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HEALTH: Obama's priorities for health care reform
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November 20, 2008
Obama's priorities for health care reform


(Ally Donnelly, NECN: Boston, MA) - Boston business leaders are looking to the future of health care. The city joined a dozen other cities in a national town hall meeting that focused on health care reform.

Key discussion topics included: · Implications of major health care reform proposals for Boston and Massachusetts · The cost of the president-elect's health reform proposals and how it will affect American taxpayers · The impact of current economic turmoil and crisis in the financial markets on health care reform · The future of Medicare and Medicaid, its solvency and funding · Congressional support for the reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) · Implications for health care organizations, including local hospitals, physicians, insurance companies

NECN's Ally Donnelly has more.

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