Archive | May, 2012

Cincinnati Financial Webcast to Discuss First-Quarter 2010 Results

CINCINNATI, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cincinnati Financial Corporation invites you to listen to the live Internet broadcast of its conference call to discuss first-quarter 2010 results on Thu…

Today’s Opinions And Editorials

Now Comes The Hard Part The New York Times Making the most out of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will also depend on something a little less exciting: putting the existing plan into action (Jonathan Cohn, 3/25). Fix Health Reform, Then Repeal It The New York Times We are unapologetic advocates for the repeal of this costly misstep…

Administration Officials’ Key Health Reform Roles

The Hill: “Passing major healthcare reform legislation into law was worth taking a political beating, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Thursday…

GOP Responds To Threats, Vandalism Over Health Care Legislation

Politico: “Lawmakers are accusing one another of using threats of violence for political gain, turning a serious law enforcement issue into a political battleground. As the threats against members of Congress and incidents of vandalism mounted, charges of bigotry, lying, hypocrisy and incitement coursed Thursday through the Capitol and around the political universe.” “Rep…

Republicans Prepare Political Health Reform Attack On Defiant Obama

President Barack Obama told Republicans seeking a repeal of the health overhaul law to “go for it” Thursday as Republicans vowed to keep up their attacks through the November elections and beyond. The Wall Street Journal reports that as Obama’s “broader economic agenda … is gaining legislative steam in Washington …

Blogs Comment On Health Reform Law, Access To Emergency Contraception

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Health Reform: Where Women Stand To Gain,” Deborah Kotz, U.S. News & World Report’s “On Women”: Kotz writes that she was “surprised to see women’s reproductive rights groups use words like ‘betrayal,’ ‘onerous,’ and ‘unacceptable’ in reaction to” the passage of the health reform law (HR 3590)…

COBRA Benefits In Danger Of Expiring As Lawmakers Fight Over Cost

Some unemployment benefits will likely soon expire as lawmakers fight over the cost of legislation that would extend benefits such as health insurance coverage under COBRA. The Washington Post: “Last week, the House approved a $9 billion measure containing one-month extensions of unemployment insurance, COBRA health benefits and federal flood insurance…

Federal Agencies’ Complicated Task: Implementing Health Reform Provisions

NPR: “The health care bill President Barack Obama signed this week is more than 2,400 pages long. Still, it doesn’t contain many of the details about how it will work and how it will be enforced. The responsibility for explaining the bill falls to workers in the trenches at government agencies…

It’s Over: Congress Completes Work On Health Overhaul With Approval Of ‘Fixes’

After more than a year of political wrangling, Congress finished its work on health care reform Thursday night when the House passed a Senate-changed bill of fixes to the new law. The Associated Press reports that it was a busy day as both the Senate and House took up the health reconciliation bill, which makes changes to the overhaul law that President Barack Obama signed Tuesday…

Health Reform Vote Divides Antiabortion-Rights Democrats, Republicans

A long-standing alliance between some antiabortion-rights Democrats and Republicans “was blasted apart Sunday” when a group of antiabortion-rights House Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), voted for the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590) after reaching an agreement with the Obama administration about its abortion-coverage language, NPR’s “Morning Edition” reports…