The Health Care Reform Run-Down

President Obama has outlined eight principles that he expects Congress to achieve for health care reform. They all boil down to covering 46 million more people while spending less money overall and improving quality. Oh, and he wants it all done by mid September. Obama’s current public service announcements have focused on “insurance reform,” as opposed to health care reform, but make no mistake, no matter how you frame it, meaningful health care reform – with substantial cost containment – is still the goal. EPM examined the nine bills currently under consideration in the House and Senate.