Former President Jimmy Carter says the federal health reform that was passed in March could have occurred decades ago and in a more sweeping way.

Echoing a phrase uttered earlier this week by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applauded her colleagues in the U.S. House for voting in favor of a measure “to strengthen health insurance reform.”

Recognizing the difficult path to health reform and ignoring the potential legal hurdles to come, President Barack Obama signed into law sweeping health reform amid a rousing audience at the White House.

Health care reform was front and center the first time President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress last year, but moved to the background in his latest address Wednesday night (Jan. 27) as he instead focused on jobs and the nation’s economy.

While no one is ready to declare that health reform initiatives being weighed by Congress are dead, Democrats and Republicans have very differing views of the condition of one final piece of comprehensive legislation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters today (Jan. 21) that she does not “see the votes” in her chamber of Congress to pass the Senate’s comprehensive health reform bill without changes.

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Newspapers across the nation report that “panicky” Democrats (including President Obama) are considering swallowing hard, avoiding compromise, and agreeing to pass the Senate version of health care reform in order …  Read →

According to an ABC News article, Democrats are hoping that the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy will ignite support for health care reform being pushed by Congress and President Obama, and …  Read →

Sen. Edward Kennedy’s death yesterday may be used to ignite calls for health care reform (read: health insurance reform), but in the end his death may mean the final dagger …  Read →