Tag: Affordable Health Care

Today, the House passed the FY 2010 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill (HR 3082) by a vote of 415 to 3 to fund critical veterans health services and the construction of facilities for training and housing our military. The bill… Continue

This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi addressed more than 1,000 young people at the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference late this afternoon. Below are the Speaker's remarks as prepared: Thank you, Ray. Like so many of you, Ray has come here today because he's… Continue

Today, Speaker Pelosi visited the Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco to highlight critical investments in community health clinics made by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. John Gressman, President and CEO of the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, and Brenda… Continue

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released unemployment numbers for June showing 467,000 jobs were lost and the unemployment rate is 9.5 percent. Speaker Pelosi: Today's unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the… Continue

This afternoon, the House passed two key measures for our veterans — HR 1016 to ensure sufficient, timely and predictable veterans funding and HR 1211 to expand VA health care services for the 1.8 million women who have served our country. The… Continue

A New York Times-CBS News poll released over the weekend found that: Americans Believe that We Must Fix Health Care to Rebuild Our Economy: 86 percent of respondents agree the “rising cost of health care” is a “very serious” or “somewhat serious”… Continue

This afternoon, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Chairman Emeritus John Dingell, and Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller released a discussion draft for health care reform to reduce costs, offer… Continue

At her weekly press conference today, Speaker Pelosi was asked about health care reform and the various proposals being discussed. The Speaker reiterated her strong support for a public option, which President Obama supports: Q: Last week, you said that there is… Continue

Today, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the termination of individual health policies by insurance companies, including the controversial practices of “post-claims underwriting” and the “rescission” of coverage after policyholders become ill. The committee conducted… Continue

This afternoon, President Obama delivered a speech to the American Medical Association on the urgent need for comprehensive health care reform. The President outlined the cost of inaction, explaining that Americans are currently spending over $2,000,000,000,000 a year on health care which,… Continue