Cover the Uninsured Weekly News Digest - Week of November 2, 2009

Details on Health Care Bills in House, Senate
House Democratic leaders are offering a $1.2 trillion, 10-year health overhaul bill that expands coverage to millions of Americans.
(Source: Associated Press, Erica Werner and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, 11/6/2009)

Health Bill Garners Endorsements
House Democrats' health bill got a boost Thursday with endorsements by AARP and the American Medical Association, which President Barack Obama seized on to push for support with hours ticking down before a scheduled vote Saturday evening on the House floor.
(Source: Wall Street Journal, Naftali Bendavid and Janet Adamy, 11/6/2009)

House Dems In Final Push On Health Care
The House is steaming toward a historic vote on President Barack Obama's remake of the U.S. health care system, with Democratic leaders increasingly confident and the powerful seniors' lobby AARP about to get on board.
(Source: Associated Press, Erica Werner and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, 11/5/2009)

Haggling Over Abortion Deal in Health Bill
House Democratic leaders struggled Wednesday to strike a deal that would restrict the use of federal money to pay for abortions under sweeping health care legislation headed for debate on the House floor this week.
(Source: New York Times, Robert Pear and David M. Herszenhorn, 11/5/2009)

Health Bills Too Timid On Cutting Costs, Experts Say
Proposals make only trims where broader changes are needed, critics argue.
(Source: Washington Post, Ceci Connolly, 11/04/2009)

Health Bill Could Slip Into Next Year
Democrats have blown so many deadlines for getting health reform done this year that insiders are increasingly skeptical they can finish by year’s end — and some even suggest the effort might slip to a new deadline, before the State of the Union address.
(Source: Politico, Chris Frates and Carrie Budoff Brown, 11/03/2009)

Obama Strategy on Health Care Legislation Appears to Be Paying Off
After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama’s arms-length strategy on health care appears to be paying dividends, with the House and the Senate poised to take up legislation to insure nearly all Americans.
(Source: New York Times, Robert Pear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, 11/02/2009)

Health Care Plan Hits Rich With Big Tax Increases
The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead.
(Source: Associated Press, Stephen Ohlemacher, 11/02/2009)