The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform
proposals on Monday ahead of a bipartisan summit that President
Barack Obama hopes will advance the stalled legislation, a senior
administration official said on Saturday.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama also urged Democrats and Republicans to find common ground at a summit he will host on Thursday to help rejuvenate efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system, one of his top domestic policy priorities.
Obama also took aim at health insurance companies, saying the 'status quo is good for the insurance industry and bad for America.'
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LATEST NEWS * W. House to publish healthcare proposals Monday * Obama seeks common ground at healthcare summit * Obama to spell out new healthcare plan soon * US proposes higher Medicare payments to insurers * Obama team raises pressure on health insurers * White House insists healthcare summit no trap * White House asks lawmakers to meet on healthcare * Top drug lobbyist resigns, clouds health reform EARLIER STORIES * Call for clean slate on health reform divides US * US heart patients worry about health costs * US sets grants for health technology, training * Obama seeks common ground on U.S. deficit, jobs * Obama signals willingness to compromise * Obamas take on problem of obese children * Healthcare summit sets stage for end-game * Obama says healthcare may be 2010 election issue * Health spending to get bigger share of economy
HEALTH SECTOR INDICES * NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical stock index * Morgan Stanley Healthcare Provider index * Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payor stock index * S&P Healthcare Sector stock index * S&P Managed Health Care stock index
FACTS & BACKGROUND * SCENARIOS-Healthcare bill faces uncertain fate * FACTBOX-Republican healthcare reform proposals * FACTBOX-Jobs, health care top Congress agenda * FACTBOX-Reconciling Senate, House health bills * FACTBOX-W.House, unions agree on insurance tax * FACTBOX-Differences in House-Senate health bills * Q+A What does the Senate healthcare bill do? * FACTBOX-Glossary of terms in healthcare debate * FACTBOX-Health expenditures around the world * FACTBOX-Provisions of House healthcare bill * FACTBOX-Spending on health and WHO rankings * FACTBOX-Previous U.S. health reform efforts
REUTERS COLUMNISTS * US health reform may cost investors
USEFUL LINKS * House Ways and Means Committee
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/MoreInfo.asp?section=52 * House Energy and Commerce Committee
http://energycommerce.house.gov/ * Senate Finance Committee
http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/home.html * Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee
http://help.senate.gov/ * For an Insider TV report on the impact of healthcare reform
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In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama also urged Democrats and Republicans to find common ground at a summit he will host on Thursday to help rejuvenate efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system, one of his top domestic policy priorities.
Obama also took aim at health insurance companies, saying the 'status quo is good for the insurance industry and bad for America.'
Click on the codes in brackets to read related stories. For multimedia Reuters coverage of healthcare reform, go to http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/healthcarereform.
LATEST NEWS * W. House to publish healthcare proposals Monday * Obama seeks common ground at healthcare summit * Obama to spell out new healthcare plan soon * US proposes higher Medicare payments to insurers * Obama team raises pressure on health insurers * White House insists healthcare summit no trap * White House asks lawmakers to meet on healthcare * Top drug lobbyist resigns, clouds health reform EARLIER STORIES * Call for clean slate on health reform divides US * US heart patients worry about health costs * US sets grants for health technology, training * Obama seeks common ground on U.S. deficit, jobs * Obama signals willingness to compromise * Obamas take on problem of obese children * Healthcare summit sets stage for end-game * Obama says healthcare may be 2010 election issue * Health spending to get bigger share of economy
HEALTH SECTOR INDICES * NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical stock index * Morgan Stanley Healthcare Provider index * Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payor stock index * S&P Healthcare Sector stock index * S&P Managed Health Care stock index
FACTS & BACKGROUND * SCENARIOS-Healthcare bill faces uncertain fate * FACTBOX-Republican healthcare reform proposals * FACTBOX-Jobs, health care top Congress agenda * FACTBOX-Reconciling Senate, House health bills * FACTBOX-W.House, unions agree on insurance tax * FACTBOX-Differences in House-Senate health bills * Q+A What does the Senate healthcare bill do? * FACTBOX-Glossary of terms in healthcare debate * FACTBOX-Health expenditures around the world * FACTBOX-Provisions of House healthcare bill * FACTBOX-Spending on health and WHO rankings * FACTBOX-Previous U.S. health reform efforts
REUTERS COLUMNISTS * US health reform may cost investors
USEFUL LINKS * House Ways and Means Committee
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/MoreInfo.asp?section=52 * House Energy and Commerce Committee
http://energycommerce.house.gov/ * Senate Finance Committee
http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/home.html * Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee
http://help.senate.gov/ * For an Insider TV report on the impact of healthcare reform
http://link.reuters.com/tum58g =================================================================
Compiled by Americas Desk +1 202 898 8457 ================================================================= Keywords: USA HEALTHCARE/
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