Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2009. Below is the text of the letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy referenced by the President in tonight’s address to a Joint Session of Congress. May 12, 2009 Dear Mr. President, I wanted to write a few final words to you to express my gratitude for[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2009. I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. It has now been nearly a century since Theodore Roosevelt first called for health care reform. And ever since, nearly every President and Congress, whether Democrat or[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2009 — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement expressing her unequivocal support for a robust public health insurance plan. Rep. Schakowsky, a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee has been a strong voice in support of such a plan. “Many Members of Congress[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2009.  Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), released the following statement this morning applauding the president’s decision to press the case for health-care reform in a speech to a joint session of Congress this week. Conyers reiterated that it is absolutely necessary that a robust public health insurance option[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2009.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will travel to Maine today and formally release a new report on the importance of health insurance reform for older women (ages 55-64) and senior women (ages 65 and older). In Maine, Sebelius will participate in[Read More…]

Commentary By Jamison Foser All year, the media have told us that passage of health care reform requires not just the 51 Senate votes that would constitute a majority, but the 60 votes required to invoke cloture and shut off debate. It’s such a common refrain, the media often employ[Read More…]

Blog Commentary. From T.R. Reid at the Washington Post: As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we’ve overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the world. All the other industrialized democracies have faced problems like ours, yet they’ve found ways to[Read More…]

Commentary By John A. Ostenburg Lots of people are trying to make the Washington debate on health care much more complicated than it should be. Actually it’s really about only two issues: (1) making sure that the millions of Americans who presently have no health insurance are able to get[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America identifies and debunks 14 myths and falsehoods surrounding the health care reform debate. MYTH 1: There is no health care crisis CLAIM: The health care system currently works fine, and only a purportedly small number of uninsured people would benefit from reform. RUSH LIMBAUGH:[Read More…]