009)
- Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage Meets Their Health Care Needs (Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2009)
- Children and Health Reform Poll (First Focus, August 2009)
- Achieving Optimal Health and Healthcare for All Children: How We Can Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Children's Health and Healthcare (First Focus, July 2009)
- Health Reform and Adolescents (First Focus, June 2009)
- Children and Health Care Reform (American Academy of Pediatrics Priorities)
- Health Care Reform for Children With Public Coverage (The Urban Institute, June 2009)
- The Last Piece of the Puzzle: Providing High Quality, Affordable Health Coverage to All Children Through National Health Reform (CCF, May 2009)
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Building on a Solid Foundation: Medicaid's Role in a Reformed Health Care System (CCF, March 2009)
General Information on Health Care Reform
- The Comprehensive Congressional Health Reform Bills of 2009 (Commonwealth Fund, October 2009)
- Coverage for America: We All Stand to Gain (Families USA, July 2009)
- The Clock is Ticking: More Americans Losing Health Coverage (Families USA, July 2009)
- Fork in the Road: Alternative Paths to a High Performance U.S. Health System (The Commonwealth Fund, June 2009)
- Front and Center: Ensuring that Health Reform Puts People First (The Commonwealth Fund, June 2009)
- Americans Speak on Health Reform: Report on Health Care Community Discussions (The White House, March 2009)
- White House Forum on Health Reform Report (The White House, March 2009)
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The Costs of Inaction (Meena Sheshamani, MD, PhD)
