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On Wednesday, July 29, Council on Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer held a Facebook chat to address questions from the American people about the impact of health insurance reform on small businesses.
On Wednesday, July 29, President Obama held a town hall in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he discussed the consumer protections that health insurance reform will provide Americans. Read Feedback from Americans on the Consumer Protections
On July 28, President Obama held an AARP tele-town hall on health care reform. Read the blog.
On July 24, President Obama’s weekly address discussed a newly released from the Council of Economic Advisors that explains how health insurance reform will help small businesses and small business employees in America.
On Thursday, July 23, President Obama held a town hall in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where he took questions directly from the American people and discussed the need for health insurance reform this year.
On Wednesday, July 22, President Obama convened a nationally-televised news conference at the White House, where he took questions on the progress and content of current legislation.
On Tuesday, July 21, President Obama spoke in the Rose Garden about the progress in the House and Senate and how the consensus for health insurance reform continues to build.
On Monday, July 20, President Obama held a roundtable event with doctors and nurses at Children’s National Medical Center, explaining that the need for health insurance reform is urgent and indisputable.
In his July 17 weekly address, President Obama called on Congress to seize this opportunity – one that may not come again for decades – and finally pass health care reform.
On Friday, July 17, President Obama gave remarks at the White House, reiterating that health insurance reform cannot wait and that “we are going to get this done” this year. He explained that the Administration and Congress are closer than ever to passing meaningful reform that will lower costs, expand coverage, ensure choice, and be deficit-neutral.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the second in a series of health care success story reports that document innovative programs and initiatives that can serve as models for a reformed American health care system. Today’s report highlights the Nebraska WISEWOMAN program.
On Thursday, July 16, Vice President Biden led a town hall to discuss how health reform will provide more stable and secure health care for seniors. He was joined by White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle, Secretary Sebelius, and AARP CEO Barry Rand.
On Wednesday, July 15, President Obama held an event in the Rose Garden with members of the American Nurses Association to discuss nurses’ important role in our health care system and the urgency of health reform this year.
On Monday, July 13, President Obama announced Dr. Regina Benjamin as his nominee for Surgeon General and emphasized that her experience has given her an understanding of what is broken about our health care system and what must be done to find a solution to the health care crisis.
On July 13, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the first in a series of health care “success story” reports that document innovative programs and initiatives that can serve as models for a reformed American health care system. The inaugural report highlights the Michigan Keystone ICU Project, which helped dramatically reduce the number of health care associated infections in Michigan, saving over 1,500 lives and $200 million.
On Friday July 10, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius led a health care roundtable with small business employers and employees and discussed how increasing insurance premiums and health care costs are hurting small businesses and causing many employees to become underinsured or uninsured. The Middle Class Task Force released a new report, “Why Middle Class Americans Need Health Reform.”
On Wednesday, July 8, Vice President Joe Biden announced that the nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid to help defray the cost of President Obama's health care plan.
Statement by the President on Health Care Reform Bill Released by Senate HELP Committee Thursday, 7/2 On Thursday, July 2, President Obama made a statement on the Health Care Reform Bill released by the Senate HELP Committee. He thanked the Senators on the Committee for producing legislation that lowers costs, protects choice of doctors and plans, and assures quality and affordable health care for all Americans.
On Thursday, July 2, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform held a roundtable discussion on primary care and health reform. The discussion was part of the administration’s continuing series of White House Stakeholder Discussion Groups.
On Wednesday, July 1, the President held a town hall to answer some of the most popular questions submitted through online networks outside of WhiteHouse.gov, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. |
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