Employee Benefit News: Obama - Health Care Reform 'Will Not Wait Another Year'

From Employee Benefit News: President Barack Obama last night reaffirmed his priority to provide universal health coverage and reduce health insurance costs, declaring before the joint session of Congress that "health-care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year."

For the most part, the health insurance community's reaction appears to be supportive, yet cautious. A statement from America's Health Insurance Plans concurs that insurers "strongly agree that comprehensive health care reform cannot wait. We will continue to offer workable solutions to ensure that all Americans have quality, affordable health care."

Other health care experts say the president needs to offer more concrete details on his plans."This was a solid commitment to changing health care, but the part on how you solve the health-care cost puzzle while covering everyone is still missing," Paul Keckley, director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions in Washington, D.C., told Bloomberg. "He's got to start giving specifics."

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