SENATOR KENNEDY ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS ON HEALTH REFORM

[ProSense]

SENATOR KENNEDY ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS ON HEALTH REFORM

Washington, DC— Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, today established three working groups of the committee to deal with critical issues of health reform. Under Senator Kennedy's direction, the working groups will concentrate on three areas essential to comprehensive reform: (1) prevention and public health, (2) improvements in the quality of care, and (3) insurance coverage. Senator Tom Harkin will lead the working group on prevention and public health, Senator Barbara Mikulski will lead the working group on improvements in quality, and Senator Hillary Clinton will lead the working group on insurance coverage. Senator Kennedy released the following statement:

"Our committee is fortunate to have the services of major leaders who are committed to improving health care for the American people. Senator Harkin, Senator Mikulski, and Senator Clinton have generously offered to step forward and assume an expanded role on critical aspects of health reform. I commend them for their leadership, and I look forward very much to working with them, with all our colleagues on the committee and throughout Congress, and with the Obama Administration to achieve the goal at long last of quality, affordable health care for all Americans."

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[KittyWampus]

1. So as usual the Mediawhores were LYING about Kennedy and Clinton. She's working on insurance

ASSHOLES (mediawhores)

Kennedy and Clinton just discreetly flipped the bird at them.

IMO, Hillary will do a damned fine job on Health Insurance.

Not my preference for how we should approach this whole thing. But things will improve.

[ErinBerin84]

2. yes, Ms Greenspan was realllly pushing this point the other day

and trying to create some faux Hillary/Ted feud. What a drama queen BSer.

[ProSense]

3. The original reports suggested that Hillary wanted to lead the effort to reform health care

Obviously, Kennedy is leading and engaging other Senators is this effort.

[KittyWampus]

4. well, it sure looks like she is leading it to me. Along with two other capable Senators

and under the tutelage of a man who may not be too chipper.

Oh, you mean the reports said she wanted the WHOLE THING.

Yeah.

[Phx_Dem]

7. Hillary is not leading this project, Kennedy is. He's calling the shots.

She and two other Senators were tapped by Kennedy to handle specific areas. Both Senators Harkin and Mikulski have much more seniority than Clinton -- Harkin has been a Senator since 1990 and Mikulski since the mid 80's. The Senate is all about seniority and Hillary is still the junior Senator from NY.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1108/A_working_group_for_Clinton.html

A working group for Clinton

Ted Kennedy apparently rebuffed Hillary's request to chair a special subcommittee on healthcare reform, but announced today a kind of consolation prize: the head of one of three working groups in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on health reform.

Clinton gets insurance, which is at the heart of structural reform; Harkin prevention and public health; Mikulski healthcare quality.

It looks, however, like Kennedy may need a new chair for his insurance working group.

[Phx_Dem]

5. Uncle Teddy is on it! This is a perfect project for him.

It was great to see him looking so good and back on the Hill.

[alwysdrunk]

6. Senator Hillary Clinton will lead the working group on insurance coverage

For how long? 10 weeks? hmmmmm.....