The final health insurance reform legislation that will be voted on by the House this weekend, and debated in the Senate soon after, is now available. As the President said in Ohio, “We have debated this issue now for more than a year. Every proposal has been put on the table. Every argument has been […]
After more than a year of extensive debate, the House voted last night to pass the most significant health reform legislation this country has seen in decades. It was a historic victory for the American people. And now, millions of Americans – workers, families, seniors, small business owners – stand to benefit from lower health care […]
One of the goals of the Council on Women and Girls is to call attention to the inspirational women working in the Federal Government and to learn more about their paths to their current positions. In the first of this series, Meet the Women of the Administration, we asked Dr. Rebecca Blank to reflect on […]
External Relations Minister Describes Election Budget Deficit, Appeals to Partners to Redouble Efforts to Rapidly Mobilize Resources The Peacebuilding Commission today adopted the conclusions of its fourth biannual review of the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding in Burundi, following an appeal by Burundi?s Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation for partners to […]
After a historic vote in the House to send health reform to the President, he speaks to all Americans on the change they will finally see as they are given back control over their own health care: Click here to see the video. Good evening, everybody. Tonight, after nearly 100 years of talk and frustration, […]
Cross-posted from the OMB blog. Today’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of health insurance reform legislation reaffirms what we have said for the past year: that fiscally responsible health insurance reform is not only possible, but also is an important step toward long-term fiscal sustainability. The new CBO estimate finds that health insurance reform will reduce […]
Round Tables Address Financial System Reform; Impact of Financial Crisis On Foreign Direct Investment; Role of Development Cooperation in Leveraging Resources With the global economy beginning a slow and uneven recovery from a period of immense turmoil, the United Nations had an important role to play in ensuring a robust and inclusive intergovernmental process to […]
Today, the President announced that he will be issuing an executive order after the passage of the health insurance reform law that will reaffirm its consistency with longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion. While the legislation as written maintains current law, the executive order provides additional safeguards to ensure that the […]
Download: Rectangular (630px by 303px) | Square (389px by 354px) 3 million — that’s the decrease in the number of middle-income earners who obtained health insurance from their employers from 2000 to 2008. [Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation] And 3 times — is how much faster health care premiums are rising compared to wages. [Source: […]
Participants also Discuss Early Recovery, Reconstruction of Gaza (Received from a UN Information Officer.) VIENNA, 24 March — Five experts today addressed the current socio-economic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the urgent need to bring relief and reconstruction to the Gaza Strip, during the first plenary meeting of the United […]
