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

Details on Health Care Bills in House, Senate [1]
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 [2]
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 [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
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 [8]
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)