Healthcare Summit Set For Next Week

February 18, 2010

Sebelius says House and Senate Bills are the starting point for discussions

Even with fifty seven percent of Americans (per a Zogby International Poll) polled indicating they do not like either the House or Senate versions of healthcare reform, the President is planning on using the bills as a starting point for his healthcare summit.

Angela Braly, CEO of WellPoint, the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross has been called to testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the significant planned premium increases for individual policyholders in California.

The Journal of the American Medical Association has reported that "More than a quarter of all US children have a chronic health condition. The health problems include obesity, asthma and behavioral and learning problems.

To read more on today's headlines, check out the February 17, 2010 NAHU Newswire.

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