How Much Life Insurance Do You Need? (2nd part)

House Democrats Move Health Bill With Controversial, Complicated Strategy
House Democrats have started the clock to a landmark vote on sweeping changes to America's health care system. The Washington Post reports that the House may try to pass the Senate health reform bill without voting on it by declaring it passed if the House passes an accompanying reconciliation bill that "fixes" the Senate bill. House Speaker Nancy "Pelosi (D-Calif...

Health Ad Campaigns Emerge In Last Days Of Debate
As Congress approaches a possible finale to its year-long health debate, advertisements that attempt to influence the results have flooded airwaves, Time reports. "Across the country, groups on all sides of the health care reform debate have been targeting swing members of Congress with costly ad campaigns...

Catholic Bishops Oppose Health Bill, While Other Catholic Groups Offer Support
McClatchy: "The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Monday it opposes the Democratic health care plan heading for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives because of its language on abortion. The group noted that it liked the House health care bill because it would continue the strict ban on federal financing of abortion...

Governors Riled By Lack Of Input In Health Bill; States Request More Federal Funding For Budget, Medicaid Shortfalls
Politico: "Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas kicked off a National Governors Association summit on health care Monday with an ominous word about the date" and the need to beware the ides of March. "The governors feel like they've gotten the Brutus treatment, too." Earlier in the process, the White House "made overtures to governors ...

Blogs Comment On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform, The Catholic Health Association's Endorsement Of Health Reform, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Healthcare Reform Bill Abortion Debate is Nonsensical," Robert Schlesinger, U.S...

Obama Makes Overhaul Pitch In Ohio
With a possible deciding vote on health care overhaul legislation nearing, President Obama traveled Monday to Ohio to make a last-minute plea for political "courage" to pass the legislation, The Washington Post reports...

Former GOP Leader Armey Predicts Health Bill Will Pass
A Republican leader is expressing some sentiment that the bill cannot be stopped, The Associated Press reports. "Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, among the bill's sharpest opponents, said he was 'less confident' than before that it could be stopped. 'They'd have to be remarkable people not to fall under the kind of pressure they'll be under,' DeMint said of rank-and-file Democrats...

California Jury Rules Insurer Should Pay For Out-Of-State Operation; Mass. Probe Shows Insurers' Payments Can Vary Widely
The Los Angeles Times: "A Los Angeles jury concluded Monday that Anthem Blue Cross should cover the cost of an out-of-state liver transplant that a California man paid for after the insurer balked. In addition, the jury ordered Blue Cross to pay plaintiff Ephram Nehme's legal expenses, which could dwarf the $206,000 cost of the transplant...

Today's Opinions And Editorials
The Health Care Letdown The New York Times What's more, the core of the Senate's legislation closely resembles the very bill the Republicans offered in 1993 as an alternative to the Clinton plan. This makes clear that bipartisan reform was achievable, and indicts Congress for its failure to realize that goal with broad public support (William Pewen, 3/15)...

Correction To Daily Report, Mar. 15
Economists, Dems Differ On Who's To Blame For Insurers' Rate Hikes In the March 15 Morning Edition, "Economists, Dems Differ On Who's To Blame For Insurers' Rate Hikes," KHN omitted a word in a summary of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage...