On October 19, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee provided the text of the bill they have proposed for health care reform, America’s Healthy Future Act. Because of its significance to our shared interest in health law, here is a link to the bill so you may access it immediately.
The text of this bill is available at:
http://finance.senate.gov/press/Bpress/2009press/prb102009c.pdf
http://finance.senate.gov/press/Bpress/2009press/prb102009c.pdf
In the byline, the purpose of the bill is listed as: "To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes." The Act is lengthy - 1,502 pages long. There is much public discussion regarding this bill and few people have read the Act.
Any questions or comments should be directed to: tgreen@greenassoc.com. Tracy Green is a principal at Green and Associates in Los Angeles, California. They focus their practice on the representation of licensed professionals, individuals and businesses in civil, business, administrative and criminal proceedings. They have a specialty in representing licensed health care providers. Their website is: http://www.greenassoc.com/
