The Washington Post (12/12, Connolly) discloses that Democratic leaders and president-elect Obama are working on plans to increase health amenities in January’s economic recovery legislation. They profess that putting an enormous amount of money into an assortment of health programs will give the economy a much needed lift and begin to lay the pavement for a more expansive healthcare reform package.
More federal Medicaid spending has already been guaranteed by Obama for the stimulus package. A huge investment in health information technology also has been promised by Obama. Currently, discussions are going on about increasing money to retrain medical workers, enlarging the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and broadening COBRA.
An executive vice president at AARP, Nancy LeaMond, views these endeavors as a great beginning towards the goal of a more expansive health reform.
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