Sebelius Asks AHIP To Provide Relief To Customers

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calls on officials representing America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) to relieve insurance customers by supporting the current healthcare legislation. (0:39)
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Health Care Reform Legislation Will Make Coverage More Expensive, Warns Insurance Industry Head

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) CEO Karen Ignagni said Wednesday that the organization is concerned that the current round of health care reform legislation will make health care more expensive. (0:27)
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Obama: I'm Not Concerned With How Health Reform Will Play Politically

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama tells the audience that regardless of whether or not passing healthcare reform will help his party politically, it is the right thing to do. (:48)
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I Was Elected To Take On Tough Issues, Says Obama

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama tells the audience that he and the folks on Capitol Hill, were elected to try and resolve tough issues like health care. (:46)
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Lawmakers Too Worried About Politics Of Health Reform, Says Obama

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama tells the audience they need to make their voices heard on healthcare reform becauase the "echo-chamber" in Washington is louder than ever before. The President also takes a jab at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for allegedly saying that supporting health reform would not be wise politically for Democrats. (:37)
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Congress Owes Americans A Vote On Healthcare, Says Obama

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama tells the audience that Congress owes it to the American public to hold an up-or-down vote on healthcare reform. (:17)
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In Pa., Obama Makes The Case For Healthcare Reform

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama tries to gets the audience fired up by listing some key items within his health reform plan. (:42)
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Obama: My Plan Will Train More Healthcare Workers

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama says his health reform plan will provide funding for training more folks who want to work in the healthcare industry. (:15)
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Eliminating Waste Will Help Fund Health Reform, Says Obama

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama says while his health reform plan will cost roughly $100 billion per year to fund, much of that money will be generated through eliminating waste in the system. (:53)
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Middle Class Will Benefit From Health Reform, Says Obama

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama says his health reform plan will help middle-class Americans. (:20)
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Obama: My Plan Would Give Regular Americans Access To Better Healthcare

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama tells the audience that his plan would give regular Americans access to the same health insurance members of Congress have. (:29)
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Kids As Old As 26 Could Stay On Parents' Insurance Under Reform Plan, Says Obama

During a speech in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, President Barack Obama says his healthcare reform plan would allow kids as old as 26 to stay on their parents' insurance plans. (:26)
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Boehner: Prepare For Trouble If Jobs Bill Was A Dress Rehersal For Health Care Bill

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) says that if the manner through which House Democrats handled the jobs bill is similar to how they intend to bring the health care bill to the floor, then the majority party should prepare to face angry Americans. (0:34)
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Boehner Urges Americans To Fight Against Democrats' Health Care Reform Effort

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) encouraged the American people Thursday to continue fighting against Democrats' health care reform proposals.

"This does not have to become law; They are not there yet." (0:45)

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Boehner: Health Care Debate Is Far From Over

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters Thursday that the debate over health care reform is "far from over." (0:25)
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Negative "Soundbites" Preventing Healthcare Reform From Happening

Institute for Healthcare Improvement President Dr. Donald Berwick says opponents of healthcare reform have been able to stop it from occurring by using rhetoric to persuade the public. (:22)
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Congress Should Model Health Reform After Massachusetts, Says Analyst

Institute for Healthcare Improvement President Dr. Donald Berwick says that Congress should use the Massachusetts healthcare system as a model for its comprehensive healthcare bill. (:39)
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Healthcare System Needs Integrating, Says Analyst

Institute for Healthcare Improvement President Dr. Donald Berwick says the main problem with the nation's current healthcare system is that it is too fragmented. The pieces need to be connected, he adds. Berwick and others are in Washington, D.C. participating in the Families USA radio row. (:28)
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Rural Broadband Connections Will Increase Health Care Quality Says Gov't Official

U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan says that expanding broadband connections to rural America will increase the quality of health care Americans have available. (0:25)
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RNC Chairman: Something 'Desperately Wrong' With Senate Healthcare Bill

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says there must be something wrong with the Senate healthcare bill because even with a 60/40 majority, Democrats are still asking for Republican votes. Steele says, "you have the votes, pass the bill." (0:43)
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