Hospitals Reach Deal With Administration

Washington Post by Ceci Connolly, Michael D. Shear | Jul. 7, 2009 (News Report)

The nation's hospitals agreed last night to contribute $155 billion over 10 years toward the cost of insuring the 47 million Americans without health coverage, according to two industry sources.

The agreement that three hospital associations reached with White House officials and leaders of the Senate Finance Committee is the latest in a series of side deals that aim to reduce the cost of revamping the nation's health-care system and to neutralize ... Full Story »

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by Kristin Gorski - Jul. 8, 2009

Breaking news, written clearly and reported fairly, about a significant deal reached between the White House and a group of hospital associations. All quoted sources are anonymous because this announcement isn't "official" yet; look closely at the plan's details and who speaks about it once it is.

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 7, 2009

Connolly and Shear did a good job on sourcing many of the facts that went into this agreement. The full Biden announcement will bear all the facts, hopefully.

Obama's message this last weekend that he had found $200 Billion put the fear of dollars into the hospital associations. Now that these 3 have made an agreement you can bet there will be more; maybe the tip of this iceberg has been broken and we are the way to a solid Health Care Plan. One can hope?

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