WSJ: Obama Calls for Urgency in Passing Health-Care Bill - WSJ.com
There is little information available on this yet, but it is crucial to our field. Any projects based on the current model of healthcare financing must remain flexible to serious change.
President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders met at the White House Wednesday, promising to push a sweeping health-care overhaul through Congress at top speed.
“We’ve got to get it done this year, both in the House and in the Senate,” Mr. Obama said. “And we don’t have any excuses. The stars are aligned.”…
The president spent the past few days highlighting his intent to make sweeping changes in the health-care system, and to do it fairly quickly despite the political obstacles. On Monday, he announced that health industry leaders had agreed to voluntarily find savings of $2 trillion over 10 years. Mr. Waxman said he would need to see more details before relying on those figures as part of a health-care bill.
[From Obama Calls for Urgency in Passing Health-Care Bill - WSJ.com]