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For the text of Reconciliation Bill, click here. And here for summary of changes that the House has proposed for the Senate bill.

For healthcare reform bills currently considered by Congress, click here.
Health Care for America NOW! has prepared a really useful step-by-step guide
to the legislative process, what the healthcare reform bill has to go through before the President signs it into law.

**********On Nov 7, 2009, the House of Representatives passes the healthcare reform bill, 220-215. The Washington Post has a vote tally, with each representative's campaign contributions from health industry and the percentage of people in that district without insurance.

The New York Times has an interactive map so you can tell where the districts are.
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Mennonite Church USA on Healthcare Access
Please listen to Mennonite Church USA's one-hour conference call on healthcare reform and download the Powerpoint presentation, a wonderful summary that includes legislative timeline, main points of the bills, costs, facts regarding current system, as well as biblical teachings.
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For links to Wendell Potter and other experts on healthcare reform, click here.

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For books to read on our healthcare system and how to reform it, click here.

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The Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a side-by-side comparison of the different proposals. It is the most concise summary of this kind!
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On this page of the Kaiser Family Foundation website, you can calculate what your premium/subsidy will approximately be under the House and Senate bills.
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This page on WHYY's website has an excerpt from T. R. Reid's book "The Healing of America" (see Books page on this website), laying out the 4 basic models of healthcare systems found in various countries.

Here's the Home Page for the Frontline documentary "Sick Around the World," which is based on Reid's reporting. (You can watch the full program online!)		    

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    Archived News JAN 2010
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 3/28/2010 11:46 PM.
    NOTE: The opinions expressed in this column belong to the author and do not reflect the official position of Germantown Mennonite Church. Jan 29, 2010Call our elected officials and tell them to move ahead with healthcare reform and NOT to, as President Obama said in his State of the Union address, "run for the hills"! The Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Senate and House Democrats are still in "stalemate"--proving that, notwithstanding a good speech, the party (the Presiden...
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    Archived News NOV 09
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 3/28/2010 11:49 PM.
    NOTE: The opinions expressed in this column belong to the author and do not reflect the official position of Germantown Mennonite Church. Nov 30, 2009 The Senate begins debate on the healthcare reform bill today. Reality is, Senator Harry Reid does not have the necessary 60 votes to bring the bill to a final vote. Holdout Senators who're opposed to public option are still holding out. There is also mounting pressure from anti-abortion forces to make that a wedge issue to delay t...
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    Congress Bills
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 3/22/2010 3:21 PM.
    For the text of Reconciliation Bill, click here. And here for summary of changes that the House has proposed for the Senate bill. Click here to download full version of the Senate healthcare reform bill, HR 3590 "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." NOTE: Unless you want the whole 2074-page document, DO NOT click on it! Click here to download full version of the House healthcare reform bill, HR 3962 "The Affordable Health Care for America Act." NOTE: Unles...
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    Archived News DEC 09
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 1/23/2010 3:21 PM.
    Click here to go to Latest NewsNOTE: The opinions expressed in this column belong to the author and do not reflect the official position of Germantown Mennonite Church.Dec 31, 2009The fight for real reform is far from over. As we wait for Congress to reconvene and start merging the House and Senate bills, here's the latest sound and fury: An important consideration during the "conference" process is what kind of insurance exchange will the final bill set up--the House&nbs...
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    Healthcare Reform Experts
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 1/4/2010 3:38 PM.
    Wendell Potter, a former PR chief of health insurance giant CIGNA turned outspoken critic of "Wall Street healthcare," was the main speaker at GMC's Oct 18 "Healthcare Reform Neighborhood Forum."Here is the link to video & transcript of Wendell Potter's appearance on Bill Moyers' PBS show.Wendell Potter's blog. *******************Timothy Jost, a Mennonite, a healthcare policy expert, and Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, is a wonderful speaker.Click here ...
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    Single-Payer Resources
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 12/17/2009 1:07 AM.
    HealthCare4AllPA is an organization "working to secure comprehensive single-payer health care system for every citizen in Pennsylvania."********************Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is "a single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program."Check out their Resources page.********************One of the physicians associated with PNHP is Philadelphia-based Dr. Walter Tsou. Click here for a You...
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    GMC Healthcare Forum
    Posted by Ming Shem Lu, 11/23/2009 3:01 PM.
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    Healthcare Humor
    Posted by Lois Ann Handrich, 10/26/2009 1:25 AM.
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    Books
    Posted by Lois Ann Handrich, 10/25/2009 11:31 PM.

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