President Obama in his address to Congress Tuesday night laid out his agenda for the coming year, including passage of health care reform in 2009. His budget, released yesterday, creates a reserve fund of $634 billion to partially pay for a vast expansion of the US health care system. The president's plan includes provisions to trim tax breaks for the wealthy and tightening payments to insurers, hospitals, and physicians to help pay for the fund.
Obama said he wants health care reform to take place in a bipartisan atmosphere and spoke of the necessity of compromise. In that spirit, he will be hosting a bipartisan health care summit on March 4.
APTA will be actively involved in the health care reform debate and in influencing the crafting of any legislation. Updates and new information will be provided in PT Bulletin and posted at APTA's Health Care Reform Resource Center.
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