Illinois Health Insurance News

TPMDC – Five leading Democrats – including Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin – have publicly announced that they will vote for a public option if it’s offered up during the budget reconciliation process, where legislation can pass with a majority vote.

The New York Times – As members of the Obama administration and Congress met on Thursday to try to find common ground on health care, a new report warned that without comprehensive legislation, more than 275,000 adults nationwide will die over the next decade because of a lack of health insurance. Nearly 14,000 of those deaths would occur in New York State.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Washington insiders say that Republican Scott Brown’s come-from-behind victory in the Massachusetts Senate race changes everything about health care reform. If only that were true.

A new report about the state of the nation’s health care system is providing grist for lawmakers advocating for health care reform on Capitol Hill.

Chicago Sun-Times – The average cost of family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in Illinois jumped 30 percent from 2003 to 2008, according to a Commonwealth Fund report.

Chicago Tribune – Look no further than the Illinois Medicaid program to understand why more physicians are not being lured into the primary-care profession.