NYT: Uniting Democrats Is Challenge at Health Forum

NYT: Uniting Democrats Is Challenge at Health Forum

"After more than six hours of extraordinary debate on Thursday over health care policy, President Obama had not won over any of the Republicans, and he seemed to end the day largely where he started, with little choice but to try to rally his Democrats to act on their own."

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Marcella

Have you heard the latest buzz as far as health care reform is concerned? Did you know that Obama health care summit doesn't appear to have made any headway, but the story that didn't get covered, was that while health care reform was being discussed at the Blair House, it was also getting discussed by HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) just down the hill. Karen Sebulius, the head of HHS, invited the heads of 5 health insurance companies, including WellPoint Inc, to have a chat. It was clear they weren't running for payday loans as companies, but still had plenty of cash to lavish on executives while raising rates almost 40% for some customers.