http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill -- part of a weekly series of video reports. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:50:54 GMT en 2009 Kaisernetwork Kaiser Health News KaiserHealthNews.org: Health Policy News, Events, and Interviews Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill -- part of a weekly series of video reports. no kaisernetwork.org info@kaisernetwork.org http://feeds.kff.org/~r/KaisernetworkorgHealthPolicyWeeklyRoundup/~3/COjdQbE08yI/Health-On-The-Hill.aspx As Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess, more details are expected to emerge concerning proposals from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees to overhaul the nation's health care system. Meanwhile, key House committees with jurisdiction over health care continue to develop their health care proposals and Democratic leaders in both chambers have said that they intend to pass health care bills before the August break. Separately, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has detailed several of his priorities for health care legislation, including an requirement that individuals purchase health care coverage and that consumers be permitted to purchase coverage through a government-run health insurance plan that would compete with private health insurers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KaisernetworkorgHealthPolicyWeeklyRoundup/~4/COjdQbE08yI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT e30561f5-cea1-45f2-9402-8dd8175f8880 no As Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess, more details are expected to emerge concerning proposals from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees to overhaul the nation's health care system. Meanwhile, key House committees with jurisdiction over health care continue to develop their health care proposals and Democratic leaders in both chambers have said that they intend to pass health care bills before the August break. Separately, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has detailed several of his priorities for health care legislation, including an requirement that individuals purchase health care coverage and that consumers be permitted to purchase coverage through a government-run health insurance plan that would compete with private health insurers. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Podcasts/Health-On-The-Hill.aspx?rss_detail=1http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/<file mediapath="" mediaid="" src="" />