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Washington, D.C., Council member David Catania (I) on Monday said he is reworking a proposal that aims to establish universal health care in the district, the Washington Post reports (Stewart, Washington Post, 5/6). In its initial form, the $50 million Healthy DC proposal would require all district residents to obtain health insurance.

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday hold the first of at least eight congressional hearings focusing on strategies to reform the U.S. health care system, featuring testimony by former HHS secretaries Tommy Thompson and Donna Shalala, CQ HealthBeat reports.

U.S. manufacturers that offer health insurance to employees spend an average of $2.38 per worker per hour on health care, substantially more than the amount spent by foreign competitors, according to a report released on Tuesday by the New America Foundation, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Kansas lawmakers on Saturday approved a health care reform package that seeks to expand health care access, the Wichita Eagle reports.

2 pages. The newsletter provides a summary of the previous month's legislative, regulatory, and judicial information on employee benefits. (authored by Milliman)

It has hair but it also lays eggs! It nurses its young but has webbed feet and a bill! It has poisonous venom! And look at that punim! The gee-whizness of the platupus entered the genetic era today, with the publication in Nature of the complete genome of Glennie, a female platypus from New South Wales, [...]

This post from "Repairing the Healthcare System" provides insight into the issue, citing Cigna and United Healthcare as opponents of the practice of concierge medical care. Recently Primary Care Internists have attempted to decrease ...