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Svenska Published on September 14, 2011 at 9:08 AM · No Comments Tweet

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including lots of talk about the ‘super committee’ and about the new census numbers regarding the uninsured as well as the second-day analysis regarding some of the controversial comments made during Monday night’s GOP presidential primary debate.

Kaiser Health News: Health On The Hill:  CBO Chief Testifies At ‘Super Committee’ Hearing
Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the “getting down to business” atmosphere at the joint debt panel’s Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday. Read the transcript or listen to the audio (9/13).

Kaiser Health News: Rate Of Uninsured Stays Flat In 2010, Census Reports
Kaiser Health News staff writer Jordan Rau reports: “Nearly 50 million Americans lacking health insurance was the best economic news to come out of the bleak U.S. Census figures released today. While poverty increased, household earnings dropped and more families doubled up in living quarters, the nation’s rate of people without health insurance in 2010 stayed flat at 16.3 percent of the population, statistically the same as the year before” (Rau, 9/13).

Kaiser Health News: Capsules: Census Changes How It Estimates The Uninsured; States Embrace Medicaid Managed Care
Now on KHN’s news blog, Phil Galewitz reports: “Last year, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated there were 50.7 million uninsured Americans in 2009. Today, it revised the figure for 2009 down to 49 million after adjusting the way it counts. What gives?” Also on the blog, Christopher Weaver reports that “Medicaid managed care is blanketing the nation as look to private health plans for help closing budget gaps.” Check out Capsules.

The New York Times: Democrats See Perils On Path To Health Cuts
As Congress opens a politically charged exploration of ways to pare the deficit, President Obama is expected to seek hundreds of billions of dollars in savings in Medicare and Medicaid, delighting Republicans and dismaying many Democrats who dread that his proposals will become a starting point for larger cuts in the well loved health programs (Pear, 9/13).

The Associated Press/Washington Post: Debt ‘Supercommittee’ Members Emphasize Opposing Spending, Tax Plans Aiming For Less Red Ink
Digging in for a bruising struggle, Republicans on Congress’ powerful deficit-fighting “supercommittee” targeted Social Security and government health care spending Tuesday while Democrats pressed for higher tax revenue as part of any deal to reduce red ink by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade (9/13).

The New York Times:  Debt Panel Opens With Bleak Economic Picture
As the 12-member panel started its race against a November deadline to recommend substantial federal savings, Mr. Elmendorf said its task had become more hard because the outlook for the economy had worsened in the last month.

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