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...Health care as an industry is booming in most places, and Austin is no exception. Over the past three years, Seton has built three medical centers and hired 2,300 people. But getting people into those jobs - nearly 30% of which are for nurses - is a multipronged process. A few years ago, there was a waiting list to enter nursing school in Austin. Seton had to hire nurses trained in the Philippines. Now, with the clinical-education center's extra capacity and new partnerships with nursing programs at local colleges, Seton can hire locally...
...took a while, but on Thursday, House Democrats inched the health care boulder a bit further up the legislative hill after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the House's new health care proposal would slash $138 billion from the federal deficit by 2019, and extend health insurance to 32 million uninsured Americans. Earlier in the week, observers wondered why it was taking longer than expected for the key number cruncher to issue a verdict. Not only did the delay raise the question of whether all the compromises made to try to win broad enough support would make the bill...
...that they have a CBO analysis which has made them "giddy," in the words of House majority whip Jim Clyburn, it clears the way for a vote as soon as Sunday afternoon on the Senate health-reform bill and a package of changes to the legislation assembled by House Democratic leaders. Indeed, the momentum seemed to be shifting as the day went on. In the wake of the positive CBO evaluation, Democratic Representatives Betsy Markey and Bart Gordon - who voted against an earlier House reform bill - committed to supporting the newly unveiled legislation. Also on board Thursday were members...
...Delay implementation of a tax on expensive health-insurance plans from 2013 to 2018. This cut 10-year revenue from the tax from $149 billion to just $32 billion. Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, which opposed the tax out of concerns it would end up hitting many union members' health plans, said in a conference call with reporters Thursday that he was satisfied with the change. While stressing that the Senate bill with the House package is "not a perfect bill," Trumka said it will "end a reign of insurance company terror" and is "an opportunity to change...
...Delay excise taxes on various health industries, such as the pharmaceutical sector and health-insurance sector. These taxes will most certainly be passed directly onto consumers, so the later they are implemented, the later consumers will see drug prices and health-insurance premiums rise as a direct result. (Read "Who's Winning the Message War on Health Care...