parsa khan's List: REV Media Mashup: HealthCompare 1.14.2010

Last week, The Agenda compared the employer mandate and tax provisions in the House and Senate health bills. Today, we’ll look at the measures to reshape the insurance market, which in their intent and broad outlines are similar — except, of course, when it comes to the public option.

A new report by The Heritage Foundation outlines the ramifications for American small businesses of the health care reforms currently under consideration on Capitol Hill -- and they aren't pretty.

Reporting from Washington - Democratic congressional leaders are considering a new strategy to help finance their ambitious healthcare plan -- applying the Medicare payroll tax not just to wages but to capital gains, dividends and other forms of unearned income.

Here's a simple way to determine whether your health plan is working: Can you see a doctor right away when you get sick or injured?

The subsidy, which was included in the Senate version of the bill, is "capricious and arbitrary treatment of Nebraska," said South Carolina's Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster, who has organized a group of 15 attorneys to pursue a lawsuit.

President Barack Obama moved to resolve differences between the House and Senate over health- care legislation by hosting a day of White House talks with top congressional Democrats that highlighted his desire for a deal.