Abbie Fentress Swanson, Culture Editor & Interactive Content Producer
Abbie Fentress Swanson covers arts and culture for WNYC and is the editor for WNYC's Culture Web site. Follow her on Twitter @dearabbie.
More Health Care Reform on Today's Agenda
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Health Care and the American Dream (flickr user Aisha B B)
Americans will be hearing more from both sides of the healthcare debate today.
Business groups are launching a series of ads costing as much as $10 million, arguing that the nation can't afford the healthcare overhaul plan. The Associated Press reports that the advertisements' message is, "Stop this health care bill we can't afford."
President Barack Obama, meanwhile, takes his message to St. Louis, Missouri, and he's pushing a new anti-fraud plan that's part of the proposal. The president is expected to sign a memo today that directs Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to use private auditors and sophisticated computer programs to scan Medicare and Medicaid billing data for patterns of bogus claims. A pilot program recouped $900 million for taxpayers from 2005 to 2008.
The AP reports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs expects the House to act on health care legislation by March 18, the day President Obama heads overseas.
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