Improving Health Care Insurance and Access for All Americans

[Guest LAW_*]

The tone to get this legislation passed this year looks rather weak.

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/schip1.pdf

 

( SENSE OF THE SENATE.—The Senate—

 

(1) recognizes the necessity to improve affordability and access to health insurance for all Americans;

(2) acknowledges the value of building upon the existing private health insurance market; and

(3) affirms its intent to enact legislation this year that, with appropriate protection for consumers, improves access to affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage for employees of small businesses and individuals by—

 

(A) facilitating pooling mechanisms, including pooling across State lines, and

( providing assistance to small businesses and individuals, including financial assistance and tax incentives, for the purchase of private insurance coverage.