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Health Reform Features and Events - August 20092010 - June | May | April | March | February | January 2009 - December | November | October | September | August | July | June | May
On Thursday, August 27, Secretary Sebelius released a report discussing the current problems of our health care system for seniors and how health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare and protect coverage for seniors.
Americans pay more for health care each year but get less coverage and fewer services for the premiums they pay.
On August 21, President Obama debunks the myths around health reform, and discusses the public option proposal in which many of them are rooted.
On Sunday, August 20, Vice President Biden and Secretary Sebelius announced the availability of grants worth nearly $1.2 billion to help hospitals and health care providers implement and use electronic health records. Expanding the use of electronic health records is fundamental to reforming our health care system.
On Saturday, August 15, President Obama held a town hall in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he discussed how health insurance reform would eliminate annual and lifetime limits on coverage.
On Friday, August 14, President Obama held a town hall in Belgrade, Montana, where he discussed how health insurance reform would prohibit insurance companies from cancelling coverage because of a medical condition.
On his August 14 weekly radio address, President Obama discusses how in most towns people and Members of Congress are having constructive conversations, and how people are learning how reform will help them and their families with the real problems they have faced with the insurance system.
On Thursday, August 13, Director of the Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle posted a video on the White House “Reality Check” website in response to a viral email spreading misinformation about health insurance reform. Senior Advisor David Axelrod sent out with facts about the stability and security you get from health insurance reform.
Insurance discrimination based on pre-existing conditions makes adequate health insurance unavailable to millions of Americans. A new report Coverage Denied: How the Current Health Insurance System Leaves Millions Behind details how insurance companies can deny them coverage, charge higher premiums, and/or refuse to cover that particular medical condition.
On Tuesday, August 11, Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy Matt Flavin posted a video on the White House “Reality Check” website about how health reform will maintain and improve health care for America’s servicemen and women and TRICARE.
On Tuesday, August 11, President Obama held a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he discussed how health insurance reform would prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
On Monday, August 10, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, hosted a roundtable discussion with physicians and industry leaders about advanced models of primary care and their potential to reduce costs and improve health care quality for all Americans.
On Monday, August 10, the White House announced a new Reality Check website that focuses on what reform really means for you and your family, debunks some common myths about health insurance reform, and provides online tools to share.
On Friday, August 7, President Obama emphasized in his weekly radio address that health insurance reform is critical to our nation’s long-term economic growth and dispelled some of the rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo.
On August 7, Secretary Sebelius released new state by state reports, “Stable and Secure Health Care for America,” a series outlining how health insurance reform will improve health care for all Americans.
On Friday, August 7, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other top HHS officials took questions from Facebook, Twitter, and the HHS website about the myths surrounding health insurance reform and how reform will benefit all Americans.
On Tuesday, August 4, Communications Director of the Office of Health Reform Linda Douglass released a video that addresses some of the misinformation circulating about the President’s plans for health insurance reform.
On Monday, August 3, the White House released a behind-the-scenes video showing how the 10 letters the President reads every day are chosen from the tens of thousands he receives daily. These letters help to inform the President’s position on health insurance reform.
On Sunday, August 2, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Senator Arlen Specter held a special town hall on health insurance reform at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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