Suggested Readings

Health Care Progress Report
This is a CBS news article that was written by Stephanie Condon. Throughout the article, Condon describes the current status of the health care reform, giving the progress of the House and of the Senate.

Health Care Delay Would Frustrate Obama
I found this article by the Associated Press. It talks about how President Obama would be frustrated if the reform would be delayed until next year. His goal is to have signed the bill by the end of the year. Unfortunately, that is what it seems to be the case. The House and Senate must vote on each of their Bills and then vote on one Bill that combines each of theirs.

Health Care Issues: Other Presidents Have Tried
This news article discusses the attempts at health care reform by Presidents in the past. It goes over why their strategies have failed, and what President Obama plans on doing to stop his reform from failing.

Health Care Overhaul
The House is about to vote for their Bill sometime soon (November 4th, 2009). The article talks about how the Senate will take longer to get to that point.

Senate Heath Care Bill
Discusses the Senate's issues with the House's version of the Bill, and what they plan to do with theirs.

What You Need to Know
This article by Elizabeth Cohen is about the current health care debate. It goes into details on why this time around it is possible, and how it is more important to Americans than times before. Key questions are addressed such as what Obama's plans are, how he plans t pay for the reform, what the Republicans think, and what reform would mean for the average America, just to name a few.

Timeline

Here is a view of the last few years (and few Presidents) of what has been going on with health care...
2002: Health care cost rise, even after being stabilized in the mid 1990's by President Clinton.
2003: President Bush signs the Medicare Modernization Act, which makes Medicare include prescription drugs. This created a significant gap in the coverage, which was quickly nicknamed the "doughnut hole".
2006: National health care spending reach all time high of $2.2 trillion dollars! OR $7,421 per person.
2007: President Bush announces a health reform plan but it is not acted on by congress.
2008: Health reform takes center stage for debate during the Presidential elections.
2009: President Obama puts health care reform into motion. The House passes the bill and now Obama is waiting on the Senate for their version. Next the two must come together to create one bill, and then finally for President Obama to sign it.

Resources:
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/us/politics/20090717_HEALTH_TIMELINE.html
Kaiser Health: http://healthreform.kff.org/flash/health-reform-new.html

5: Update

Monday was the opening day of the debate that the Senate will have for what could be weeks. President Obama will more than likely have to wait to sign the Bill early of 2010. As of right now, the Senate will be discussing the Bill, as well as coming up with a version of their own. The hope is that they will come to some sort of conclusion before their Christmas recess. The next move before Obama can sign the legendary Bill would be for the House and the Senate to come to an agreement of what the reform should be comprised of. For more updates, check out the resources I have found to be credible!