Capitol Briefing Archive: Health Reform

The House health care debate: What to watch for

The House begins debate Saturday morning on a massive health-insurance overhaul, with a final vote likely to come in the evening. In the intervening hours, there will be several key moments that will provide a foreshadowing of the final outcome. Here's an insider's guide to those moments.

Democrats to resolve abortion impasse on the House floor

Updated 1:29 a.m. By Lori Montgomery House Democratic leaders agreed Friday night to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's health care system. Under the agreement, anti-abortion...

Nine arrested in Hart Building ahead of health care protest

Updated 12:51 p.m. By Philip Rucker As thousands of activists converged on the lawn of the Capitol for a midday rally against Democrats' health-care reform legislation, Capitol Police arrested nine protesters Thursday morning in the Hart Senate Office Building. The protesters were arrested about 10 a.m. on the seventh floor...

AARP endorses House health-care bill

By Lori Montgomery The AARP, the nation's largest and most influential association of older Americans, endorsed the House health-care bill Thursday morning and vowed to lobby House members in advance of Saturday's historic vote. AARP vice president Nancy A. LeaMond said the House package, which would spend more than $1...

Budget analysts say GOP bill would do little to expand health insurance coverage

By Lori Montgomery The long-awaited Republican entry in the health care debate received its assessment late Wednesday from congressional budget analysts, who concluded that the proposal would barely dent the ranks of the uninsured. The measure would cover only 3 million additional people at a cost of $60 billion through...

House releases final bill--vote possible by weekend

House leaders released the final version of their nearly 2,000-page health package late Tuesday, clearing the way for a vote by the full chamber as soon as this weekend.

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Senate health-care debate still weeks away, Washington Post Editor , November 2, 2009

House GOP prepping alternative health-care reform bill, Ben Pershing , November 2, 2009

Civil rights groups open K Street office in final health-care push, 44 Editor , November 2, 2009

Reid says he will bring a health-care bill with public option, Shailagh Murray , October 26, 2009

"Doc fix" remains broken, 44 Editor , October 21, 2009

House Democrats' desired health bill would cost $871 billion, Lori Montgomery , October 21, 2009

Ad Hits Reid at Home on Public Option, Ben Pershing , October 19, 2009

CBO Estimates House Health Bill at $905B or Less, Lori Montgomery , October 16, 2009

Snowe Stays in the Spotlight, Sarah Lovenheim , October 14, 2009

Insurers and Liberals Take Their Fracas to the Airwaves, Ben Pershing , October 13, 2009

Snowe Says She'll Vote 'Yes' on Finance Committee Health Bill, Sarah Lovenheim , October 13, 2009

Senate Finance 'Hyper-Taskers' Head Toward the Finish Line, Sarah Lovenheim , October 12, 2009

CBO: Medical Malpractice Reforms Could Save Up to $54 Billion, 44 Editor , October 9, 2009

Pelosi Sending Three Versions of Health Bill to CBO, Ben Pershing , October 8, 2009

Swing Senators Chew Over CBO Report , Sarah Lovenheim , October 8, 2009

CBO Says Senate Health Bill Would Expand Coverage, Reduce Deficit, Lori Montgomery , October 7, 2009

Opposition to Taxing Health Benefits Builds in the House, Kathryn Tolbert , October 7, 2009

Democratic Governors Weigh In...for Republicans, 44 Editor , October 7, 2009

Swing Senators Wait on the CBO, Cast Doubts on Carper Plan, Sarah Lovenheim , October 7, 2009

As Health Vote Nears, Fellow Lawmakers Wonder Where Snowe Will Fall, Shailagh Murray , October 6, 2009

Republicans to Baucus: We Need CBO, JCT Experts for Vote on Health Bill, Sarah Lovenheim , October 6, 2009

Pressure Mounts on Snowe, Rockefeller and Wyden , Sarah Lovenheim , October 6, 2009

Civil-Rights Groups Launch Health-Care Ad Blitz, Ben Pershing , October 5, 2009

Senate Finance Committee Releases Its Final Text of Health-Care Bill, Post Editor , October 2, 2009

War of Words Continues Over Grayson, Ben Pershing , October 1, 2009

Report Details Lawmakers' 'One-Two Punch' in Health-Care Donations, Dan Eggen , October 1, 2009

GOP Preparing Resolution Against Grayson, Ben Pershing , September 30, 2009

Progressive Groups Target Baucus with Ad Backing Public Option, Dan Eggen , September 28, 2009

Joe Wilson Raps Pelosi Over Making Bills Available Online, Philip Rucker , September 25, 2009

How Much the Baucus Bill Costs -- and Why the Numbers Differ, Lori Montgomery , September 18, 2009

House Hearing to Focus on Insurers' Denial of Treatment, David S. Hilzenrath , September 16, 2009

House Begins Debate Over Whether to Rebuke Wilson, Ben Pershing , September 15, 2009

Baucus Remains Hopeful That Republicans Will Like Committee's Health Bill, Shailagh Murray , September 14, 2009

Senators Pay Tribute to Kennedy, Ben Pershing , September 10, 2009

Blue Dog Ross Comes Out Against Public Option, 44 Editor , September 8, 2009

DNC Flings Medicare Charge Back at GOP, Ben Pershing , September 8, 2009

Baucus Says He'll Bring Forward a Health-Care Bill, Even Without 'Gang of Six', Lori Montgomery , September 4, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Man's Fingertip Bitten Off at Health-Care Rally, Sarah Lovenheim , September 3, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Massachusetts Crowd Cheers Kerry; College Students Tough on Steele, Sarah Lovenheim , September 3, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Hoyer's Message in Maryland, Sarah Lovenheim , September 2, 2009

Pro-Reform Coalition Launches 2nd Ad, Ben Pershing , September 1, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Republican Trio Wary of Reform's Price Tag; Democrat Concerned About Public Option Plan, Sarah Lovenheim , September 1, 2009

Town Hall Talk: 'Not the New Hampshire Way', Sarah Lovenheim , August 31, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Lawmakers Invoke Kennedy, Sarah Lovenheim , August 27, 2009

Town Hall Talk: McCain Challenges Obama, Again, Sarah Lovenheim , August 25, 2009

Town Hall Talk: All's Quiet on the Western Front?, Sarah Lovenheim , August 25, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Protesters Sidelined at DeMint Meeting, Sarah Lovenheim , August 20, 2009

House Democrats Increase Pressure on Health Insurers, Ben Pershing , August 19, 2009

Frank Blasts Nazi Comparisons From LaRouche Backers, Garance Franke-Ruta and Sarah Lovenheim , August 19, 2009

Health-Care Issue Surfaces in Calif. Special Election, Ben Pershing , August 18, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Peaceful Protests in the Palmetto State, Sarah Lovenheim , August 18, 2009

Specter: Protesters Don't Represent America, washingtonpost.com editors , August 16, 2009

Conrad Sees Little Chance for Public Option , Post Editor , August 16, 2009

Grassley and Grandma, Washington Post Editor , August 12, 2009

Polite Debate at Grassley's Iowa Town Halls, Kendra Nichols , August 12, 2009

Town Hall Talk: Disruption in Mo., Pa., washingtonpost.com editors , August 12, 2009

Town Hall Talk: The Health-Care Reform Debate, washingtonpost.com editors , August 10, 2009

CBO: Preventive Care May Likely Lead to a Pain in the Wallet, Lori Montgomery , August 7, 2009

Town Hall Talk: The Latest Banter on Health Care, Sarah Lovenheim , August 7, 2009

Town Hall Talk: The Latest Banter on Health Care, Sarah Lovenheim , August 6, 2009

Grassley Suggests Health-Care Debate Will Last Until Mid-November, Shailagh Murray , August 3, 2009

House Committee Signs Off on Health-Care Bill, Paul Kane , July 31, 2009

Pelosi Defends Agreement with Blue Dogs, 44 Editor , July 30, 2009

House Democrats Trim $100B from Health Bill, Eric Rich , July 29, 2009

House Leaders End Night's Negotiations Without Deal, washingtonpost.com Editor , July 28, 2009

GOP: Democrats Censoring Mail on Health Care , Ben Pershing , July 24, 2009

Durbin Says No Health Care Vote Until September, Paul Kane , July 22, 2009

House Dems Propose Maintaining 'Status Quo' on Abortion Funding, Post Editor , July 21, 2009

House Democrats Agree on Tax Hike to Help Revamp Health Care, Post Editor , July 10, 2009

Congress Considers Beverage 'Sugar Tax' to Pay for Health Care, 44 Editor , July 10, 2009

Reid Discusses Health Care With 4 GOP Senators, Post Editor , July 8, 2009

Waxman Hospitalized for 'Routine Testing', Ben Pershing , July 1, 2009

Baucus: White House 'Wants a Bipartisan Deal', Paul Volpe , June 23, 2009

House GOP Outlines Health Care Plan, Ben Pershing , June 17, 2009